If you’re looking to buy some new glass for yourself, or for someone else this holiday season, you should take a look at some of the offerings from Tamron. Tamron Lenses produce amazing images, are built like tanks, and are a lot cheaper than first party lenses. Check out the incredible 150-600mm F5-6.3 which has a discount of $199, or if you like primes take a look at the 45mm F1.8 which can be yours for just $399
Japan is on every photographer’s dream destinations for many good reasons –the distinct look and feel of its cities is just one. If you’ve been bitten by the travel bug and have your eyes specifically on Japan, today’s featured photo diary by Steve Roe will give you plenty of reasons to put Kyoto on your bucket list!
When it comes to the minimalist approach in landscape photography, we see a lot of different subjects and subtle variations in style. But the look and feel of the images remain consistent enough for the sub-genre to stand out on its own: heavily atmospheric, minimalist, and dramatic in monochrome. It has also become a popular approach to architectural photography, and it’s not uncommon for some photographers to do it for both genres. UK-based Antonio Gouveia is one, who often captures a good mix of natural and man-made elements in his minimalist work.
I spent perhaps an hour talking about this review with Imaging Resource’s Jaron Schneider before I even started writing this review for the Peak Design Travel Backpack 45L. We spoke about it amongst ourselves and a number of other journalists on a press trip. In short, none of us like it; in fact the only person that I’ve met who does is a random guy on the plane who seemed a lot like an influencer or part of what I like to call the Peak Design cult. I tend to be harder on Peak Design products because I know that they’re a company that can do better; they hired a designer from Apple for Christ’s sake! They’re a company that consistently hauls in more money than I’ll probably ever see in my life and unfortunately, this ranks up there with the lens swapper as one of the worst products I’ve ever used from Peak Design.
Humans have populated the Earth so successfully and heavily that it’s easy to find traces of human activity in virtually every corner of the world. Sometimes, these manifestations are harmless; many times, they bring serious repercussions for the planet. For Iranian fine art photographer Milad Safabakhsh, one way to interpret this is to look for these traces of human presence in their simplest or most subtle forms. With this in mind, he embarked on a journey to put together Erde, an ongoing, long-term body of work that highlights the effects and presence of humans on Earth. The series was derived from the etymology of the word “Earth”, which came from both English and German words, ‘eor(th)e/ertha’ and ‘erde’, respectively, which translate to “ground.”
At Photokina, the IRIX 150mm f2.8 Dragonfly Macro Lens was announced amongst the sea of other things, and if you don’t know a whole lot about IRIX it would be easy to miss them. They’re a company based in Europe and according to the last that I heard, their lenses are made in Korea. They create manual focus lenses that are high quality, have weather sealing, and include features in them that many other folks don’t incorporate. And with their new IRIX 150mm f2.8 Dragonfly Macro Lens, they’ve included 11 aperture blades for super creamy bokeh.
Landscape photography is one of the most popular, and most relaxing genres of photography there is. Thousands upon thousands of photographers head out daily to capture the stunning scenery around them so that they can share the beauty with the world. Fortunately there are some truly incredible wide angle lenses to help capture all of that detail around us.
October this year saw the Hollywood premiere of the Tom Hardy-starrer Venom, based on the Marvel comics character of the same name. To commemorate – and just in time for New York Comic Con 2018, too – actor and cosplayer Luna dressed up as a female version of the character in a skintight latex bodysuit and thigh high boots.
When I first had the chance to play with the Nikon z7, I felt like Nikon had given us a with camera a whole lot of promise despite guaranteeing a groan out of a photographer every time that they try to bring their images onto their computer. But then we found issues with the autofocus, and quite frankly some of those autofocus issues were pretty awful. On paper, the Nikon z7 sounds like it would knock the ball out of the park. In real life practice though, it wasn’t up to par of so many other options out there. But with a BSI 45.7MP full frame sensor that has 493 focusing points, this seems like a camera that is a dream for so many shooters out there. Unfortunately, it’s not pulling me away from Sony any time soon.
If you have been waiting to buy a new camera, now it the time to strike. Cyber Monday is jam packed with amazing camera deals such as the incredible Sony A7R II for just $1,598, the Canon 6D Mk II with battery grip for just $1,299, and the Sony A7 II with 28-70mm lens for an amazingly low $998! There are also deals on the Nikon D3500 with two zoom lenses for $496.96, the D5600 with two zoom lenses for $696.95 and the Nikon D750 with battery grip for $1,396.95. There are great photography deals on software and tutorials too like the Buy One Get Two free Lightroom Presets bundle that comes with over 16,000 presets for just $39.