One of the things that keep me shooting with film is the distinct nostalgic look it gives my photos. I’m sure that there’s a sustained interest in this visual style not only for photography projects but also for filmmaking. Fortunately, technology has made it possible for photographers today to get the film look even when…
My Dearest Leica, I hope you’re well and that sales are good. You, like any other relatively small business, are wished sustainable and healthy growth from me. My letter today is a simple request that goes deep into your history, and begs you to embrace a critical part of your identity. Most of us become…
With fall officially upon us, I’ve been planning for sometime now to get out with my camera and capture the warm fall colors around me. But this year, things have been going a little slower, due to warmer weather. While some leaves have changed (or have started to change), others are still as green as…
I have been using my Samsung S21 mobile phone on and off for a few years now to shoot and edit in Adobe Lightroom Mobile. I used Lightroom on my phone years ago and found it a little clunky and difficult to use. Not to mention I found it much easier to edit in Lightroom…
We get it: finding the best zoom lenses is a pretty difficult task when no one is making a bad one. But some are truly more innovative, unique, or balance things just right better than others. Professional photographers demand the best zoom lenses for the variety of work they do on locations and in studios….
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Consider this: according to research from the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence, artists experience more stress and anxiety when compared to those in other fields, but they also measure higher in terms of strengths such as hope or ego resilience—or the ability to recover from difficult times. In other words, artists might have more anxiety…
There are wonderful lenses made by Leica that photographers aspire to shoot with. With the Leica SL2-S, photographers get the best durability mixed in with the Leica image quality they crave. Everyone also knows that prime lenses are the optics that help create all those images we dream of. So we figured that we’d round…
Open-source software offers alternatives to popular photo editing software without a subscription or even a one-time cost. But, sometimes, there are other hidden costs, like the urge to throw a $3,000 computer across the room. Take darktable, for example. It’s a free Lightroom alternative with many surprisingly advanced tools. But several unnecessary hours and a…
“The only good war photograph is an anti-war photograph.” -Tim Page Tim Page covered the war in Vietnam, was a “gonzo photographer” tripping with and photographing hippies and rock n’ roll in the 70s. Fearless photojournalist Tim Page left his native England when he was 17. He wanted to see Europe. Before leaving he wrote…
