Modern camera lenses are fantastic for many reasons; however, they’re boring, predictable and have hardly any character, which is a complete 180 compared to vintage lenses. Modern lenses have many advantages over vintage lenses. Nobody can deny this. Lightweight yet rigid plastics make carrying around modern lenses easy. Most modern lenses also feature weather sealing…
If you’re reading this, then you’re most likely a passionate photographer. If you’re not, then you’re considering hiring one and you want to know fair rates. For the record, anyone can do TFP. Working photographers can absolutely do it. Enthusiast and hobbyist photographers can do TFP too. But there’s surely something to be said about…
Fashion photography remains at the top of the wish list for many portrait photographers. My favorite thing about the genre is that breaking the rules is embraced, and self-expression is encouraged. Fashion is one of the best areas to experiment, play, and have fun. It is also one of the most demanding genres of photography,…
Photography has come a long way, baby! There were rules for properly exposing the film. Then digital moved on the scene with new rules. Guess what? The rules have changed … again. Photography with negative film The negative film gave us quite a bit of exposure latitude. Overexposure, unless it was severe, wouldn’t totally lose…
“I have been invited to photograph a lot of the modern punk movement, but it has had no excitement for me,” states photographer Thurston Howes. “I think the people I was involved with at the time were the real draw for me. They were creative, engaging, and very receptive to me and my photographs. The…
If you’re planning to hit the road this fall and you want to take just one lens that will allow you to capture everything from grand landscapes to the gorgeous colors of fall, you need to check out these all-in-one-zooms that are perfect for fall travel photography. Fortunately, we have been blessed with a ton…
“The Real Deal: Field Notes from the Life of a Working Photographer” (2022) is the latest page-turner from acclaimed American photographer Joe McNally. Part autobiography and part freelance photography bible of sorts, The Real Deal delivers a candid journey of McNally’s 40-year career in the industry. The author Joe McNally is an award-winning, critically acclaimed…
Some of us only need a 50MP medium format camera body and don’t care for AI scene detection. Instead, we just care about weather resistance, good ergonomics, and a beautiful image. And indeed, the Fujifilm GFX 50R can do those things. Sure, it has gotten up there in age and doesn’t have image stabilization, but…
Photographer’s block is just as serious as writer’s block! Anyone with an artistic or creative nature knows exactly what I am talking about. Painters, in their minds, run out of things to paint and photographers point their cameras aimlessly, not sure of what they should be photographing. When these things happen it is time to…
Have you ever been that photographer who was too lazy to bring a tripod with you? Well, you’re not alone. Plenty photographers don’t always want to bring tripods with them. What helps is having great image stabilization in both the lenses and the camera. However, technology can only do so much. So here are some…
