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From the hills of Santa Barbara at their first ever Kando Event, Sony surprised the 200 Artisans, Alpha Collective members and various Sony shooters with the announcement of not only the...

 

 

Australian professional music photographer PJ Pantelis shoots a lot of portraits and headshots for work. But do you need a ton of gear to create professional results? Definitely not, as Pantelis shows in the video below how to create dynamic lighting with only a pair of lights and a reflector. Of course, you can do...

 

 

Two years ago, Olympus updated its TOUGH-series camera line with a new flagship, the TOUGH TG-4. Today, the company reinvents the rugged, waterproof point-and-shoot with the followup Olympus TG-5, a camera which retains its predecessor's rugged build, but which promises to greatly improve on the rather subpar...

 

 

Have you ever had a great thrift store find, a deal so good or an item so rare you simply cannot believe it? Reddit user GreenteaBanana had one of those experiences recently when he found a Leica M2…for $5. Not only that, but the M2 came with an Elmar 50mm f/2.8 lens.

GreenteaBanana is a veteran thrift store...

 

 

We typically aim for five interesting stories to share with you for Shutter Release, but today you will get a bonus story as there were so many cool articles and videos. Let’s get right to it.

Sony A9 continuous eye autofocus video test – Fstoppers

The Sony A9 set the internet ablaze last month when it was...

 

 

It’s Photoshop Week at CreativeLive. All this week, the free education service is live streaming excellent Photoshop tutorials from 16 industry professionals including Lindsay Adler, Matt Kloskowski, Patrik Naik, Serge Ramelli and many more. You can see the full list of instructors here.

The topics covered run...

 

 

Apple’s last Aperture release was in 2014 and the company has no intention of bringing it back. Instead the Cupertino-based tech giant offers users Photos for macOS which is a far cry from Aperture in terms of power and versatility. What Photos does offer is a cloud-connected experience and a simple user interface....

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Fuji's stylishly classic X100-series enters its fourth iteration, the aptly-named Fuji X100F, complete with various updates and refinements, such as Fuji's latest 24MP APS-C X-Trans CMOS III sensor, X Processor Pro imaging processor as well as re-worked controls and...

 

 

We hope that you all had a great weekend. Now let’s get this week started off right with five interesting photography stories and videos. Today’s selection includes a juxtaposition in motorsports photography, a new fast prime lens from Japan, a behind-the-scenes look at a colorful portrait session, the importance...

 

 

Profoto’s B1 flash has proven to be very popular among professional photographers, offering a lot of power and speed in a completely portable package. The high-end lighting company has just revealed the B1’s successor, the Profoto B1X. As Profoto makes clear in the first paragraph of their B1X product page, “B1...

 

 

Photographer, author and educator Tim Grey has created many excellent video tutorials over the years. His latest webinar is a joint effort with Tamron and is all about high dynamic range photography, better known as HDR. HDR encompasses a variety of techniques all of which are used to create a final image with a...

 

 

Photographer and educator Anthony Morganti has been releasing excellent and free Photoshop tutorials as part of his “Getting Started in Photoshop” video series and he recently released his fifth episode, which is all about selections.

Selections are not only a critical aspect of Photoshop, but they’re also one of...

 

 

Regular as clockwork, Firmware Friday returns once more bringing with it news of updates from Canon, Nikon, Olympus and Sigma. Unusually for this week, though, we've already told you of some of this news, specifically the camera and lens updates from Olympus. For the full story on those, you'll want to hop...

 

 

In today's edition of “Shutter Release,” we have a selection of useful articles and videos to share with you. Lightroom users take note of the first two below. Other articles include varied topics such as color blind photographers and EnChroma glasses, five uses for foam board and sunset location scouting.

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While many of us have a dedicated camera for capturing photos, a lot of photographers also own an iPhone and have it on them at nearly all times. iPhones and other smartphones have become increasingly capable cameras so why not learn how to make the most of the camera you carry right in your pocket? You never know...

 

 

After six successful Kickstarter campaigns, Lomography has created a seventh – which has already been wildly successful – to bring the Neptune Convertible Art Lens system to photographers using Canon EF, Nikon F and Pentax K mount cameras. Keep in mind that since these lenses are manual, functionality should be...

 

 

Mother’s Day is coming right up – it’s this Sunday, May 14 - and if you’re looking for a gift for your mom, here are some great deals. Is your mom a shutterbug? Why not show her how much you care with a brand-new camera? A new camera doesn’t have to break the bank thanks to some great Mother’s Day deals. 

If...

 

 

In today’s edition of “Shutter Release,” we will point you toward sample’s from Phase One’s IQ3 100MP Achromatic, the world’s highest-resolution achromatic digital back. If spending over $50,000 isn’t for you, then you might enjoy six camera stabilization hacks for steadying your camera, including using your...

 

 

In addition to announcing the Phase One IQ3 100MP Achromatic, the world’s highest-megapixel achromatic digital back, the Danish company also announced a new capture solution for Cultural Heritage digitization projects, the iXG Camera System.

The PhaseOne iXG is an industrial-built, fully integrated camera...