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7 DIY gobos using items from around your home

Dec 8, 2017 John Aldred

Gobos can be wonderful things. They’re essentially stencils or templates that go between the light and your subject. They’re designed to help shape the light…



10 contenders go head-to-head to see which software is the best for processing astrophotography

Dec 8, 2017 Alan Dyer

To Adobe or not to Adobe. That is the question many photographers are asking with the spate of new image processing programs vying to “kill…



What background should you use with coloured gels? Grey or white?

Dec 7, 2017 Jake Hicks

This is another one of those questions I get asked a lot: ‘Should I be using a white or grey background with coloured gels?’ As…



Sick of boring family photos, this photographer recreated The Last Jedi movie posters

Dec 7, 2017 John Aldred

When it comes to family photos, especially around the holidays, the ones that most of us shoot are pretty boring. Photographer Josh Rossi felt he’d…



Memory cards past, present and future – What you need to know about the different card formats

Dec 7, 2017 Jeff Cable

A couple of months ago, I asked all of you to email me with ideas for future blog posts. One of the suggestions that came…



German flash manufacturer Multiblitz goes into liquidation

Dec 7, 2017 John Aldred

The death of Bowens earlier in the year was met with surprise from many photographers. But it paints a fairly clear picture. That even though…



How Peter McKinnon makes his YouTube videos from start to finish

Dec 7, 2017 John Aldred

One thing that many viewers of popular YouTube channels want to know is how the people they watch create their content. Being an educational sort…



These photos show how the exact same location changes during different times of the year

Dec 6, 2017 Dunja Đuđić Kalinin

Most people stop noticing the locations they pass by every day. But photographers tend to see these places in a different way. Dutch photographer Albert…



A black and white photography challenge by a colourblind photographer

Dec 6, 2017 Jason Futrill

Earlier this year I wrote what I felt was quite a personal article about what it is like to be a colourblind photographer. In the…



Why this photographer switched to Olympus after shooting Nikon for 42 years

Dec 6, 2017 John Aldred

Not too long ago, switching brands seemed a silly expense. Bouncing back and forth between Nikon and Canon was just far more cost and hassle…