If you’re a member, then you’re automatically entered to win! In the month of April 2024, the Phoblographer is giving away vintage gold! We’ve got a Contax 45mm f2 converted to Leica M Mount — and we’re giving it away to one lucky subscriber in our giveaway that’s available exclusively to our members. When we …
Portrait photographers: trust us, you’re going to miss out. A while back, we launched our first set of Adobe Lightroom-compatible editing presets. We’ve had a really good response to them so far and this article here showcases more of their capabilities. While they work great on landscape, travel, and street photos, we realized they also work wonders with portraits. This article gives you visual examples of all 20 presets in our Photojournalism Presets Pack, as applied to various portraits we’ve taken over the years. And if you want, you can purchase them right here at our store.
Back in the late 2000s and early 2010s, many brands used Kodak imaging sensors. In the beginning, they were valued. But after some time, Sony and Canon sensors started to push ahead. When the Canon 5D and 40D came out, photographers started to question what was capable of digital cameras and high ISO output. The Nikon D3, D700, and D300 all took that even further. The poor Kodak sensors couldn’t keep up — and instead, focused on images that could be shot at lower ISOs. They looked fantastic with medium format cameras, but with smaller sensor cameras, it wasn’t as celebrated. But these Kodak sensors had something very special, they delivered images that looked like film.
For many of us, there’s nothing like going out for a hike or meditation around landscape photography. If you’re an introvert, it’s a wonderful way to be able to get out into nature and realize a creative vision you have for a scene. Sometimes you may need a nice, slow, shutter speed. At other times, you need unique colors to inspire you just because the color green is that perfect shade. No matter, the best lenses for landscapes will always be reliable, lightweight, capable, weather resistant, and versatile. We’ve done the most real-world reviews of any photography publication around. So here’s what we think are the best lenses for landscapes that photographers are going to adore.
There are certain 70-300mm lenses that are simply better than others. And in our opinion, Tamron’s is incredible. In fact, we think that it’s so great that we took a look at our review done several years ago and issues an update. We previously updated it when testing it with the Nikon Z9. However, we recently used it with the Sony a9 III and fell in love with the images we were able to make with it.
It’s your last chance to get really good savings on some already very affordable Tamron gear. It includes their best lenses, and great lenses for birds and wildlife photography. Sony photographers are the ones who will benefit the most too! The Tamron March Mega Sale is running until April 7th, 2024. Here are all the deals you care about.
Camera manufacturers often don’t cover damage or issues around weather resistance in their warranties. That’s why we created the Photography Care Program. And now, you can win big when you sign up for a free quote. The Phoblographer is giving away two Sony lenses. Not one, but TWO! One lucky winner will receive the Sony 35mm f1.8 FE and 85mm f1.8 FE lenses in our latest giveaway. To enter, you only need to sign up for free to get a quote from the Phoblographer’s new Photography Care Program. This is the site’s latest insurance program designed to protect amateurs and professionals in case something happens to their gear or their business. More details are down below.
There are lots of crazy things happening in the news right now, let’s be very frank. The photojournalists of the world have been competing to get better and better photographs. Their images are proof that the still image is quite important in the age of AI and videos seen on social media platforms. Every year, we look at some of the gear that photographers use; and this year there’s a very curious trend.
Many modern lenses are pulling out all the stops to stamp out lens flare, but a lot of photographers (myself included) go out of their way to create dramatic flare. The Sigma 14mm f1.4 Art attempts to balance great technical images and character. That’s a fine line to walk, with the pitfalls of barrel distortion, colored fringing, and soapy bokeh on one side and the potential of dramatic lens flare, fun perspectives, and bokeh on the other. Does the Sigma 14mm f1.4 Art manage to walk the line, or does it fall flat?
“I usually give my pictures and writing a little time to mature before I share them with others,” says the world-famous photographer Cig Harvey in an interview with the Phoblographer. “This time allows for a greater understanding of the work and what it is saying and doing before I put it out there in the world. Typically, I work in book format, so the relationship between the images and how they communicate with each other is essential.” It’s a process that takes a lot of patience, time, and gets easier once you realize that Instagram isn’t the end-all-be-all of photography. Instead, some of the world’s biggest photographers aim to get their work into museums and galleries. That’s exactly what Cig has done.