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Dear wedding couples – Stop asking friends to shoot your wedding just because they have a nice camera
Andreas Samaris
What’s happened has happened. But, I just kind of want to rant and maybe if some future brides/grooms see this I want them to get...
EOS R6 teardown reveals the timer chip that’s holding the camera back
Ilija Melentijevic
Here at Kolari Vision, we love tearing into the newest camera gears to learn how they work and if they can be modded for infrared...
Take a peek inside the Canon EOS R6 mirrorless camera in this disassembly and teardown
Patrick Nadolski
Here at Kolari Vision, we love tearing into the newest camera gears to learn how they work and if they can be modded for infrared photography, full spectrum...
Are you still chasing “perfect” colour?
Jake Hicks
It’s my belief that colour is actually one of the most subjective elements that we as humans all understand, yet we actually have no real...
Comparing the Canon R5 and R6 file formats (RAW, CRAW, JPEG, HEIF)
Jeff Cable
In my last post, I shot images with both the Canon EOS R5 and Canon EOS R6 to compare the ISO performance of both cameras....
How I made a camera from 23,248 coffee stirrers, powered by a Raspberry Pi, and controlled with a Nintendo controller
Adrian Hanft
This is the story of how I created one of the strangest cameras you may ever hear about. I’ve been working on the design for...
How to create natural looking window light at home with flash and a diffused scrim
Jake Hicks
Unbelievably soft lighting is actually trickier to do than many think. Sure we can place a large softbox in front of our subject to light...
Testing the ISO of Canon EOS R5 and R6 vs 1DX Mark III and 5D Mark IV
Jeff Cable
Whenever Canon comes out with new cameras, one of my most important real-world tests is determining how clean the images look at higher ISOs. I...
Move over selfies – Cartes de Visites were the first great photography craze
Richard Davies
Before Instagram, selfie sticks, disposable cameras, Polaroids, and box brownies, there were carte de visites – small photographic albumen prints, mounted on card, which were...
That time I had my portfolio critiqued – I’m thinking about what Sara said
Neil Ta
I’ve had the great privilege of tagging along with Eric Kim for the Gulf Photo Plus (GPP) event in Dubai back in 2014 and 2016....