Dynamic Range and Latitude Are Two Different Things | Bill Wadman
I’ve been meaning to write this one for a while. In fact it’s been sitting as an empty draft for months, so it’s about time we get on with it. One of my pet peeves is people who act like they know everything when they don’t know what the hell they’re talking about. A few years ago I wrote one o…
Broken Record, Needle Stuck | Mark Schueler
In my last blog post, I went back through some ~2 megapixel photos from my honeymoon in 2004. Since then, I have continued to mine older photographs from my hard drive, and they have continued to make me think about the relationships between our equipment and our creativity. It is a …
Introduction to Light Meters | La Vida Leica!
I’ve been seeing quite a bit of talk on Twitter about light meters lately, perhaps because I follow mostly film shooters or simply because it’s a trending topic in the photographic community. But regardless of which medium you shoot, you are metering light (if you don’t know the difference betwee…
On Traveling With Your Camera | David Hobby
Here’s the problem with most travel photography books: they are to some degree disingenuous. They play on the idea that you’d love to be a full-time travel shooter, and build on that desire to point you in a lot of Read more …
Colour in Composition | Thomas Fitzgerald
I recently read a post on a popular photography blog talking about how you should learn to ignore colour to be a better photographer. They weren’t talking about just black and white images either, they were talking about all photography. Read more …
Street Photography is as simple as it is complex.
Tips for Street Photography | Art Photo Feature
Street photography is one of the purest forms of photography. It is also one of the most difficult forms of photography. It’s difficult because we usually don’t have much control over the environment, well at least as much as we Read more …
Just what is this new organic sensor thing? |
Fujifilm X News & Rumors by MikeS
Ever notice that when the future is mentioned the biggest interest is what lenses are coming next. And, that when the X-Pro 2 did not appear, it has been „naturally“ assumed this must mean a FF or at least an Read more …
Baroque and Sinister Diagonals | Knut Skjærven
I had a challenge understanding why some images visually held together even if the content was rather complex and varied. So with this image. I knew that I liked it, but that was more of a spontanesous reaction than anything Read more …
Eine Million Likes | Martin Gommel
Perfekt soll es sein, das Foto. Keine Makel, nur schillerne Großartigkeit, gepaart mit filigraner Bildbearbeitung und erfüllt mit solchem Drama, dass es ist, als ob man einem Liebslied zuhöre. Es soll sie begeistern, die Massen. Ihnen die Sprache verschlagen. Das Read more …
Debunking the „Myth of the Decisive Moment“ | Eric Kim
When I started off in street photography, I believed in the “myth of the decisive moment”. What do I mean by that? Well, when I first heard of “The Decisive Moment” by Henri Cartier Bresson, I had the wrong impression Read more …