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The Fujifilm X100F – how does it deliver as an everyday camera for professionals
Asanka Brendon Ratnayake
One of my goals for 2017 was to get back to taking photos for no one but myself. I have been so focused on my...
Godox quietly launches cross brand TTL & HSS on all lights
Robert Hall
Chinese lighting manufacturer Godox has already released a few products in 2017 that have helped a lot of strobists build lighting kits with a modest...
Why Black & White is the goto look for street photographers
Sebastian Jacobitz
Black & White still remains the photographer’s favorite for Street Photographers with very good reasons. Where in other genres, monochrome has become a niche look,...
A lightweight set-up for wide angle macro to give you more depth of field
Nicky Bay
I like experimenting with different setups, especially for wide angle close-ups. Last year, I took my wife’s Sony A7 for a couple of field trips and paired it...
Mesmerizing lucid dreams photos and how to create them
Dan Lior
Last year I attended Midburn, a regional burning man event taking place in the hot Israeli desert. I filmed nonstop for five days and created...
Why I’ll Never Use FEDEX Again to Ship My Camera Gear
Marc Weisberg
Who can you trust to ship your photo and camera gear? Not FEDEX! What follows is the story of how FEDEX utterly screwed up my...
I swapped out my macro to shoot butterflies with a 300mm lens on a Nikon D500
Jake Mosher
Every year, on the cusp of true, Rocky Mountain summer, I travel to the high country to photograph butterflies. For a brief couple of weeks,...
Why I swapped my “professional” DSLR camera for the cheapest option available
Ion Paciu
As anyone who follows me on Facebook will know, I recently purchased a new photographic photography camera system – camera body and lenses. This wasn’t...
A big dumb button
Sid Ceaser
My wife Sara and I used to have this running joke leading up to her birthday each year. Each year I’d say “Honey! What would you...
How to shoot 10 powerful street photographs in one ugly location
Vijce
When I started out, I always thought: If I could shoot in New York City, Tokyo, Paris or Amsterdam, my street photos would be much...