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How to trigger your studio flash from a computer using an Arduino
Josh Beckwith
I needed a way to trigger a flash from an Electron app, but there wasn’t anything out there that suited my needs. At first I...
How to make it as a photographer
Marius Vieth
“WOW, YOU’VE MADE IT!” Sounds good, doesn’t it? Just say it to yourself out loud right now: “I finally made it!” Whatever it means to...
Misery Is Photogenic
Enzo dal Verme
This article might raise a few eyebrows. I am just wondering: do we need the spectacularization of pain? Film production company Duck Rabbit just published...
Photography at 200mph – An interview with motorsports photographer Kurt Bradley
Alex Zhu
Kurt Bradley is a former competitive driver turned motorsports photographer. He’s shot top-level international racing events such as Formula 1, MotoGP, and WEC, but also...
My camera died on a photo shoot, so I used my iPhone instead
Aaron Browning
So you turn up to a portrait shoot and meet your model. You’ve scoped out the location, organised outfits and the weather is perfect. Only...
A review of the new Cactus X-TTL cross platform flash trigger firmware with HSS and TTL
Paul Monaghan
One of the reasons I love shooting with Sigma camera bodies is the combination of the Foveon sensor that delivers great color and image detail...
The mental sweet spot for progression
Pratik Naik
There is a problem we all face as creatives in one way or another, and that is either being too hard on ourselves, or too...
Photographing Aurora – Reality vs Expectation
Ekant Veer
We just had a beautiful Aurora Australis hit New Zealand a couple of days ago. I was fortunate enough to catch a quiet spot to...
The Falcon has Landed – Working with film from the Apollo 15 Moon mission
Jon C. Haverstick
I recently had the amazing opportunity to work with some very interesting historical media. A retired NASA engineer friend contacted me having found a box...
Is photography the best educator? I think so and here’s why
Dano Pendygrasse
It’s been said that in 2017 everyone is a photographer, and from the unrelenting firehose of pictures that fill every inch of digital real estate...