“You don’t make a photograph just with a camera. You bring to the act of photography all the pictures you have seen, the books you have read, the music you have heard, the people you have loved.”
I recently covered how you can take better photographs in the house when dealing with low light conditions. Nowadays, I’ll focus on the opposite situation: outdoor photography, where the light may be over-abundant. This article points out the most common problems…
For years, Lightroom’s tools for selective adjustments left something to be desired. The “detect edges” feature often adds noise to soft areas like clouds, whereas the standard brush and gradient tools can affect too much of the image. Range masking fixes those…
#@@#@!! A few months after announcing its development in June, today Nikon formally announced the compact Z-series 40mm f/2 lens and revealed its full specifications. The lens will go on sale “later this fall” according to Nikon, with a suggested retail price…
Today, alongside the big EOS R3 announcement , Canon announced two new lenses for their RF mirrorless mount: the 16mm f/2. 8 as well as a 100-400mm f/5. 6-8. Each aim to be lightweight plus portable (at least for type of lens)…
Canon just announced its highest-end mirrorless camera ever, the $6000 EOS R3 (shipping November). The R3 has a 24 megapixel stacked BSI sensor and is capable of recording blackout-free 30 FPS along with full autofocus and auto exposure. Perhaps the most interesting…
The latest Fujifilm X Summit was packed with fascinating announcements. From updated cameras to new lenses for that GFX and X-Series systems, there’s quite a lot to unpack. This doesn’t just consist of product announcements but also up-to-date lens roadmaps and other…
Whenever you’re assembling a set of lens, it can be tempting to try to cover up all the important focal measures without any gaps between them. A kit of 14-24mm, 24-70mm, and 70-200mm lenses is a superb one. So are sets along…
#@@#@!! Many new photographers find that while shutter speed, aperture, and ISO make sense in theory, it is hard to know where to start in practice. Even if you understand basic camera settings, getting high quality photographs – especially indoors – is…
If you’re looking for good weekend reads within photography – enjoyable publications that also serve as training and inspiration – this particular list is for you. The books I cover listed here are all memoirs by photographers detailing their creative, photo taking,…
I recently published a write-up about the greatest lenses for the Nikon Z7 and Z7 II , but the list expands a bit for lower resolution detectors. In this article, I’ll go through every Nikon Z lens plus some F-mount lenses to…