The elegant spiral of a fiddleneck flower. Shooting handheld allowed me to refine the framing of the flower to my liking from an angle I wouldn’t have been able to achieve easily on a tripod. Single frame capture. Exposure: 1/800 sec., ƒ/20, ISO 2000. Nikon’s expanding lens collection for its mirrorless Z system now includes
Month: August 2022
Filters – specifically ND and polarizing filters – are some of my most-used landscape and travel photography tools. For years, I predominantly used round, screw-type filters instead of a holder system because they’re small and easy to travel with. But varying lens diameters had left me with a motley assortment of filters, and in an
In 1961s, Fred Herzog photographed a woman on the street, with just her green skirt and red stockings visible in the frame. In 1972, Helen Levitt photographed kids in New York City, dressed in various shades of yellow and purple. In the 1980s, Martin Parr photographed an ice cream shop in an English beach suburb,
[embedded content] A pilot risked melting his drone to capture awesome shots of the recent volcanic eruption in Iceland. 17-year-old Svanur Gabriele flew his drone over the lava to capture stunning footage for Airstock after dozens of earthquakes disturbed a number of volcanos. The Icelandic team captured spectacular FPV film over Geldingadalir and the Meradalir
When using manual focus, it’s difficult to tell exactly where your plane of focus is. It’s possible to make a guess using your eye, but you can still be slightly off and end up with an image that is out of focus. Similar to how histograms take the guesswork out of exposure, focus peaking uses
[embedded content] Panaluxe has announced the Panaluxe Smart Color Target (Type 1) that it claims can instantly generate Direct Scene-Referred (DSRTM) color profiles regardless of camera or location. According to the company, the upcoming Panaluxe Smart Color Target system will allow creators to perfectly color-match shots regardless of camera, lens, lighting, or optical filters, ensuring
I knew we’d eventually start to see some custom “portable” cameras being made based off the Raspberry Pi HQ camera after they announced it in early 2020. Have to be honest, didn’t think it’d take this long but here we are. Created by Billy O’Sullivan, the Paparazzo C/CS is a 12-megapixel C/CS mount interchangeable lens