When I got into this industry years ago, one thing really confused me almost as much as how much certain older photographers tend to treat the younger generation of us: photo vests. I’m completely positive that you’ve all seen them: a photographer of a certain distinguishment (or trying to show off without having said distinguishment) wearing their vests that look a lot like safari vests. You know, almost as if they’re going to go out on an African safari at all times without being anywhere near something like a safari. Walking down the streets doing street photography? You’ll see a photo vest. In the studio? Photo vest! Hiking? Yup, A Photo vest!
Holdfast Gear and their Money Maker line of premium leather camera straps have long been favorites of trendy wedding photographers. Their high-quality construction and premium materials look great and gave these photographers the ability to look great and carry their dual camera setups in style but without compromises. The original money maker could be configured in a dual camera or single camera setup, but the strap was optimized for that dual camera configuration. Single camera shooters who wanted a stylish yet functional strap optimized for solo camera use were out of luck, until now.
Kodak was riding high and making big waves back in January of 2017 when the super brand announced that they would be bringing back one of their most beloved films, Ektachrome. The analog photography community was buzzing, the analog revolution of growing, the film was making a comeback, Kodak was making a comeback. But that was a year and a half ago, and updates have been very few and far between, with one coming back in November, and slightly more recently with some test shots.
Unless you were living under a rock in the last couple weeks then you have no doubt heard about Instagram’s new foray into the video realm with their new IGTV platform. Video on Instagram has gotten progressively more popular, especially since the introduction of IG Stories, and now Instagram has taken that next step to give us all a great video experience in addition to the great image experience that we currently enjoy.
If you need some ideas for your next portrait photography project, our featured set today may be an unexpected source of inspiration for you. Fahad Khokhar teamed up with James McAteer to conceptualize and shoot a fun set using a Fuji Natura Black, on top of other cameras. The results will make you want to either try it out with your own Fuji Natura, or grab one of these legendary premium point and shoot film cameras if you haven’t yet.
Pinhole cameras are essentially easy to make, especially when you’re making them for 35mm films. But if you want to have an idea about how it’s done for 120 film, Hamm Camera Company offers to let you in on the basics with a new camera called the PinBox. Hot off the heels of the NuBox 1 Interchangeable Lens Box Camera, Robert Hamm has just launched the Kickstarter campaign for this DIY pinhole camera. The company’s goal is for the 6×6 medium format DIY camera to be a learning tool for anyone who wants to learn the basics of pinhole camera design and apply it to make their own. This is in support of the crafty photographers who like to DIY their cameras, encouraging them to go beyond the usual handmade pinhole cameras.
Travel photography is an interesting segment of the photography world, it is a project that requires versatility from a photographer’s kit while at the same time requiring the footprint of that kit to remain as minimal as possible to reduce added fees and weight. As such, many travel photographers, or photographers who will be traveling often reexamine their kits looking for any way to add versatility while reducing their footprint and weight.
These weather sealed prime lenses will pair perfectly with your existing camera providing you with excellent image quality without compromising on being able to handle the elements.
One of the coolest things about Capture One is that they frequently offer up their own styles packs, and the new Capture One Latitude style packs are the latest option. Styles, which work almost like presets in Lightroom, utilize the arguably superior RAW processing algorithms that Capture One is capable of delivering. The two packs are the Sunbound and Deep Forest packs.
We need to talk about something, something that is usually glossed over when people talk about switching to mirrorless and using DSLR lenses. The performance is simply not great, it is usable sure, but you simply can’t get the performance out of them that you are used to on your DSLR, nor that you could enjoy if you used native mirrorless lenses. There is a reason for this, and the reason is likely a lot different than you are thinking it is.
There are no words of congratulations strong enough nor effective enough to show my excitement for what is about to come for you. You and your fiancé found a way to persevere through the world of modern dating and found each other in genuine love. For years, you will be the envy of me and many others.