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How to capture multiple shots to properly expose shadows and highlights
Photographer Andrew Marr is on a Tasmania photography adventure with a couple of other photographers, Andrew Dawes and Richard Lefroy. Below, we see the first video from his trip. The trip is focused on landscape and nature photography in particular. The first stop on the trip was Mount Fields National Park, which...
Firmware Friday: Sony and Panasonic fix bugs for professional video cameras and gear
Our regular Firmware Friday roundup for this week has to be one of the briefest we've had in quite some time, with none of the main camera makers issuing any updates for their still cameras, lenses and accessories this week, and only two companies shipping any new updates for video gear either. So unless...
Definitive guide to photographic composition: Building blocks, practical advice & much more
We have shared a couple of photographer Anton Gorlin's guides with you here at Imaging Resource. You may recall his excellent seascape photography and sunrise photography guides from earlier this year. Gorlin is back with a new guide after six months of work and it is "the definitive guide" for photography...
Developing the “ultimate camera,” Nikon releases another teaser for their upcoming mirrorless system
The hype train left the station earlier this summer, but Nikon is keeping the engines stoked for their upcoming mirrorless camera. The latest video released this morning teases the body of the upcoming mirrorless camera.
Unsurprisingly, we don't get any great looks at the camera, but we can certainly see the...
What’s in your kit? Packing for travel photography with a pair of professionals
When traveling, which photographic gear is essential? Of course, the answer depends on which kind of photography you intend to do and what equipment you have. However, it never hurts to learn what different pro photographers are using to capture their shots.
In the pair of videos below, we join two different...
This traveling pro switched to Sony: What makes a certain camera right for you?
Photographer Sean Tucker got his start with a Canon APS-C DSLR and did mostly portrait and food photography. As he became more experienced and started taking on additional work, he wanted to move up to a full-frame camera, so he bought a Canon 5D and started upgrading his prime and zoom lenses to higher-quality...
Tamron announces ultra-wide 17-35mm zoom for Nikon; Canon-mount variant in the works too
Nikon shooters looking for a wide-angle zoom lens will have a new choice to consider shortly. Japanese lens manufacturer Tamron yesterday launched its newest model, the 17-35mm F/2.8-4 Di OSD (Model A037). Aimed at landscape photographers in particular, the new Tamron 17-35mm is said to be the smallest and...
Manny Ortiz shoots at f/0.95: The pros and cons of the Mitakon 50mm f/0.95 Speedmaster lens
Shooting with an f/0.95 lens offers numerous advantages, particularly for portrait shooters. Not only are you able to shoot in lower light with a higher shutter speed and lower ISO, all else equal when compared to an f/1.4 or slower lens, you can also get a very shallow depth of field. The depth of field can also...
Canon announces four new PIXMA printers and two new scanners
Canon has announced four new PIXMA TS-series and TR-series Wireless Home Office All-in-One (hereafter referred to as AIO) printers and two new home scanners: the PIXMA TS9520, PIXMA TS8220, PIXMA TS6220, and PIXMA TR4520 AIO printers and the CanoScan LiDE 300 and CanoScan LiDE 400 Color Image Scanners. The most...
Tilt, focus and shoot! Lensbaby launches a pair of new Sol 22mm and 45mm selective focus lenses
Edit on August 8: An earlier product listing for the new Sol lenses identified them as tilt-shift lenses, rather than tilt lenses. Mentions of tilt-shift have since been removed.
Lensbaby, makers of many distinct selective focus and artistic lenses, has launched a pair of new tilt lenses, dubbed Sol. The Sol...
Adorama’s Through the Lens: Erin Sullivan shares stories from the around the world
Adorama's newest episode of their Through the Lens web documentary series looks at photographer Erin Sullivan. Sullivan originally hails from Connecticut and is a travel and outdoor photographer.
After studying environmental studies and visual arts in college, Erin bought a one-way ticket to Europe and started...
Boring sky? No problem, here’s how to fix the issue using a second shot and Adobe Photoshop
When you are outside capturing photos, you are often at the mercy of the weather. A boring sky can ruin an otherwise nice scene. However, sometimes if you look in a different direction, you might have a great sky. This happened recently to Blake Rudis of f64 Academy, so he wanted to show us how to capture a...
Recovering lost detail in your images using the Dehaze slider in Photoshop and Lightroom
Cameras have never been better at capturing images with good dynamic range. Even so, after recovering highlights in your RAW image editing workflow, sometimes you find that there's more lost detail than you'd like. In his latest video, Jesús Ramirez of the Photoshop Training Channel shows us a great trick in Adobe...
How to avoid distracting backgrounds: Two Minute Tips with David Bergman
You have a scene, good light and an interesting subject. You capture the shot and all is well. However, when you are looking at your images when you get home, you realize there was a very distracting element in the scene that ruins the photos. How frustrating! The fortunate thing is that you can learn to become...
Adobe’s Rising Stars of 2018 shine light on photographers from around the world
One of the best, and perhaps unexpected, aspects of the digital photography boom is that all around the world, people are able to capture and share their images without needing any sort of middle man. All around the world, photographers are capturing unique viewpoints and are able to share their stories with people...
I bought a video camera! Now what?
I abhor beginner guides. It's not because I don't appreciate them or understand their usefulness, but mostly because I find that in dumbing down something complex, a lot of the nuance that makes for proper understanding is lost. Does that matter for a beginner? Well... no, but I am becoming a curmudgeon in my old...
Firmware Friday: A flurry of bug fixes land for Canon M50, Nikon P610 and Ricoh Theta V
This week's Firmware Friday roundup is going to be relatively short and sweet, as we're only aware of a few updates in the past seven days. This time around, updates have landed from Canon, Nikon and Ricoh, and in all cases they're providing fixes for bugs rather than new features.
Let's get right down to...
Laws of Light: Three point lighting for portraiture
Jay P. Morgan with The Slanted Lens has published a new video as part of his Laws of Light video series. In the latest video, seen below, he discusses three point lighting.
Three point lighting involves a key light, fill light and background light and is typically used within a studio setting. It's a common and...
Fujifilm X-T100 Field Test: A stylish, affordable X Series camera with impressive image quality
Click here to read my Fuji X-T100 Field Test
Continuing their very busy year, Fujifilm recently released the X-T100 X Series interchangeable lens camera. The X-T100 features stylish SLR-like body design, a 24.2-megapixel APS-C CMOS sensor, a built-in 2.36M-dot electronic viewfinder, 3-inch tilting touchscreen,...
Totally tubular: Laowa launches Kickstarter for full-frame 24mm f/14 2:1 macro probe lens
Laowa has launched a Kickstarter campaign -- which has already been funded on its first day -- for what they call the "weirdest but most genius lens ever for creative shooting." I'm certainly on board with the former term, it's definitely weird. The new lens is a 24mm f/14 Probe macro lens. You read that correctly,...