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Remembering The Dead – Discovering Dry Plate Photography

Howard Grill
In my work travels, I recently met someone who gave me an interesting gift. Several years back he had been driving down a back road...

Tearing down the Sony A7R IV to see what makes it tick

Patrick Nadolski
2020 is just around the corner, and if there is one thing we can be sure of, it’s that Sony probably isn’t going to be...

The story behind the World Press Photo winner “State of Decay” by Alejandro Cegarra

Martin Kaninsky
What’s up, photography fans! It’s Martin from All about Street Photography channel and today I would like to talk about a series of photographs. Placing...

Antelope Canyon is ending its photo tours – No more from 2020

Dan Zafra
The Upper Antelope Canyon Photo Tours, one of the most popular and controversial Photo Tours in the United States, will be discontinued from 2020 and beyond, according...

Shooting street photography in Ethiopia with the Fujifilm X-T3

Kristian Leven
Africa has been on my radar for a while. Having shot around Europe, India and South America, I was up for a completely new challenge,...

Comparing Fujifilm Neopan 100 Acros II to original Acros. What’s the difference?

EMULSIVE
Understandably, I was very excited to hear the news of Fujifilm bringing back NEOPAN 100 ACROS in the form of ACROS II earlier this year. So, when...

I wanted to see if K&F’s variable NDs can stand up to a regular neutral density filter

Paul Monaghan
A few weeks ago, I wrote about the creative benefits of using ND (Neutral Density) filters in photography. This can be viewed here. Although I...

How to create separation between model and background in Photoshop

Jake Hicks
Every Monday I ask my FB Page community to participate in my -Share-a-Shoot- post whereupon they share a recent shot they’ve taken in exchange for...

Are you going to leave your children printed photographs?

Missy Mwac
My son texted me the other day asking for my meatball recipe. It’s a rarity that he texts me for recipes, so I was thrilled...

How I used multiple composited exposures to light these stained glass church windows

Paul Monaghan
Every now and then I am contacted by my friends at East Dunbartonshire Leisure and Culture. I help them to document events or artwork installations...