All images by João Guedes. Used Under A Creative Commons License. Vancouver BC based photographer João Guedes specializes is shooting portraits and lifestyle imagery, but his personal side-project, The Diaries, is a beautiful blend of lifestyle, boudoir, and cinematography that brings you into the lives of these women. It is an intimate project; one that combines all …
“Back in the days when film was your only choice, if you wanted the full range of tonal control via color filters, you needed a bag full of glass.”
Adding an unexpected element into an otherwise ordinary looking photograph can result in surprisingly interesting results. Benoit Paillé experimented with with concept by placing a square bright LED light right in the middle of night landscape photographs he took at various locations in his photo series “Alternatives Landscapes”.
Fujifilm is riding a good wave right now as interest in the company’s x-series cameras is higher than ever since the release of its latest flagship offering in the new X-T2. But clearly, not everyone is interested in or can afford a camera like the X-T2, so we wanted to break down the x-series real and talk about the available options, an why you may like one over another.
Mountainsmith has just launched its new T.A.N. series of adventure camera packs in collaboration with renowned outdoor lifestyle photographer Chris Burkard. Mountainsmith claimed to have worked with Buckard to research and develop these products from start to finish.
Brevite got their start on Kickstarter a year or two back with their original backpack, which mimicked the look of that classic ‘Jansport’ school book bag. I used it regularly as my day trip bag for everything from business meetings to photoshoots, I loved its versatility and its overall build. (My one complaint was the plastic looking faux leather used)
When you look at most Graduated ND and standard ND (Neutral Density) filter sets out there, you’ll find loads of pretty expensive options. But when you look at the Neewer Complete ND Filter kit, you start to scratch your head–at least you will as a novice. The more experienced amongst us will know that the build quality of the higher end stuff will be leaps and bounds better and so will the image quality. We all completely understand the difference between great glass, mediocre glass, and know that you won’t be able to create as great images straight out of the camera as you can with better glass and paying for a much higher premium overall.
There will be time for highlighting deals for big gifts, but today we wanted to have a look at some great stocking stuffer gifts for the photography enthused members of your home. Phone lens accessories are a fun way to give the gift of better photography without having to splurge on a new camera or lens for this person. These are small, good quality and most importantly, nice and inexpensive.
Photographers, in large part, rely heavily on Adobe and their ecosystem fo applications, chiefly among them being Photoshop. There have been alternatives to crop up here and there but for the most part, they have never really gained much traction. Well, there is a new player in town for Windows users, Affinity Photo.
Eric Rossi theorized that the reason why manufacturers have not created the “perfect camera” was because they wanted you to keep buying new cameras and lenses, hence generating continuous flow of sales and profit.