Last time we featured the works of Kathmandu-based Skanda Gautam, we took a look at some of Nepal’s most pressing issues and vibrant festivals through his lens. Since he has a lot more social stories worth exploring, we might as well dive in to another of his fascinating series: a close look at the everyday life of locals and migrant laborers toiling away at a brick kiln.
My name is Anthony Bogucki. I’m 22 years old and I am a strobist photographer from the Greater Detroit area. I had always felt photography was about capturing a moment. As soon as I started experimenting with off-camera lighting, my perception of photography suddenly shifted to being about creating a moment. Flash photography has given me greater freedom in materializing the vision I see in my mind by allowing me more granular control over my final image. There’s no need to be chasing that golden hour light when you can create your own. I have done a large photo series on flowers but recently have branched off into portraits and other still subjects. I was drawn to floral subjects because I think they enforce the idea of creating a moment, flowers are frequently picked and taken out of their environment to be experienced on their own in another.
Among the myriad of projects you can take on as a photographer, possibly one of the most technical of them is making a photographic copy of an artwork. It can be challenging to reproduce all the colors and elements of a painting, for example, in the most faithful and accurate way possible. If you find yourself tasked with this mission, we may have just the right video tutorial for you.
We live in a day and age where electricity rules. This of course is not a bad thing; for one I wouldn’t be here writing this review if it were not for the buzzy stuff flowing through cables everywhere. Electricity also means that we get to turn night to day. Streets are filled with massive glowing buildings, and the roads are lined with lights that allow us to see in the dark, but the city lights (sodium lamps in particular) are polluting the night sky. The yellow glow they give off, and the haze they produce can be seen for miles and miles in all directions. Not only can this have a negative effect on night time cityscapes, the glow can also hamper efforts to capture the night sky, even if you think you’re far enough away from them, the glow will still affect your images.
Any photographer who has been practicing landscape photography for a while will likely have many stories about being caught out in ‘the storm of the century’. I know I have my tales. The weather can can change in an instant. A seemingly gorgeous sunny day, can soon become dark with rain cloud filled skies. Can your current lenses handle being caught in an unexpected rain shower? The lenses we will take a look at today are made for just these types of situations. They are weather sealed to the nines, and they will do just fine in a downpour.
My first camera phone was a 2MP Nokia. Never in a million years (actually, 14 years) did I think we would be where we’re at now. But the modern smartphone market brings with it a range of devices that have impeccable cameras built into them. The demand for the best camera and the rise in quality even has Canon and Fujifilm debating about the future of the digital camera world. No matter how you feel about it the quality is evolving, there’s no clearer sign of that than the Google Pixel 3. From insane low light performance to smooth, soft portraits, it’s hard to say why you shouldn’t be taking images with this camera. Could this be in fact, a replacement for every photographer’s main camera? let’s take a look…
When we hit the road or fly around the globe we don’t always want to be bogged down with a ton of gear. Travelling light can make our lives, and our trips that much more enjoyable. Being able to call upon a lens that can be used to shoot a landscape one second, and then a portrait moments later is crucial if you only want to travel with minimal gear. Here we’re going to take a look at 9 lenses across various platforms that we would take with us on our travels.
“Nowadays it is critical to save our planet”, Christophe Audebert firmly states as he talks about the impact climate change is having on the world. Where other photographers choose to document the damaging effects, Christophe, a Parisian based landscape photographer, is highlighting what we can do differently. In his series Liquid Time Iceland, he photographs and educates on how the Nordic island is making use of its natural resources. When it comes to innovation, Iceland is one of the leading nations producing geothermal power. He explains, ” it’s cheap, abundant, no greenhouse effect, a lower risk for pollution. The advantages are plenty”.
This is a specific message to almost the entire industry with the exception being Panasonic: whose menu systems are designed to be pretty darned simple overall. But for such innovative companies, I’m shocked that Sony, Fujifilm, Olympus and Nikon don’t have better menus. You see, Canon is where I hold my thoughts in the most regard when it comes to menu systems. Canon in many ways has created what the old school thought of Apple had: simplicity. Want to format your memory card? It takes two taps: one to get to the major menu and another to tap a number for the submenu. In that submenu you can select format.
Today, Alien Skin Software announced that the Exposure X4.5 update to their non-destructive RAW photo editor and organizer is now available. It’s been a while since we had a look at what the film-inspired photo editing alternative offers, so we were just as curious about the new stuff the Exposure X4 update has in store for us.