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Photographer Brett Costello had his carry-on luggage packed with $40,000 worth of camera gear cleverly swiped shortly after arriving in Rio last week. The elaborate heist involved multiple people and was well planned out. However, one of the thieves wasn't intelligent enough to not wear one of Costello's jackets...

 

 

If you're a Lightroom user, listen up: It's pro tip time! In an article over at Lightroom Killer Tips, photographer Scott Kelby shares the secret to taming your Lightroom collections and folders in just a few quick-and-easy steps. The answer to how this is achieved can be found in Lightroom's Stacking tool,...

 

 

For the folks at Ricoh, the new Pentax K-70 DSLR is an important camera. For one thing, it's the company's first ever DSLR to include phase-detection autofocus pixels on the image sensor, something that should make autofocus more responsive both in live view mode and when shooting movies. It's also the first...

 

 

Lowepro has designed their Whistler BP 450 AW backpack for active photographers who demand the most from their bag. Able to withstand just about anything you can throw at it, the Whistler is very well-suited for your wild photography adventures.

Sharp styling and many features

This is a serious backpack...

 

 

There are a lot of excellent resources for those who are new to photography or for experienced photographers who want to pick up an additional skill, but Digital Photography School's Stacey Hill says that there are "10 Things Nobody Tells Photography Newbies."

When you're trying to sell someone on something, such...

 

 

Photographer and Shutterbug contributor James Patrick has made a video that should interest portrait photographers, particularly ones who like to shoot outdoor portraits. Starting with all natural light, Patrick goes through a variety of situations and discusses them in detail.

For example, utilizing all natural...

 

 

Samyang has announced yet another lens as part of their "2016 Summer Samyang Blockbusters" promotion, this time a 20mm f/1.8 full-frame manual lens. The new lens will be available both in stills and video-centric bodies (f/1.8 and t/1.9 versions).

The f/1.8 version of the lens offers a bright, fast maximum...

 

 

Macphun has revealed a sneak peek of its Aurora HDR 2017 software. The update will bring over 20 new features to the popular software when it launches on September 29. Of these, Macphun has announced and detailed a handful.

Firstly, Aurora HDR 2017 will include batch processing which allows users to create...

 

 

Our full review of the highly acclaimed Olympus 300mm f/4 Pro lens has long since been completed and published, and for anyone who's yet to see our lab results, they're simply stellar across the board. Testing for image quality, image stabilization performance, build quality and additional factors all yielded...

 

 

Earlier this year, I wrote a story about the New York Public Library (NYPL) adding nearly 200,000 high-resolution images to their Digital Collections archive. They opened up their files and offered an improved API for developers as well. Dan Vanderkam has taken advantage and collaborated with the NYPL to create...

 

 

Portrait and commercial photographer Robert K. Baggs urges you to stop placing so much value on sharpness in photography. You can ruin a good image by sharpening it too much. Don't throw away an image solely because it isn't perfectly sharp.

If you're doing macro or product photography, then yes, you really need...

 

 

This week's Firmware Friday arrives with news of updates from two manufacturers. Sony has updated its extremely popular A6300 mirrorless camera for better stability, while Ricoh has updated several recent Pentax DSLR models to add compatibility with its new KAF4 lenses which use electronic aperture control....

 

 

Depending on your perspective, the Nikon D5 either improves upon its predecessor in every meaningful way or it offers something of a mixed bag with regards to image quality. While there is a notable decrease in low ISO dynamic range -- much to the disappointment of landscape photographers -- the D5 is excellent for...

 

 

Sports photography is not simply about capturing a particular moment in a game or match, but it can also be about creating art. Patrick Sauer writes for Signature Reads that sports photographers have often lived as underappreciated artists, visionaries who have given us still frames that perfectly immortalize our...

 

 

Full sun is not always the easiest condition for capturing portraits, but with the right gear, it can work very well. Photographer Joel Grimes has made a video for F.J. Westcott showing how to use their Scrim Jim Cine Frame to your advantage in harsh lighting conditions.

By utilizing diffusion fabric, you can...

 

 

Every two years I have the good fortune to photograph the Olympic Games for Team USA. As exciting as this is, it also comes with a great deal of responsibility and planning to make sure that I can deliver the best images possible. This means that I need to choose the right equipment to take with me, and I need to...

 

 

We reported in early July that Venus Optics was preparing a 12mm f/2.8 full frame lens, what it calls "the best ultra wide angle lens with zero distortion." That's a big claim, but some early prototype versions of the lens have now been sent out to photographers by Laowa, and the initial results are impressive.

 

 

Earlier this year, the debut of the Canon T6 saw in-camera Wi-Fi added to the entry-level model in Canon's EOS Rebel camera line for the first time. As well as Wi-Fi, the Rebel T6 also gained NFC connectivity for easy pairing, and a new higher-resolution LCD monitor. And there were some other relatively minor...

 

 

As photographer Jeff Rojas says, "There are a million different ways to convert color images to black and white," but you don't need to leave Adobe Camera Raw to get great monochrome images. The Camera Raw Filter's advantages include its simple user interface and its powerful built-in tools. Keep in mind, you will...