We reported on Aram Pan in the past: an energetic young Singaporean and photographer who, accidentally, kind of fell in love with North Korea. Right, the hermit regime where no one dares to travel to. Must admit, travelled to North Korea twice and it was a unique experience. Now Aram Pan is a North Korea […]
Happy Chinese New Year of the Rooster! Some alternative views:
eBay premium seller 6 Ave has Canon’s two most popular standard zooms EF 24-70mm F2.8L II USM and EF 70-200mm F2.8L IS II USM lenses for $1,399 and $1,529, respectively. These lenses normally cost $1,749 and $2,099, so this is a great deal. Must-haves for wedding, portrait, landscape, event and sports photography, these lenses don’t […]
Street photography and shyness, they don’t match, do they. Street photography requires an outgoing personality, eager to not mind what passersby think, not shying away from even confronting people. People can get upset if not aggressive when they see a stranger’s camera pointed at them. Some photographers just don’t care. Others are careful enough to […]
From now through March 4, 2017, Sony is having a “trade-in event” where you can save up to $480 when trading in any lens, mirrorless camera or DSLR. In addition to the trade-in bonus, the customer will also receive the value of their traded-in product as valued by Adorama’s used department. That’s right, you’ll receive […]
The fall 2015 course might not be the newest one, but if you think everything photography has to be brand new, well then good night. And just don’t tell you got accepted into the prestigious university. Yet it’s easier than ever, in fact it’s free, to take Harvard’s online course in digital photography, Exposing Digital […]
All new Orlit RT-600C TTL RT Speedlight (for Canon), RoveLight RT 610 TTL Monolight with on-board power (for Canon and Nikon) plus RoveLight transceivers: Find the links to all products right here.
Fujfilm’s hotly anticipated medium-format GFX system finally sees the light of day with the GFX 50s camera. We’re promised spectacular detail and unmatched color and light rendition. Yet, is Fujifilm gambling too high? With a price tag of $6,499 for the body and $1,499 for the “cheapest” 63mm F2.8 lens they’re aiming for the professional […]
As photographers we’re all, in the broadest sense, media representatives. For this reason allow me the following thoughts. The 45th president of the United States of America isn’t a protectionist, but what can be produced back home shall be produced back home. Even before assuming office, POETUS Donald J. Trump received the support of car […]
Ride or die. As imaging technology advances and gets ever more powerful, so do the challenges promoted by action sports. Higher, faster, ever more foolish. Equipped with the latest action cam, people risk their life for the ultimate footage. The images we enjoy are breathtaking indeed. A millisecond separates the daring stunts from the abyss. […]
Improvisation rules. There is a gadget for everything, yet often most simple and basic things can do the same job as an expensive add-on. Back in the early days I used butter to get that dreamy David Hamilton look. Just smear it around the lens, and you get a perfect dreamy erotic look. Here are […]
This is the story of how William Henry Fox Talbot preserved a moment of the past forever, when he invented the photographic negative. It’s a story of hard work, experimentation and how one man longed for something that was not possible until then — how to preserve that perfect moment, those frozen memories from the […]
New release: Nikon D5600 24.2MP DX-format CMOS sensor EXPEED 4 image processor 3.2″ 1.037m-dot vari-angle touchscreen Full HD 1080p video recording at 60 fps Multi-CAM 4800DX 39-point AF sensor ISO 100 – 25,600 and 5 fps shooting SnapBridge bluetooth and Wi-Fi with NFC Time-lapse movie recording For details and orders from B&H Photo: Body only: […]
It once was the biggest name in photography. Kodak. Gone are the Kodak days, yet the prominent victim of the digital era celebrates a kind of comeback. Not like Polaroid, a company that as well is back from the dead, but licenses about every product imaginable, such as a Polaroid 3D printer, a Polaroid drone, […]
John Berger, the politically committed critic, novelist, screenwriter, lyricist, dramatist, essyist, activist and, above all, photographer, John Berger is dead. He passed away on January 1 in Paris after a long illness, a few weeks after his 90th birthday. As photographers we owe many things to John Berger, above all to his equally influential and […]
What’s the point of New Year anyway. Next new day felt like the day before. Celebration? A break can help to adjust goals and leave sorrows, sadness and pain behind and restart with a smile. Yet pardon my French, I reckon many are forced into these behavioral patterns, such as having to celebrate Christmas and […]
