Full Frame envy? Focal reducers to the rescue:
a review of the Camdiox focal reducer for Fuji
Full frame cameras, as we well know, are the craze among mirrorless users these days, particularly after Sony released a string of quite affordable models during the last year. If we try to be concise and to the point, these Read more …
Why Bother Shooting RAW If You Are Culling JPEGs? | Iliah Borg
What do you think is the possibility, when you are choosing and sorting images based on the JPEG previews, that you are going to discard the better-quality image, and keep the lesser-quality one? Let’s take a look at a typical Read more …
PDF Download: A-Z of Making Money From Your Photography |
Photography Monthly
The idea of making a few quid from your pictures has got to appeal to virtually every photographer. This wonderful hobby of ours isn’t the cheapest on the planet, so wouldn’t it sweeten it that little bit more if you Read more …
When love breaks down: Why I sold my mirrorless camera |
Martin Gillman
Many of you will recall that I wrote a blog some months ago entitled ‘5 reasons why your DSLR is obsolete in today’s world’ and that, to say the least got a lot of people talking. It also drew much Read more …
Here are Graphs Showing Camera Trends On Flickr
Over the Past Two Years | PetaPixel
Last week we shared some interesting data about the most popular cameras on Flickr over the course of 2014. Today Flickr released some new charts that offer an inside look at camera trends over the past couple of years. While Read more …
How Famous Street Photographers Got Over
Their Fear of Shooting on the Street | Julius Motal
Street photography isn’t the easiest discipline. The idea of bringing one’s camera into an uncontrolled situation, where anything can happen and the scene is never the same, can be intimidating, and that’s understandable. What we thought would be helpful is Read more …
Why I switched from 50mm to 35mm as a primary lens for
street photography | Jeremiah Rogers
Learning to Love 35mm Lenses. When I started taking pictures the conventional wisdom was to shoot with a 50mm equivalent lens (on a full frame camera or film). I stuck with that for years. It helps that good 50mm Read more …
Stop Taking Photographs and Start Making Photographs | Julius Motal
For a while now, I’ve been saying that I make photographs, but for a long time, particularly when I started, I’d say take, largely because I didn’t know what I was doing. At the beginning, I had no formal photographic Read more …
Window Light portraits – A complete guide | Damien Lovegrove
Top tips: Shoot at 90º to the light source for a dramatic portrait. The light and shade glancing across your subject will reveal shape and features beautifully. When you include the window in your shot let the highlights go. Concentrate Read more …
Waging War with VSCO – Why I Hate Simple Preset Systems |
Fstoppers
VSCO, Mastin Lab Presets, Florabella, and Pretty Presets. If you’ve looked for advice on retouching in the last few years, you’ve probably been recommended one of these preset and action systems at least once. They’re designed to give you beautiful film simulation Read more …