You don’t always see a scene this beautiful when you hike to an ancient volcano — you have to be lucky. When the astrophotographer realized that auroras were visible two-weeks ago, he made a night-time run for the top of… Read More ›
Photography
American small town photography
Starting in Boston, on the east coast, and ending on the west in Oakland, California, Freeman deliberately avoided the big cities, instead visiting the small towns of everyday America. In order to show the USA in an novel way, Freeman… Read More ›
Take a look around a vintage camera fair
Whilst at CP+ Lok caught up with Bellamy Hunt, better known as Japan Camera Hunter. Bellamy showed Lok round the I.C.S. vintage camera fair in Ginza and talked him through all the amazing camera and photo equipment that were on… Read More ›
Santiago Borja takes the most incredible photos
Just look at that photo. It is stunning, and it is one of many that have been taken by Santiago Borja.
Some said “what’s the point?” about colour films
The above was written in 1939 and goes to show that it always takes longer than it should for new technology to become acceptable to the masses. via Pessimists Archive.
Is the camera the next big product category to fail?
40 years ago, Bob Khoury and Warren Steinberg started selling used photo equipment out of a showcase in an Atlanta, Georgia, flea market. Soon they moved to a brick and mortar store which, to incorporate their earlier experience, they called… Read More ›
Taking Good Photographs on a Bright and Sunny Day
Midday is one of the most difficult times to shoot for any photographer. The brutal truth is that cameras struggle with the extreme light and photographers struggle with making that harsh light result in a pleasing image. That being said,… Read More ›
These strawberries are not red and neither are the pixels
Uhhh… they all came out gray. That just makes me a little angry! It’s putting my brain in for a complete spin. Try it out for yourself, take it into Photoshop and use your color picker… More at Retouchist. How… Read More ›
The Nikon D5 and D500 100th anniversary set
I received these pictures of new graphite/gunmetal gray color Nikon D5, D500 camera sets and three Nikkor lens sets designed for Nikon’s 100th anniversary that were on display at the CP+ show in Japan. There is no information on pricing… Read More ›
Low angle photography
The kind of photographic instruction that few think about. Very useful.
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