Interesting concept. Relonch. How many buttons, dials and menu functions has your mirrorless or DSLR? The Relonch has one button. One. How many shots you take are waste? Right, storage costs close to nothing, so what the heck. Relonch’s plan? If you want remarkable photos, you should pay for the photos. Not the camera. That’s […]
Wasn’t even aware of Prisma, but nice addition to my photo app collection. Apple published its annual Best of 2016 charts for the App Store, crowning photo editing app Prisma as the iPhone App of the Year. Released in June 2016, Prisma is designed to turn photographs into works of art using a range of […]
A photograph, in essence, is the result of four factors: aperture, shutter speed, ISO sensitivity and focus. But no one really cares these days. Automated modes do the thinking, execution is reduced to the pressing of the shutter release button — or a tap on the screen. Even though changing one parameter changes all the […]
Meet Teco Barbero, Brazilian, blind, and photographer. In fact, Teco Barbero works as a professional photographer. With a vision of 5%. Unbelievable, but true. He is blind, and has a feel for great images. He sees in the dark. With his hearing, touch, taste and smell. Antônio Valter (Teco) Barbero was born visually impaired, but […]
This is The End, as announced by the man himself. Which gear nerd doesn’t know him: Kai Man Wong, simply known as Kai, the face of DigitalRev TV, that is: the former face of DigitalRev TV which with 1.7 million subscribers is the most popular photography channel on YouTube. Now entertaining Kai, known for his […]
Great deal on the DJI Phantom 4 bundle: DJI Phantom 4 Quadcopter with 4K HD camera + 2 extra batteries + charging hub $999.99 (reg $1,486) Bundle includes two additional genuine batteries (3 total) and DJI Phantom 4 intelligent battery charging hub To order and for more infos go here. Free shipping. Price is valid […]
Well, the consumer camera. Photokina this year? About two thirds the size two years ago, half the size four years ago. People take more and more pictures and use more cameras than ever before, yet the camera industry is in shatters. There’s hope though. There could be a “the best of all worlds”-camera. Why hasn’t […]
Hitachi announced announced a camera technology that can capture video images without using a lens and adjust focus after image capture. It does this by using a film imprinted with a concentric-circle pattern instead of a lens. And do we really need Snapchat’s camera sunglasses? Plus U.S. president-elect Donald Trump promises to make America better […]
Here’s a selection of nice offers for these promotional days: Adorama: Olympus deals to start with, plus huge SanDisk and Samsung card sale, Sigma, Rokinon and Voigtländer specials; $100 off DJI Phantom 3 Standard Quadcopter with 3-axis gimbal stabilizer, 2.7k camera + spare battery; Vanguard and Manfrotto tripods instant rebates, plus so much more right here! […]
Must say I’m pretty impressed with the iPhone 7. Build quality is simply amazing, battery life way up and not to mention the haptics of the prime materials used with the tactile feedback. Beautiful. And then there is the camera. Awesome. And as you might know the latest iPhones with iOS 10 allow RAW photography, […]
My wife, as a Facebook addict long accustomed to exclusively shoot for mobile publishing, always shoots vertical format. Which disturbs my eye and sense of harmony. “Gosh dammit for the sake of it shoot horizontal!” For traditional print and desktop publishing, vertical format is a pain, and guess I grew up accustomed to the plain […]
Panning is not easy. Gosh it’s difficult. Yet, there’s a panning shot from the Rio Olympics that’s probably the Rio 2016 shot of shots of the Games. Granted, there’s an amount of luck and skill in every great shot. Yet Reuters photographer Kai Pfaffenbach still had to make a quick choice of photo style, and […]
Photographers, some, are a peculiar bunch of people. To call some of them snooty is a bit of an understatement. Because there is no easier way to show off money?! At least measurebators with their “my toy is bigger”-syndrome have luckily kind of vanished since the ascent of mobile photography. Still, the bigger the gear, […]
The Panasonic Lumix GX8 with tiltable live viewfinder is a solid compact package for enthusiasts and serious photographers alike. Adorama offers the camera with the 12-60mm F3.5-5.6 Lumix G Power O.I.S. lens and a $150 Adorama gift voucher for $998. Kit available with black / silver camera body. The camera alone is $1,197 everywhere else, […]
