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Good news, Nikon Z-mount shooters: The native lens options for your Z6 or Z7 camera just grew with the announcement of another optic which will be shipping this spring. The Nikkor Z 24-70mm f/2.8 S has been on the roadmap since the Z-series cameras first launched in 2018, but it's only now that we're getting to...

 

 

Canon is continuing to place the emphasis of their brand into their optics over all else with the announcement of six additional RF series lenses to come in 2019. All the lenses under development and in the 2019 timetable for release are built around Canon's new mirrorless RF mount, which features a large 54mm...

 

 

We share a lot of videos about portrait techniques, particularly with respect to lighting portraits. However, light is only piece of the puzzle. One of the more challenging aspects of portrait photography is actually how to pose your subject. In the latest episode of How to Photography Everything, photographer and...

 

 

You can dramatically change the look of your portrait by simply changing the distance and angle of bounced light. Much like it's important to learn how to set up your light (or lights) for portrait photography, it is perhaps equally important to understand how to bounce your existing lights.

In the video below,...

 

 

One of the biggest advantages of a Micro Four Thirds camera system is that manufacturers can create lenses which offer extensive zooming capabilities while remaining compact. Olympus' newest super telephoto zoom lens, the M.Zuiko Digital ED 12-200mm f/3.5-6.3, is a perfect example of this. Offering a 35mm...

 

 

Photographer Ming Cai has learned a lot over the years, including coming to recognize various post-processing mistakes he made when he was first starting out. Every photographer was at one point a beginner and for every beginner, there will be some form of a learning curve, both for capturing images and for editing...

 

 

Adobe has announced an update to the entire Adobe photography ecosystem, including Adobe Camera Raw, Lightroom Classic CC and Lightroom CC. The primary focus of the update is the new Sensei-powered Enhance Details feature, which utilizes a brand-new approach to demosaicing raw images. Demosaicing is an important...

 

 

Sony a6400 Field Test 1 • Overview

Several weeks ago, Sony hosted a media event for their new A6400 digital camera and firmware updates to the A9. There was quite a lot to unpack about the two cameras, and we did our best to explain the overarching technology in a piece published last week. This week, we want to...

 

 

One of the most important steps any digital photographer can take to improving their work and ensuring a consistent high-quality workflow is purchasing color calibration hardware and software. There are a few options out there and one of the most popular ones have been the Datacolor Spyder series of calibration...

 

 

One of the most powerful ways to adjust the mood of an image, a landscape photo in particular, is through the use of the Orton Effect. This technique was developed in the 1980s by Michael Orton and it essentially creates a dreamlike glow to your image. You can read more about the effect and how it has been...

 

 

There are many ways to change the lightness and darkness values in an image during photo editing. You can adjust global sliders like exposure, brightness, contrast, whites, blacks, shadows, highlights and more. These are straightforward and simple to use, but when applied to an entire image, they don't offer a lot...

 

 

For Capture One users looking for fast and easy professional-quality editing, the company's ever-expanding library of Style Packs has been a great source for photographers. The carefully-designed presets allow the user to dramatically change the look and feel of an image with a single click, while still allowing...

 

 

We've shared many videos over the years which show off the power of curves adjustments in Photoshop. You can use curves to lighten or darken any part of your image and the adjustment can be as selective as you want it to be. By leveraging the power of adjustment layers and masking, you can make dramatic changes to...

 

 

Though the unveiling of the Sony A6400 stole the majority of the news cycle for Sony's recent announcements, perhaps what has longer-lasting effects to the photo industry was one piece of technology inside the A6400: Object Recognition Tracking. Coming also to the Sony A9, this new advancement in autofocus that we...

 

 

One of the lingering questions we still have regarding the Panasonic S1 after our very brief time with them last week is how well it performs in low light. Though we were able to discuss how the S1 can lock onto subjects in darker scenes (read more about that here if you're interested; spoiler: it does a good job),...

 

 

There are many ways to improve your landscape photography. In the video below, photographer Nigel Danson shares a tip that he thinks is the best thing you can do to improve your landscape images the most.

By slowing down in the field, you will be able to get the most out of your chosen location. It can be very...

 

 

Photographer Andrew Marr recently headed to Greens Pool in William Bay National Park, which is in western Australia. Marr came equipped with the new Fujifilm GFX 50R medium-format mirrorless camera, which he was loaned by Fujifilm Australia to test out.

As is often the case with landscape photography, Marr had a...

 

 

Storage and backup workflows may not be the sexiest topic in photography, but that does not mean it is not critically important. There are many different strategies you can use to secure your image and video files, but the workflow highlighted below by photographer Attilio Ruffo is a good guideline.

While it...

 

 

Photographer Jessica Kobeissi has racked up over 1.3 million subscribers on her YouTube channel in large part because her videos are both entertaining and educational. In her latest video, she goes fully into the educational aspect by going through the process of editing a fashion portrait from start to finish,...