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We're fortunate to have a wealth of fantastic photographers entering our Photo of the Day competition each and every month, but there are a few who have achieved outstanding results in the monthly voting over the years. Of this esteemed group, we've had no photographer entering our contest with greater success in...

 

 

German film production and rental company Dedo Weigert's many videos about lighting and lighting gear are all very in-depth, and their latest video on catch lights (sometimes referred to as eye lights) is no different. This occasionally overlooked aspect of lighting for stills and video is critical for creating the...

 

 

Adventure photographer Chris Burkard is not only a highly-talented pro and excellent educator, but he's one of the biggest names on Instagram with over 2 million followers. He recently teamed up with COOPH to offer up to other photographers some tips on building their Instagram following. Now you may or may not be...

 

 

Earlier this year, WhiteWall began offering a new photo book printing service. After covering the launch of the new product segment, I was provided the opportunity to make my own photo book. After a couple of hiccups along the way -- more on those later -- I have received my photo book and it looks fantastic!

 

 

Google's Fall 2016 hardware event is finished and it saw the tech giant unveil its new Pixel and Pixel XL smartphones. DxO Labs' DxOMark site claims the Pixel to feature the "best smartphone camera ever." This is certainly big news if true; let's take a look at the specifics.

The Pixel's 12.3-megapixel camera has...

 

 

While it's true that if you're reading this site, you very likely have a dedicated camera, it's even more likely that you own a smartphone. Although rarely as capable as dedicated cameras, a smartphone is almost always on your person and it can take nice images. Perhaps you just got your hands on a new iPhone 7 or...

 

 

Back in March, Fujifilm updated their flagship X-Pro series camera with the release of the Fuji X-Pro2, and we have finished our review of this excellent mirrorless APS-C camera. It includes a bevy of new features and improvements over the original X-Pro1 including a redesigned body, higher resolution...

 

 

Ah, the Olympus PEN Lite line is back once again, and this time in the most attractive package to date. Where we at IR loved the physical upgrades unveiled in the E-PL7 a few years ago, the E-PL8's exterior refines these and makes quite an elegant statement.

But that's the outside appearance, and our lab tests...

 

 

Adobe has announced the release of Adobe Photoshop Elements 15 and Premiere Elements 15. The new software continues Element's trend of featuring easy-to-use, accessible photo and video editing capabilities. Utilizing behind-the-scenes technology from Adobe's professional applications, Elements offers users powerful...

 

 

Well, here's something you don't get to use every day, or at least we here at IR don't: a nearly $50,000 camera with a 100-megapixel Medium Format sensor. While we normally review cameras ranging from pocketable point-and-shoots all the way to flagship, professional-grade DSLRs, the medium format universe is...

 

 

Photographers and software developers spend a lot of time trying to capture the "film look." What that look means depends on who you ask, but if you're after a "crushed black" effect, then photographer Mathieu Stern has a Photoshop tutorial for you. For the purposes of this article, I'm going to refer to what is...

 

 

SLR Lounge writer and photographer Julia Kuzmenko is more than a great beauty and portrait photographer, she's also excellent at educating.

As Kishore Sawh points out in his article covering an excerpt from Julia's course about beauty photography, the standard look for skin in portraiture is currently changing....

 

 

Wake up with IR! Here's today's cup of Caffeine Priority...

"Well, hey little guy. Aren't you cute!"

This statement could very well be describing the small frogs and bumblebees I happened upon yesterday afternoon while using the new Olympus 30mm f/3.5 Macro lens. It could also be describing the macro lens...

 

 

It's been a few weeks since our last Firmware Friday roundup, as things have been a bit hectic of late thanks to the biennial Photokina tradeshow in Germany. We're finally catching back up, though, and so Firmware Friday returns with a mammoth catch-up of all the updates released in the last few weeks. In...

 

 

In order to support the growing community of Sony Alpha enthusiasts, the company has launched three new initiatives. There's a redesigned Sony Alpha Universe 2.0 website, a Universe podcast which will have new episodes bi-weekly and an Alpha Imaging Collective, designed to provide a platform for photographers and...

 

 

German company Hahnemühle has been creating paper for artists since 1584. For well over 400 years, they have been continuing to expand not only their product range, but how they interact with artists. Their latest product, the Portfolio Box, is yet another example of their commitment to offering high-end products...

 

 

When looking for a light, easy-to-use tripod, there are quite a few options out there, but few are as colorful as MeFOTO's new family of tripods. The MeFOTO Air series is designed to combine performance and portability in an affordable package.

The MeFoto Air comes with HyperLock, MeFOTO's newly-designed leg lock...

 

 

Macphun's Aurora HDR 2017 software made its debut for Mac OS X on September 29, and I've been fortunate enough to have a review copy of the software to work with this past month. I've been very impressed with the software and think that it's an excellent option for photographers looking to either make better HDR...

 

 

This is top of the line, folks. The best of the best. The Canon 1DX Mark II is Canon's premier sports, action, wildlife and photojournalism camera. While it won't win awards for sheer resolving power -- turn to the 5DS/R or even 5D Mark IV if you need more megapixels -- the 1DX II sports a new 20MP sensor that puts...