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The Significance Of A Personal Project
Justin Mott
My daily stroll through the newly built but already decaying park near my apartment in Hanoi listening to Spotify on a brisk (by SE Asia...
What if your house burnt down? Have you still “made it” as a photographer?
Erik Almås
What if your house burnt down? Have you still “made it”? 3 weeks ago I was sitting, much as I do now, winding down on...
How I turned my wife into a shield-maiden for this Vikings photoshoot with a half-blind horse
Antti Karppinen
It all started as a joke. When watching Vikings (History channel’s hit show on HBO Nordic) together with my wife, I pointed out several times that she seemed...
Nikon D850 review for wildlife photography
Steve Perry
It’s finally here! The long awaited Nikon D850 review is finally finished! It took me 11 states, two countries, eight weeks, and 16,000 images to...
Ugly places, pretty photos: a photoshoot at Lowe’s
Jenna Martin
A few weeks ago, a model friend of mine, Rachelle Kathleen, and I were planning to meet for a fun little photo shoot. Instead of searching...
The new Samyang 35mm f/1.4 goes head-to-head against the Sony Zeiss Distagon 35mm f/1.4
Hanna Saba
The release of the new Samyang 35mm f1.4 autofocus lens for the Sony E mount system has grabbed everyone’s attention. Owning both this lens as...
What is TTL and is it any good on the Godox AD600?
Jake Hicks
In this article, I aim to explain what TTL is, what is does and how it can be implemented into a photographic workflow. I also...
The Importance of Ethical Landscape Photography
Spencer Cox
I’ve wondered for a long time what it means to be an ethical landscape photographer. Sure, this field isn’t known for its wide-reaching moral dilemmas...
Why Leveling the Horizon Isn’t Easy
Spencer Cox
It might seem like one of the simplest parts of photography: leveling your horizon. Most photographers want their horizons to be straight, of course, but...
About Getting Your Camera Wet… Teardown of a Salty Sony A7sII
Roger Cicala
People think that because I expect the worst and try to prepare for it, that I’m negative. That’s not it at all. I’m not a negative...