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FUJIFILM X-PRO2 DESIGN STORY: DECISIVE USABILITY
Aage Granaas
Digital cameras are notoriously difficult to design and get right. Where do you start? Who is the customer? What features do you include on the...
How I shot a photo of an octopus hogging an action figure – A lighting breakdown
Carlo Orlandi
With the heat of August, I thought that nothing will beat making a small beach set photo in the chill studio. In this product shot,...
A very rare look inside Canon’s operations at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games
Jeff Cable
This is my fifth Olympic Games and I am always visiting the Canon Professional Services area to borrow equipment from them. And for all of...
My quest for the winery photo
Tom Saimon
I found this crazy old winery in the golan (north of israel), and I immediately fell in love with the place. Specifically, the front yard of the...
Before and after: hard light, and overwhelming tones
Ben Sasso
Ever since the middle of high school, I’ve been immensely interested in “the process.” You know, that middle bit between point A and point B...
Models Beware! Warning and safety tips for new models
Jake Hicks
For the second time in as many months somebody has tried to use my images to deceive models about their skill level in photography. Because...
9 Lenses with very special bokeh
Nitsan Simantov
I have played with photography a little bit since I was a boy, first with an old Olympus 35mm film point-and-shoot, then with a GameBoy...
Faces of Foxes: Every Fox Has Different Personality
Roeselien Raimond
When, during the sixties, Jane Goodall gave wild chimpanzees a name instead of a number, she put the science world upside down. Anonymous animals were...
Why You Shouldn’t Follow Your Passion in Photography
Eric Kim
I recently read an eye-opening book: “So Good They Can’t Ignore You: Why Skills Trump Passion in the Quest for Work You Love” — in...
Dangerous Photographers at the Cliffs of Moher
Spencer Cox
I arrived in Ireland a couple days ago, and I have been taking plenty of photos along the way. I’ll post them in future articles,...