Any of you father out there looking to spend some of that gift money on a new lens for the kit? Today we are highlighting a selection of probably the best bang for your buck lenses around, the nifty fifty! These versatile prime lenses are dying to join your kit. Have a look after the break to see if one of these bad boys can be yours…
We’ve been listening to a lot of your feedback since launching our redesigns last year and today we’ve incorporated a number of those changes into both the desktop website and the mobile website. Of course, we’ve got some hiccups and things that we’re trying to actively tweak. However, I personally want to welcome you to our new website.
Photographer Shant Kiraz is portrait and editorial photographer based in Los Angeles. He got into photography professionally after being approached by Zagat. Yes, he was approached by Zagat. For a while, he was the lead photographer for Zagat Restaurant Guides until 2014. Since then he’s shot for Eater.com, Micro Matic, Zagat Restaurant Guides, Amazon Inc., LA Canvas, Porter & Sail, San Diego Magazine, Darling Magazine, 24 Hour Fitness, Pasadena Magazine, The Irish Times etc.
Creating the Photograph is an original series where photographers teach you about how they concepted an image, shot it, and edited it. The series has a heavy emphasis on teaching readers how to light. Want to be featured? Email chrisgampat[at]thephoblographer[dot]com. Photographer Alexander C. Dela Cruz, Jr. is a Strobist Events Photographer based in Manila, Philippines. You …
Do you know how to actually shoot a photo in portrait orientation? You’re probably going to say yes because what you’ve been doing so far has been effective enough. But trust me, it isn’t efficient enough. You’ll learn this even more when go shooting commercial portraits, weddings, concerts, events where you’re in a pit, etc.
If you’re a wedding photographer, photojournalist, portrait photographer, food photographer, or you do any sort of work involving just the use strobism or flash then what you should also know about is one of the most awesome tricks of any strobist photographer: flash duration. A flash duration is crucially important to any photographer that wants to get serious about their lighting and can open up a whole world of creative possibilities to various creatives. It’s part of how Jaroslav created the Milky Pinups, and how many other photographers can stop high speed motion without the ability to crank up their shutter speeds.
I was previously based in London—shooting fashion, among other things. Aside from editorial undertakings, I was attempting to expand my focus and shoot different scenes in London, such as the drag and LGBT. I am gay myself and therefore the ‘bond’ or affiliation was already there.
If you’re a photographer and you’ve been using Instagram for a long time, then you’re probably sick of it unless you’re in the very small percentage of folks who are actual photographers and not something else. What do I mean by that? It’s no secret that the biggest accounts aren’t those of actual photographers. Instead, Instagram is just a portal to the lives of other people. It isn’t really about the photography, but there are platforms that are.
“When I finally picked up photography, I knew well my intentions to be an artist, and that if I were to ever get into photography, I would never be doing commercial or documentary work: the aim was to develop the craft into my own artistic ambitions.” says photographer John Dykstra about his photography. “What I didn’t know was how quickly my love for photography would develop.” Earlier on this year, I found John’s work on Reddit and talked to him about the series that you see here. It isn’t complete, but he’s been working on it and it’s developed into one that touches on how people see the world around them.
When Chris published the article “An Ode to a Now Popular Film Rangefinder Camera”, I had a memory overflow. I’ve thought about all the cameras that had passed through my hands, from my first camera – a Canon EOS 1000 – to the cameras I currently used. When Chris said “we have a camera that really was a companion in a way”, I could think of none other than my Canon T70.