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Photo Scout app is your landscape photography assistant in your pocket

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Step aside Photo Pills, there’s a new photography app in town. Cascable’s new app, Photo Scout, claims to change the game for photographers. Instead of constantly checking the weather, this app does the work for you by sending a notification when conditions are just right for a great photo.

Photo Scout uses clever technology to consider things like wind, sun and moon positions, moon phases, and weather conditions. When everything lines up perfectly, it sends you a quick alert. Plus, it has handy widgets, so you can keep an eye on these details right from your iPhone’s home screen.

From Taj Mahal to Eiffel Tower, these are the most “instagrammable” spots in the world

Have you ever wondered what the most photographed places in the world are? Places that will make your friends the most jealous if you visit and share photos on Instagram? Joke aside, folks at FloridaPanhandle.com actually analyzed this and came to some interesting conclusions. They researched hundreds of hashtags and attractions all over the world, as well as every single U.S. state. In their recent report, they reveal what the most “instagrammable” places are across the world and in the United States.

Mirrorless cameras shatter sales records as overseas travel soars

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Shipments of mirrorless single-lens cameras are breaking records, with sales up 20% in the first half of 2023. The surge is apparently driven by several factors, including the revival of Chinese outbound tourism and general expansion of tourism after the global pandemic, new AI-powered models, and a focus on making cameras more user-friendly.

Nikkei Asia reports that according to Japan’s Camera & Imaging Products Association, the largest shipment increase was seen in China, where they were up 44%. Japan and Europe also saw strong growth, with shipments up 30% and 9%, respectively.

How to enjoy your family vacation AND get great photos

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The summer season is well and truly upon us, and many photographers will be heading off on vacation with their pride and joy. Many will be bringing their families as well as their cameras. And that’s where friction can creep in. You might be going to Paris, France, for example. In your mind, you’re already planning the sunrise photoshoot at Le Tour Eiffel or the beautiful cobbled streets of Montmartre.

But Junior wants to go to Disneyland, and the wife has her eye on Louis Vuitton on the Champs-Élysée. But there is a way to keep everyone happy and get great photographs. In this video, Don Giannatti gives some great advice on reducing the stress of vacation photography.

This is why you never take “hot” passport photos

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I don’t think any of us is particularly happy with how we look in our passport pictures: pale, lifeless, and way too serious. You may have wished for a more flattering photo whenever you saw the mess you have in your passport. Instagram influencer Alisha Marie did, but it nearly got her barred from her flight! She shared her hilarious story in a video, and it’s a perfect example of why you should never look “hot” in your passport photos.

I shot these epic landscapes with my iPhone, I will never go back to shooting with a camera

In 2010, when Apple released the iPhone 4, it sparked a debate on whether a smartphone could replace a camera. At that time, professional photographers were sceptical, but little did they know that this small device would revolutionize the industry forever.

Despite having used both film and DSLRs in the past, I will never go back to shooting travel photography with them. The iPhone has become too convenient, and I see little difference in the quality of images. This is how I created these beautiful images of Norway, Italy, and Serbia, among others, with little more than the iPhone in my pocket.

Explore Barcelona in this photography inspired board game

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If you can’t get enough of photography and have always hankered after a trip to Europe, then this photography inspired board game might be just the thing. Zoom in Barcelona is a classic table top based board game, where the players must race each other around the hot spots of the Catalunyan city, competing to take the ‘best’ photo.

“Hop on a bike, catch a taxi or a bus to get to the best spots before the other players,” says the blurb. During the game you will take photos of its beautiful locations and the iconic structures that create the skyline of Barcelona.

Apply to this Maldives resort to ‘win’ a 3 week job as Honeymoon photographer

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The azure water laps around your toes as you wander across the white sands, camera in hand. The Insta-worthy couple frolics at the water’s edge, hanging off your every direction. After a tough morning’s work, it’s time to download your images in a banana-leaf hut while sipping a freshly squeezed fruit mocktail.

It’s a hard life, and it could be yours for three weeks anyway. The luxury travel company Kuoni is looking for an amateur or pro photographer to shoot honeymooning couples in the Maldives. All expenses included, plus you’re getting paid to be there. It almost sounds too good to be true. So what’s the catch?

What motivates you to take photographs?

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When I think about how I can help people with their landscape photography, everything to do with technique first comes to mind. Without technique, it’s more difficult to get what you want. Obviously, I also think about composition because that’s what will allow our photographs to say what we want them to say. But is there anything else? What about motivation?

In this article, I’m not going to talk about technique or composition. For technique, you have my own and others’  photography courses. For composition, you have my book “Practising composition” (Spanish language edition). But today, I want to talk about what motivates us to photograph nature and landscapes.

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