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Graduated ND filters or multiple exposures: what is the best option for a landscape photographer?
Christian Hoiberg
Using a Graduated Neutral Density filter is fairly easy and doesn’t require any advanced techniques in post-production but the easiest option isn’t always the best...
Watch this ultra macro video of the collodion wet plate process
Markus Hofstätter
Normally I create photographs. This time, however, the final product is a video where you can follow the change of crystals/salts from the collodion wet...
I bought the new iPad Pro so you don’t have to!
Blake Griffin
I’m no stranger to the iPad. In fact, it once caused me not to get a job at an Apple store shortly after college. I...
Yes, gear matters when you shoot concert photography
Rui Bandeira
Yes, you have read it right. When doing concert photography Gear matters! Compact cameras, bridge cameras, DSLR, crop cameras, full frame cameras, mirrorless cameras, zoom...
The DSLR will probably die. Are mirrorless the future of large standalone cameras?
Frédo Durand
People often ask me, given the improvement and ubiquity of cell phones, whether DSLRs survive. This actually entails two slightly different questions: will standalone large-ish...
Social media is ruining photography
Allen Murabayashi
In the U.S. and most industrialized nations, we have a collective infatuation with technology but a poor understanding of its effects – both intended and...
Abstract art: a crown jewel of photography
Brian Rivera Uncapher
Abstract art in photography does not attempt to represent external reality. Photography artists instead find shapes, patterns, colors, and textures for their visually stimulating photographs....
Why limiting free users to 1,000 photos on Flickr is a smart move
Thomas Hawk
Yesterday Flickr made their first big restructuring announcement since recently being purchased by SmugMug. Beginning next year on January 8th, Flickr will limit free accounts to 1,000...
The ultimate Fujifilm X-T3 disassembly and teardown
Patrick Nadolski
You might have thought the Fujifilm X-T series was finished with the release of the X-H1, that Fujifilm was digging into the competition and leaving...
How I built my own DIY long-term weatherproof timelapse rig
Drew Mason
In fall of 2017, I had the opportunity to capture the transformation of an empty plot of land turning into a high-tech vehicle test track....