“I am a documentarist,” clarifies young German photographer Valentin Goppel about his preferred style of photography. Having been exposed to photography at a very young age, he turned to it again during the pandemic a couple of years ago. We briefly chatted with him about his project “Between the Years,” which nabbed him a shortlist at the 42nd Oskar Barnack Awards by Leica.
“The most memorable lesson has been to be brave in taking shots,” says Theophilus Donoghue about an everlasting message from Steve Schapiro – his late father and legendary photojournalist. Steve and Theophilus have co-authored a new book, ‘seventy thirty,’ indicating the respective percentages of their contributions towards the book. We spoke to Theophilus about his experiences in photography, his close bond with his father, and how he approaches his photography these days.
We’re very thankful to Leica for providing a special giveaway opportunity for our members. Once you become a member, you’ve got a chance to win the excellent Leica SL2-S and Leica Vario-Elmarit-SL 24-70 f2.8 ASPH lens as a kit bundle. We’re delighted people are loving the banner-ad free Phoblographer! And we’re keeping up with our …
The Nikon 24-200mm is a great lens for anyone that wants to walkaround and leisurely enjoy their photography hobby; and it’s got a rebate! Additionally, the Nikon Z 24-120mm f4 lens is probably one of the most useful lenses you’ll get your hands on for the system. There’s also a rebate on the Nikon 28-75mm …
Cameras can’t get much more classic than a pinhole — unless, of course that pinhole camera also has a set of bellows. The Jollylook Pinhole is a wooden camera that artists can build themselves. Once constructed, the Pinhole uses Instax Mini instant film and runs on human hands, not batteries. Despite the modern Instax inside, the bellows give the Pinhole an unmistakably classic design.
With the X-H1 announced more than four years ago, Fujifilm’s H series cameras kind of fell out of their flagship status. Eclipsed by prettier and also stabilized bodies like the X-T4, more tech just got into the newer cameras that Fuji couldn’t cram into the X-H1. Then suddenly, the Fujifilm XH2s came roaring back unlike any Fuji camera had before. With the Fujifilm XH2s and XH2, the series has finally regained a place worth of its flagship title — and with an impressive list of features.
Lots of us don’t necessarily want to or need to upgrade our cameras every few years. But instead, new lenses that are affordable yet fantastic give our cameras new life. When I personally purchased the Tamron 17-28mm f2.8 Di III RXD lens a few years back, I bought it with the intention of having a useful wide-angle lens. What it turned into is something so much better.
The 60mm f2.8 Macro lens for OM System cameras is an amazingly fun lens to use! The OM-D E-M5 Mk III is a pretty good camera for anyone just getting into photography. If there was ever a great time to go buy something from the OM SYSTEM, it would be now. One of their flagship …
If you’re a Leica cultist, then you’re probably smitten with their Apochromatic lenses and hoped that maybe a new 28mm f2 Summicron-APO was being announced today. I’m sorry to let you down; there’s still something cool though! Instead, the Leica 35mm f1.4 Summilux-M is being updated. No, it’s not an FLE variant; instead, it’s an update adding in a few things that you didn’t know you needed.