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Watch Photography With the Sigma 105mm f2.8 Macro

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11/14/2020
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Last Updated on 11/14/2020 by Chris Gampat

In Pro Camera Reviews, we recently discussed the new Sigma 105mm f2.8 DG DN Macro Art.

Stunning! That’s how we feel about the Sigma 105mm f2.8 DG DN Macro Art so far. And quite honestly, so too did an audience in our recent Pro Camera Reviews episode. We paired it with the Sony a7r III and a Profoto light to see how well it could perform. Specifically, we used it with Food and watches. If you’re a big fan of watch photography, you’re going to want to check this one out. We discussed more in a recent episode of Pro Camera Reviews.

The Sigma 105mm f2.8 DG DN Macro Art First Impressions in This Episode

Sigma 105mm f2.8 DG DN Macro Art First Impressions: We’ve got the new Sigma 105mm f2.8 DG DN Macro Art lens in for review. This lens is one of the newest from the company. They promise it will be a fantastic portrait lens as well as Macro lens. It boasts things like weather sealing, an aperture ring, and a small front filter thread. We’ve been putting it to the test. See what we think of it in this segment on our YouTube Channel.

Sigma 105mm f2.8 DG DN Macro Art Image Samples

On the Next Episode

You’re Printing Your Photos All Wrong: We know for a fact that people don’t know how to print their images. But we’ve been doing it for years. In fact, it’s been a major part of our camera testing for a long time now. So we’re going to do a specific segment around how we print. Editor in Chief Chris Gampat will use the Canon Prograf 1000 printer and Canon’s own Pro Luster paper to get it done. And we’re going to dispell lots of myths about how it’s done.

Why Unsplash is Cancer for Photographers: Unsplash has been a cancer in the photography industry for a few years now. If you’re unfamiliar with them, they trick photographers into uploading their images under the guise of photo competitions only to take all image rights. Unsplash partners with multi-billion dollar companies. These companies can then use the images royalty-free with no need to credit the photographer. More and more photography based companies and websites, which are supposedly for photographers, continue to use and partner with Unsplash. Join us as we discuss why Unsplash is doing more harm than good in our industry, and learn how to protect your work.

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If you’re looking for a fun time while staying safe, we strongly recommend that you tune in for Pro Camera Reviews. It’s a weekly show where the staff tackles a couple of issues in the Photo World. They mostly pertain to cameras and lenses, but sometimes things get a bit more serious. This is partly because we still feel that we need to be educators and leaders in this space. Additionally, we also need to be responsible. Episodes are done on Zoom and are recorded. They’re then shared on YouTube. We recommend that you subscribe to us on Youtube to keep up.

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Chris Gampat is the Editor in Chief, Founder, and Publisher of the Phoblographer. He provides oversight to all of the daily tasks, including editorial, administrative, and advertising work. Chris's editorial work includes not only editing and scheduling articles but also writing them himself. He's the author of various product guides, educational pieces, product reviews, and interviews with photographers. He's fascinated by how photographers create, considering the fact that he's legally blind./ HIGHLIGHTS: Chris used to work in Men's lifestyle and tech. He's a veteran technology writer, editor, and reviewer with more than 15 years experience. He's also a Photographer that has had his share of bylines and viral projects like "Secret Order of the Slice." PAST BYLINES: Gear Patrol, PC Mag, Geek.com, Digital Photo Pro, Resource Magazine, Yahoo! News, Yahoo! Finance, IGN, PDN, and others. EXPERIENCE: Chris Gampat began working in tech and art journalism both in 2008. He started at PCMag, Magnum Photos, and Geek.com. He founded the Phoblographer in 2009 after working at places like PDN and Photography Bay. He left his day job as the Social Media Content Developer at B&H Photo in the early 2010s. Since then, he's evolved as a publisher using AI ethically, coming up with ethical ways to bring in affiliate income, and preaching the word of diversity in the photo industry. His background and work has spread to non-profits like American Photographic Arts where he's done work to get photographers various benefits. His skills are in SEO, app development, content planning, ethics management, photography, Wordpress, and other things. EDUCATION: Chris graduated Magna Cum Laude from Adelphi University with a degree in Communications in Journalism in 2009. Since then, he's learned and adapted to various things in the fields of social media, SEO, app development, e-commerce development, HTML, etc. FAVORITE SUBJECT TO PHOTOGRAPH: Chris enjoys creating conceptual work that makes people stare at his photos. But he doesn't get to do much of this because of the high demand of photography content. / BEST PHOTOGRAPHY TIP: Don't do it in post-production when you can do it in-camera.
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