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Great Reads in Photography: January 17, 2021
Every Sunday, we bring together a collection of easy reading articles from analytical to how-to to photo-features in no particular order that did not make our regular daily coverage. Enjoy! Nick Ut: Why I Accepted Trump’s Medal Of Arts – Newsweek Photographer Nick Ut...
Canon EOS R5 snags first place in Japan camera sales
For a little while, it seemed that both Nikon (with their D5600) and Fuji (with their Fujifilm X-T4 and X100V) were getting some satisfying ranking news. But before they got to rest on their laurels comes a report from Yodobashi Camera, and puts the Canon R5 as the...
First review of the new Nisi 15mm f4 lens
Nisi is best known for its high–quality filters. The company recently changed its name to Nisi Optics, showing a new and extended vision geared towards producing quality lenses. The Nisi 15mm f4 has been long in the making, but these days finally hit the market. The...
5 Signs Your Landscape Photos Are Way Too Busy
Figuring out the line between “good” and “too much” is one of the big challenges in photography, whether it’s making adjustments in post-processing or figuring out what to include in a composition. In this 14-minute video, photographer Mark Denney shares 5 things to...
These Studio Portraits of Smashed Electronics are Oddly Satisfying
From time to time, we all get that desire to throw one of our electronics at the wall and/or smash it with a bat. But how many of us ever actually get to do it? For photographer Jaap Vliegenthart, he got to live out this fantasy: crushing some of his old electronics...
Man Ray: The Unwilling Fashion Photographer Who Excelled
Man Ray is today regarded as one of the most innovative photographers of the twentieth century. He reinvented solarization and further developed photograms, which he called “rayographs,” in reference to himself. He also pioneered fashion photography in the 1920s-1940...
10 Tips and Tricks to Achieve Excellent Winter Photos
Winter photography can be difficult and even dangerous if you don’t take the proper precautions to protect yourself and your gear. In this post I’ll show you how to take better snow photos and have a more enjoyable time in the cold while doing it. 1. Extra Batteries...
The Red TTArtisan 50mm f/0.95 ‘Year of the Ox’ Lens is Gorgeous
TTArtisan has unveiled a limited edition version of its 50mm f/0.96 lens for Leica M-Mount cameras that features a striking red finish to celebrate the Year of the Ox according to the Chinese Zodiac. The company already had two variants of the lens, silver and black,...
Godox targets Streamers and influencers with new $64 CL10 LED
Godox is on a roll with the new gear at the moment, with the recent releases of the AD100Pro strobe and SZ150R & SZ200Bi zoomable Bowens mount LED lights. With this one, though, they’re dialling things down a notch with the new Godox CL10. It’s a multicolour LED...
Yet Another Major Japanese Retailer Shows Canon R5 Topping Sales Charts
Yodobashi Camera has published its top ten cameras sold in December of 2020 and the Canon EOS R5 it at the top of the list. While we’re still waiting for BCN+R and CIPA to reveal December sales numbers, this is the second major retailer to report the popularity of the...
Get a Closer Look at 400MP Photos Captured with the Fujifilm GFX100
Last year Fufjilm announced a firmware update that would bring pixel-shift multi-shot to the GFX100, allowing it to jump from 100-megapixel photos to capturing whopping 400-megapixel photos. In this 12-minute video, ZY Productions shows exactly what that looks like....
A Behind-the-Scenes Look at How Ilford Film is Made
Since 1928 Ilford has produced film photography products from its factory in Mobberley, England, though the company itself is much older. In this 18-minute video from Exploredinary, you can get a close, extended view of how the film is made and hear from the...