Classic cameras always look best in classy chrome or elegant black. If you agree, you may squirm a little in your seat with our latest vintage find: a gorgeous Canon P rangefinder camera that comes in a rather bright and arguable hue. But if you’re interested in it anyway, step right up and check out what we’ve found!
If you’re a photographer training your eye to get sharp on architectural elements and structures, you’ll do well to study our featured series. We have yet another impressive work from Paris-based fine art photographer Ludwig Favre, this time showing us a fine example of how even the most humdrum of settings become eye-catching with enough attention to detail.
Forget Paris, New York and Tokyo for street photography, they’re overrated (ignore me. I’m just jealous I don’t live there). But as a British street photographer that cut his teeth in London, I’m going to fly the flag and say it’s the best spot in the world for making street photographs. Be mindful, London his huge and there are many areas that all have their own story to tell. To help, because I’m kind like that, I’m going to break them down. Here are the six best places for street photography beginners to shoot in London…
There has been a long standing myth around APS-C cameras and portrait photography. Many will have you believe that in order to be considered a pro, or for you to be taken seriously as a portrait photographer you need to own a Full Frame camera, however this simply isn’t true. APS-C cameras are more than capable of taking stunning portraits, and their ability to capture stunning images goes through the roof when you use them with top quality glass. The lenses we have chosen here will take your portrait photography to another level, in fact, the results will be so good no one will ever know that you’re using a crop sensor camera.
There’s a funny meme going around on Facebook and now Instagram that is essentially harmless, but is so close to the hearts of many different photographers. It’s a play off of an old Batman comic where Robin is being slapped by Batman. It has been used for a number of different subjects, but the most recent is with regards to natural light photographers. Now, we’ve spoken about this subject many times in the past, and have been met with opposing criticisms as well as praise. The majority of us are very pro team “make your own lighting and use all available lights.” And many times, the term “Natural Light Photographer” is often just seen as a crutch.
If you’ve been stocking up on some films from ebay and sellers abroad, it’s most likely because there’s a bunch of films that are hard to come by in the US. Well, we come bringing some good news. Two of these films from Kodak, Pro Image 100 and Color Plus 200, are now within your reach, as the Film Photography Project (FPP) now carries them in their online store!
Whether you practice wedding photography, portrait, street, landscape, sport, wildlife photography, or photo journalism, we have found lenses with huge savings for you. These lens deals are red hot and they won’t be around for long. You can pick up the Sigma 50mm f1.4 Art for Canon for just $718.19! The Fujifilm 16-55 f2.8 is a steal at $899, and the Sigma 35mm F1.4 for Nikon is a must have at $739! There are deals on Pentax glass too like the Pentax 50mm f1.4 for $996.95, and the excellent Pentax 15-30mm f2.8 which is down to $1,196.95! There are great deals for Sony users and Micro Four Thirds shooter as well like the Sony 24-70mm f4 Vario Tessar which is just $798, and the Panasonic 12-60mm f2.8-4 which can be yours for $797.99!
Conceptual photography comes with many sub-genres, with conceptual portraits among the most popular — and certainly one of our favorites. Today, we look at a beautiful project that should easily impress and give ideas to aspiring and practicing conceptual portraitists. Bulgarian photographer and digital artist Lubo Sergeev may specialize in advertising photography, commercial image production, and high-end photo manipulation, but he also has a number of projects that are inspired by and rooted in history and art.
In continuing our pursuit of capitalism and conversations that will ultimately lead to some photographers feeling inadequate about their gear because the internet is a terrible place, we’re rounding up the top lenses that DXOMark rates to be fantastic. We need to remind everyone though that their results really only grade the optics and there is so much more to a lens than just the optics. Additionally, what they don’t test for is character. Instead, they base it off of what they can put into a quantifiable, factual and clinical finding. They also judge things like weather sealing, autofocus speed, build quality, balance, etc. Only real life testing does that. But without further adieu, check out their best lenses.
If you were inspired by the works showcased in the first shortlist announcement of this year’s Sony World Photography Awards, we’re sure you’ve been looking forward to seeing more. Finally, the World Photography Organisation has recently announced the shortlisted series under the Professional and Student competitions, each already hailed as some of the world’s best bodies of work published from the previous year.