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Podcast: Lens Adapters—Your Link to Creative Photography
Lens adapters are certainly not new items in the savvy photographer’s gear bag, but they have taken on an added significance since the onset of …
Video: The Making of a Personal Project - Cancer Family by Nancy Borowick
Nancy Borowick is a freelance photographer who covers a variety of subjects for the <i>New York Times,</i> but when the lives of her parents took a turn for …
Now You Can Put A Parachute On Your Drone
Editor’s Note: This post appears in The Lumoid blog, and is reposted here with their permission.<p>Lumoid <i>is a band of creatives, photographers, and tech</i> …
DronesHow Design and Content Marketing Can Work Together
<i>Kathryn Han is the Director of Design at Contently, a content marketing technology solution. As an award-winning creative with more than 10 years</i> …
Content Marketing10 Tips for Capturing Successful Underwater Portraits
<i>Jenna Martin is a fine art and underwater photographer based out of Billings, Montana where she lives with her fiancé Chris, their 2 dogs (Smoltz and</i> …
Portrait PhotographyNew Gear: Zeiss Batis 18mm f/2.8 Wide-Angle Prime Lens For Sony E-Mount
ZeissNote the smooth curves to match the rest of the Batis familyIf you’re a Sony full-frame shooter and you like high-end lenses, 2016 has been a …
SonyMicrosoft Lumia 950 camera review
<i>Connect smartphone reviews are written with the needs of photographers in mind. We focus on camera features, performance and image quality.</i><p>When we …
Huawei Mate S camera review
<i>Connect smartphone reviews are written with the needs of photographers in mind. We focus on camera features, performance and image quality.</i><p>The Huawei …
HuaweiFurs and Fake Blood: How I Planned and Shot an Epic Viking Shoot
One of the most luring aspects of photography, for me, is storytelling. Whether it’s weddings, photojournalism, or creative portraiture, the …
$30 eBay Find Makes Shooting 3D on Your DSLR a Breeze
Shooting stereoscopic 3D images usually means breaking out a cool old film camera like the one used here, but this $30 eBay find from 1950 can make …
NASA astronaut Jeff Williams showcases ISS photography equipment
NASA astronaut and Expedition 47 flight engineer Jeff Williams posted a video recently detailing some of the equipment he uses to capture his …
Major Leica SL firmware update brings better AF, new top shutter speed
Leica has introduced firmware version 2.0 for its SL (Typ 601) camera that brings a major change to the camera’s focusing as well as a new top …
Meyer-Optik launches Kickstarter campaign for 50mm 'Soap Bubble Bokeh' Trioplan lens
German optical manufacturer Meyer-Optik Gorlitz has begun a Kickstarter campaign to raise funds to produce a modern 50mm F2.9 version of its Trioplan …
VSCO, Apple and World Wildlife Fund Team Up on Limited Edition Preset
VSCO has teamed up with Apple and the World Wildlife Fund to create a limited edition, charitable iOS preset. 100% of the proceeds from the preset go …
Galaxy's Direct Positive Photo Paper is Coming to Medium Format
Direct positive photo paper is not typically the domain of 120 medium format film cameras. For those you usually use … well … film. But the folks at …
Follow Vincent Munier into the Arctic in this Spectacular Short Film
Wildlife photographer Vincent Munier‘s short film “Arctique” captures the stark beauty of the arctic in a way that will leave you absolutely …
Zeiss Extends the Full-Frame Batis Line with 18mm f/2.8 Lens
Zeiss is working hard to fill in the wide-angle gaps of Sony’s full-frame E-mount lens line with its most recent releases, including the brand new …
IN USE: The Leica T and the new 35 1.4 Summilux T Lens!
<b>IN USE: The Leica T and the new 35 1.4 Summilux T Lens!</b><p><b>THIS IS AN “IN-USE” REPORT – Giving my thoughts after a week or so of use. Shorter than a full</b> …
Cheap Accessories: Camera Bag Deals To Increase your Carrying Capacity
Welcome to Cheap Accessories, our Thursday post where we feature all of our non-camera & non-lens deals. You will see some great deals on lighting, …
Animals and Humans Live in Urban Harmony in this Surreal Photo Series
Lithuania-born photographer and artist Ceslovas Cesnakevicius‘ series <i>The Zoo</i> is the result of a thought he had while visiting the diverse cities of …
Zeiss unveils super-wide Batis 18mm F2.8
Zeiss has added the 2.8/18, a super wide-angle autofocus lens, to its Batis line for Sony E-mount. The full-frame lens joins the current 25mm F2 and …
Mentor Series: Miami 2016
Mentor Series The BEST OF photo gallery“In order to take iconic photographs, you must go to iconic locations”. There is no question that Mentor …
Photo Challenge Finalists: Black-And-White Portraits
Let's get it out of the way right in the beginning: This was one of the most successful and difficult to judge Photo Challenges we have ever done …
Bryan Denton Wins Getty Images Chris Hondros Fund Award
American photojournalist Bryan Denton has won the fifth annual $20,000 Getty Images Chris Hondros Fund (CHF) Award, and fellow photojournalist Kiana …
Victoria Will on the Importance of the Workshop Experience
© Victoria Will<p>Though Victoria Will began her career as a photojournalist, she fell in love with storytelling through portraiture. The magic came in …
UC Davis Paid $175K to Bury Infamous Pepper Spray Incident
The University of California, Davis spent “at least $175,000 to scrub the internet of negative online postings following the November 2011 pepper …
So-Called 'Wedding Photographer from Hell' is Also a Photo Stealer
If you’ve read a tabloid recently—or simply haven’t been hiding beneath a rock—you’ve probably heard about the ‘wedding photographer from hell‘ who …
Video Shows How Reuben Wu Shoots His SciFi, Drone-Lit Landscapes
Reuben Wu‘s science fiction-inspired, drone-lit landscape photos have exploded since we shared them last week, and now Reuben is showing off exactly …
Books: 52 Weeks of Photos and Stories from "Motherland"
How do we tell the stories we most want to tell?That is one of the questions raised in a moving new book that reflects on the inner life of children …
The 3-Step Process of Personal Photography
Dear friend,<p>If you’ve ever wanted to find more meaning, purpose, and direction in your photography— I recommend you to pursue “<b>personal photography</b>.” …