How to Use the Full Dynamic Range of Your Camera | Nasim Mansurov
Suppose you have read somewhere that the dynamic range of your camera at a certain ISO setting is 11 stops. And here comes the immediate question – how can one use such a treasure to its full potential? Optimal exposure Read more …
My Self-Imposed 23mm Challenge with a Fuji X100T | Elisabeth Gray
The past few months I have fallen victim to a creative slump, a rut, a lack of enthusiasm around my photography. Call it what you want, I felt uninspired. Although I love nature and bird photography, I found myself struggling Read more …
The Importance of Simplicity in Photography | Spencer Cox
At the heart of photography is the idea that you are conveying a message to your viewers. Perhaps you want to show the beauty of a waterfall or the drama of an incredible sunrise. Or, you may hope to depict the dark intensity of Read more …
How to Choose the Sharpest Aperture | Spencer Cox
Photographers have a dilemma. If you want your photographs to have the largest possible depth of field – from the foreground to infinity – a small aperture is absolutely necessary. At the same time, though, a small aperture causes your Read more …
Street Photography Techniques | Photography Life
Street photography is one of the most feared and uncertain types of photography, in which almost nothing is in your control and almost everything is based on luck, persistence and the ability to see and capture the moment. A lot Read more …
14-bit vs 12-bit RAW – Can You Tell The Difference? | John Sherman
12-bit image files can store up to 68 billion different shades of color. 14-bit image files store up to 4 trillion shades. That’s an enormous difference, so shouldn’t we always choose 14-bit when shooting RAW? Here’s a landscape I snapped, 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 …
Fuji X-T1 vs Olympus OM-D E-M1 | Romanas Naryškin
The new Fujifilm X-T1 has been greeted with great enthusiasm. Based purely on specifications, the newer camera seems to be at the top in Japanese manufacturer’s line-up, at least until X-Pro2 comes along. That said, $1,299 is quite a lot Read more …