As a landscape photographer, I travel a fair amount. As a human being, I travel quite a bit. Travel is a passion in my family. Whenever we get the opportunity, we love to visit new places or revisit old ones. Family vacations arent photo trips though. Sure, photos are taken – lots of them. However, […]
Low-light Images often have noise issues, particularly in the dark areas.
So you’ve decided to take night time photographs. But the light is so low you’re worried about noise. You want the image sharp and the blacks to be black. And noise reduction reduces sharpness, so it’s going to be a problem. (Noise is always a problem with low-light images.)
In these situations you should always shoot at your camera’s lowest ISO setting and... more
When Yashica announced a comeback, many fans of the brand rejoiced. With an interesting concept of digital film roll and design of the old Yashica Electro 35, Yashica digiFilm Y35 raised the incredible $1.28 million on Kickstarter and the future looked bright. But now as the company is shipping cameras to the backers, many of […]
Three years ago, TinyMOS introduced TINY1, the worlds smallest astrophotography camera. Now theyre launching NANO1, which is three times smaller than its predecessor. With the new model, it looks like the smallest astrophotography camera has just got even smaller. Yet, despite the size the NANO1 is more powerful than its big brother in terms […]
If I look back at how I learned to take pictures, the path isnt straight at all. But this isnt necessarily just because I took wrong turns (yes including selective colour, and cheap tripod). Its also down to my goals changing. Constantly. One of the things that has changed significantly over the years are my […]
Grey cards always seem to disappear when you need them the most, don’t they? There you are on a shoot, the lighting’s changed, you need to white balance, and where’s that damn grey card gone? Well, here to save the day is GRAYCAP. It’s a lens cap with a built-ingrey card. The blurb on the […]
Sigma recently announced nine prime lenses coming to their Art lens lineup for Sony E-mount shooters. We got to test out the new Sigma 50mm f/1.4 DG HSM Art Lens for Sony E-mount mirrorless cameras, an update to the previous Sigma 50mm f/1.4 released in 2014. Here’s what we thought.
What’s in the Box
Like all Sigma lenses, this one comes packed in its own zippered carrying case. It also comes with... more
Timelapse and hyperlapse aficionadoKirill Neiezhmakov has been creating some pretty amazing films over the last few years. He’s travelled all over the place from Hong Kong to the romantic streets of Rome and Prague. In his newest film, Kirill takes us on a whirlwind tour of the Principality of Monaco. Kirill actually shot the sequences […]
Ever wondered what kind of portrait $10 in photographer’s fees will get you? Ever wondered what $25 in fees will get you? I am not really sure if this can even be a serious question but apparently, there is a variance even in the lower end of the pricemarket. Redditor M0shka needed a quick shot […]
A few years back I heard of an interestingphotography device. The Pixel Stick. It is a light painting tool that can “paint” images in the air based on jpgs. When it was launched, there was nothing quite like it in the market, and it made $600,000 on Kickstarter, which was very impressive for the time. […]
