When she isn’t at home in Rome, photographer Mary Stuart is a world-wandering traveler, photographing people and projects all over the globe. Heavily inspired by movies and cinema Stuart documents these trips with self-portraits shot from her hotel in a given location.
Are you a Canon shooter who loves macro photography and wants to either get into it, or shoot more of it? Perfect, because today we have several recommendations for Canon photographers in need of some increased magnification. From enthusiasts to dabblers, here are our picks for the top macro photography lenses.
Today, EyeEm announces the winners of its annual photography awards. The competition saw entries from more than 38,000 photographers with over 270,000 images being submitted. Contestants competed in five categories including architecture, outdoors, photojournalism, portrait, and street photography.
One of the toughest things that every photographer has to learn is how to say no–but once they do, they eventually find out just how incredibly empowering it is. You, yes you reading this piece, are most likely a person that defines yourself as a photographer. If you aren’t, then the chances are that someone or various people in your circles define you as one. It’s a label, and for that reason you’re probably looked at as the “friend with a camera”–which is a common term that agents for actors and actresses use. Of course, this also means that you’re in some ways or another the old reliable person to take a picture.
When you’re getting into portraiture and you’re a photographer on a budget, sometimes you don’t have the money to buy umbrellas, softboxes, etc. So the best things for you to generally do is learn how to photograph someone with a flash firing directly at them. This is what lots of shooters do, and sometimes it delivers awesome results but other times it really doesn’t.
This review of the Yasuhara Momo 100mm f6.4 soft focus lens is both the strangest and most unorthodox review I think I’ve done of a product in a while. Yasuhara is known for creating some really weird things, and so when the company announced their soft focus lens I truthfully expected something with plastic instead of something that looks like the world when I take my glasses off and my astigmatism rears its ugly head.
Portrait photographers can sometimes feel like they’ve got no place for a spot just for them. Of course, Instagram can be tough about this, but oddly enough Facebook isn’t. There are loads of groups dedicated to just portrait photographers that can mean all the difference for them when it comes to learning, inspiration, networking, etc.
For a while now, I’ve been on the search for the perfect camera bag; and in some ways the ZKin Yeti is a contender. It’s a beautiful camera bag with lots of space and great access for a working photographer. Considering the fact that I’m usually a messenger bag man, this bag does quite a bit to justify itself as something seriously worth looking at.
If you’re a Micro Four Thirds camera user, you’re most likely the type of person that loves to shoot street photography–but the Olympus 300mm f4 IS Pro is pretty much a far fetch from anything that a street photographer would use. Billed as one of Olympus’s Pro lenses, this one is designed for wildlife, sports, etc. Complete with weather sealing and a fairly light weight overall, what you’ll be most happy with is the fact that it’s also pretty small.
ONA, makers of stylish and functional camera bags, has announced the release of their Leather Bowery Bag in an all new Bordeaux color. Handcrafted with full-grain leather and detailed with antique brass accents, the bag is designed to be timeless and versatile for professional and casual use alike.