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How I shot a lunar eclipse sequence on film and entirely in-camera

Jason De Freitas
G’day from Australia, my name is Jason De Freitas (@jase.film on Instagram), and I’m a photographer mostly known for my analog astrophotography. In this article, I’ll...

Five simple steps for using strobes during golden hour

Jay P. Morgan
Hi, this is Jay P. Morgan. Today on The Slanted Lens I’m back out here where we photographed last week. We photographed this little pizza...

Here is the biggest problem with photography competitions

Adam Marsh
We shouldn’t have to discuss large, global multimillion-dollar companies, profiting off the creative and personal branding efforts of professional photographers. Yet paying photographers compensation for...

No, smartphone cameras will never dominate the camera market

Adam Marsh
Contrary to another photographer’s opinion (one that is held by many others), there seems to be this doomsday cult that believes camera phones are going...

How not to be a photographer

Dmitri Popov
After almost five years in Germany, I’ve amassed an impressive body of work. I love many of the photos I took here, and some of...

Why I didn’t go full-frame and went with Fujifilm

Mark Adams
Around two years ago I decided that it was time for a change. I’d been shooting with various Nikon cameras (D40, D3200, D5300, D7100) over...

Xencelabs Pen Tablet Medium – A true Wacom competitor?

Rui Bandeira
In recent years, new pen tablet brands have appeared, some have presented interesting products, but the vast majority of them have tried to gain space...

Lessons I’ve learned over ten years of street photography

Rick Corbishley
I’m not a professional, but I take my street photography seriously. Because I enjoy it so much, I’ve invested a lot of time learning the...

The 1934 Chrysler that Brought Us Out of 2020

Blair Bunting
It wasn’t that the phone hadn’t rung for an entire year. It was that the shoots were always too risky; my urge to be on...

Why the Fujifilm X-T20 is still the camera I recommend in 2021

Mark Adams
It’s now 2021, and the Fujifilm X-T20 was released in 2017, uses Fujifilm’s X-Trans III sensor technology, and has been superseded by cameras like the...