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Nikon P1000 Field Test Part II: Nikon’s latest superzoom is super fun
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In my Nikon P1000 Field Test, I wanted to test the camera primarily as a nature walk camera. With its 24-3000mm-eq. built-in lens, the P1000 can capture a landscape one minute and zoom in to capture a shot of a small bird the next. It’s an incredible amount of...
Focusing solely on capturing the “iconic” landscape shot can result in missed opportunities
Photographer Thomas Heaton was recently in Arches National Park and Canyonlands National Park for a landscape photography conference. As one of the photographers invited to give presentations, Heaton was also there to lead groups during shooting expeditions. One of these expeditions was to the famous Mesa Arch in...
Fundamentals of Photography with John Greengo: How to use exposure bracketing
Photographer and educator John Greengo created a class for CreativeLive all about the fundamentals of photography. This in-depth class is designed for beginners and will teach you a lot about not only photography, but also how cameras work and what you can do to get the most out of your gear. CreativeLive shared a...
Confusion in the camera industry: One reviewer tries to make sense of all the latest offerings
I've been reviewing cameras and lenses for you for about six years, and Imaging Resource has been offering you reviews for more than 20 years. And in all of that time there has likely never been a more interesting time in the camera industry!
Of course, given the myriad of exciting camera offerings lately, both...
Wildlife weekend: Morten Hilmer’s photo origins, Sony Artisan Colby Brown on wildlife photography & gear
It’s a wild weekend here with a couple of professional wildlife photographers. We have two videos to share with you today, one from wildlife and nature photographer Morten Hilmer and another from Sony Artisan Colby Brown.
First up is Hilmer, whose latest video is focused on how he became a photographer in general...
Firmware Friday: Canon, Fuji, Nikon, Panasonic, Ricoh, Sigma and Sony ship new firmware, software
After a short hiatus, Firmware Friday returns this week with an absolutely massive roundup. We've a lot to discuss, so we're going to skip the preamble and keep things really brief this time around. If you're a Canon, Fuji, Nikon, Panasonic, Ricoh / Pentax, Sigma or Sony shooter, you'll want to stick around....
Keep your Lightroom landscape editing workflow simple these tips and tricks
About a week ago, we shared a video from photographer Attilio Ruffo in which he shared some basic adjustments he makes to every landscape image in Adobe Lightroom. The video kicked off a mini-series to help beginners get up to speed with the basics of using Lightroom to edit their raw images. It can be a daunting...
Thrifty Thursday: Lowest price ever on Nikon D750, Canon deals, $400 off Sigma 14-24mm Art & more
It has been a long time since the last edition of Thrifty Thursday here at Imaging Resource, but as we enter the holiday season, there will be a lot of great deals to feature. Today, we have numerous Canon and Nikon DSLR deals to share plus deals on lenses and various mirrorless camera systems, including a $400...
DxO PhotoLab 2 Review: Fast & easy-to-use raw converter & editor brings out the best in your photos
Introduction
French company DxO has long been known for their superb and highly advanced photo software, specifically their OpticsPro lens corrections and Prime noise reduction technology. The company has always been at the cutting-edge of getting the most from your photographic equipment, and last year set out...
Color correcting skin in Adobe Photoshop through the use of a reference image
While generally speaking, cameras do a really good job of capturing accurate skin tones, there are a lot of variables that can throw off your results a bit and you may find yourself hoping to color correct skin in software such as Adobe Photoshop. In the video tutorial below, Aaron Nace from Phlearn shows us how we...
A lens made from ice? Mathieu Stern shaped natural ice into a one-of-a-kind optic
French photographer Mathieu Stern has been featured here on Imaging Resource many times for his proclivity for adapting rare and unusual lenses to his Sony mirrorless cameras. Today’s adapted “lens” may be the strangest one he’s ever used, ice.
For the last two years, Stern has had the idea in his head to use ice...
Composing reflections: Behind the scenes in the Canadian Rockies with photographer Adam Gibbs
In the video below, we join photographer Adam Gibbs and six other photographers on a trek through Jasper National Park in the Canadian Rockies. Gibbs and others worked their way to Tonquin Valley for some landscape photography and the scenery and resulting images are spectacular.
While leading the workshop, Gibbs...
Canon EOS R Video Features Review: This is not the video camera you’ve been told it is
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Canon EOS R Video Features, Specs & Analysis
You've likely heard that the Canon EOS R sucks... That it's an awful video camera, that no self-respecting videographer would ever be caught dead shooting with. That in fact, no professional would ever use the EOS R for a whole smattering of...
Nikon opens entries for the 2018-19 Nikon Photo Contest
The 2018-19 edition of the Nikon Photo Contest is now open for entries. Nikon has been hosting the contest since 1969 and the latest contest will be open for entries until January 31. If you don’t use Nikon gear, fret not, the competition is open for images captured with any digital camera, including smartphones....
How to capture sharp images of the night sky: Reducing blur and nailing your focus
When shooting night sky photography, it can sometimes be very tricky to capture images with sharp stars. There are two primary reasons for this: not using a fast enough shutter speed and not having the stars properly focused. In the video below, we learn from photographer Matthew Saville with NatureTTL how to...
Thomas Heaton: How to handle people ruining shots & is the Induro Stealth the ultimate landscape tripod?
In photographer Thomas Heaton’s latest video, there are a couple of particularly interesting and separate topics covered. Firstly, in Heaton’s previous video, he was photographing a picturesque scene when people walked into his composition and didn’t move before the nice light was gone. Some of his viewers...
How to capture better portraits with Sony Artisan Miguel Quiles
At this year’s Photo Plus Expo, Sony Artisan and portrait photographer Miguel Quiles took to the Sony Stage to deliver a presentation on how to improve your portrait photography. In the video below, Quiles discusses his portrait techniques and guides us through some steps we can take to improve our own portraits....
The best tripod head for wildlife photography: Comparing ballheads, gimbals and video heads
Once you have a camera and lens you like, one of the best things you can do to improve your photography is ensure your gear is mounted on a stable and sturdy tripod and head combination. There are a lot of different types of tripods and even more variety when looking at tripod heads, so how do you choose the right...
Lensrentals Canon EOS R teardown: What’s inside Canon’s new full-frame mirrorless camera?
For Canon fans in particular, the announcement of the new full-frame mirrorless camera, the Canon EOS R, was met with a lot of excitement. For Roger Cicala at Lensrentals, he was interested in taking a Canon EOS R camera apart. For those of us who like to see how cameras are designed and what sort of technology lay...
How to edit your landscape images in Lightroom in under 5 minutes
Photographer and educator Attilio Ruffo has kicked off a new three-part video series aimed at beginner photographers. In this first video, featured below, Ruffo shows us five adjustments he makes to every one of his landscape images using Adobe Lightroom. If you aren’t advanced with Lightroom, don’t worry, as the...