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Portrait and commercial photographer Victoria Will does a lot of professional work using modern equipment, however she also utilizes tintype photography to capture portraits. For the last few years at Sundance Film Festival, Will has been set up in a makeshift portrait studio to capture photos of various actors.

 

 

Yesterday we saw how the Sony A7S performed recording a rocket reentry. Today we get to see its successor, the A7S II, tackle nighttime mountain biking.

In the cool video below, created by adventure photographer Justin Olsen for Red Bull, world-ranked mountain biker Cody Kelley takes to the slopes of Utah armed...

 

 

Swiss professional photographer Samuel Zeller works full-time, he makes his living as a photographer. Yet, he has decided to make "95%" of his images freely available for download and use, including commercially. In a blog post on Medium, he discussed his decision.

The Fujifilm ambassador and Fujifeed editor has...

 

 

Fine art portrait photographer Rebecca Bathory loves to shoot high-concept portraits in and around decaying buildings and objects. In a video published by Swiss lighting company Elinchrom and filmed by The Photographer Academy we get to take a behind the scenes look at Bathory working.

Her portraiture is very...

 

 

While there are many people working hard to keep film alive -- after all, it might make you a better photographer -- it is still the case that in general, it's a market in decline. In many areas, long gone are the days of easily finding film itself, let alone places to have it developed.

Film's proponents...

 

 

Lonely Speck's Ian Norman was recently out doing night photography in the Alabama Hills in California and witnessed a massive fireball streak across the night sky. Not one to miss an opportunity to record something cool, Norman grabbed his Sony A7S and recorded video of the then unknown object.

As it turns out,...

 

 

As part of their five lenses in five weeks launch event, Samyang has announced two new 35mm lenses, both of which are designed for mirrorless cameras with APS-C sensors.

For photographers, the 35mm f/1.2 ED AS UMC CS lens offers a "standard" focal length, bright f/1.2 maximum aperture, nine-bladed circular...

 

 

Boy, the mega-zoom supertelephoto lens category has become increasingly popular these days. For the enthusiast and advanced amateur wildlife photographer looking for a high-powered, versatile telephoto zoom with a budget between $1000-2000, there's a lot of options out there. For DSLRs, Canon and Nikon both have a...

 

 

I'm a big fan of teardown videos. It's always really neat to see what's inside of photography gear, and get a glimpse at how these pieces of equipment work. Sony themselves are fans of dismantling things too, it seems, as they have opted to take one of their $2,200 FE 24-70mm f/2.8 G Master lenses apart for our...

 

 

As photographers, many of us care about copyrights. We want to protect our work and be financially compensated if someone were to misuse our creations. However, as easy as it seems that should be, registering and protecting copyrights is far from simple. Large organizations can abuse photographers -- and other...

 

 

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

As was the case with LensPacks, which I told you about recently, LensRacks is another product whose beauty lies in its simplicity. If you're like me, you may struggle to keep your lenses and accessories organized. Rather than have to worry about keeping...

 

 

Photographer and educator Huntington Witherill has produced a very wide range of photographic work over the course of his career, including landscape photography. In the video below, he goes shooting with Marc Silber and shares how he is processing the scene and what he needs to do to capture the shot he is...

 

 

Microsoft Research has released a new camera application, Microsoft Pix, for iOS devices which leverages the company's artificial intelligence to help you take better photos without you having to do anything extra at all. The app is focused on images of people -- certainly a very common subject for iPhone photos --...

 

 

I'm sure that you've seen cinemagraphs around the web. These animated files are made from a series of photographs that are then compiled into a seamless loop. Trey Ratcliff is promoting something similar, Plotagraphs. Instead of needing a series of frames, a Plotagraph uses only a single JPEG image to create an...

This week, our Firmware Friday roundup is short and sweet. With just two camera models receiving new firmware -- both of them relatively pricey models with a more limited audience than more commonplace consumer gear -- we can get you informed and on your way to enjoy the start of  your weekend a little quicker than usual.

Are you shooting with the Leica Q Typ 116, or the...

 

 

When we reviewed the original Canon G7X -- which was released in October 2014 -- we noted that it was the first real competitor that the Sony RX100-series had faced in this exciting enthusiast compact camera market. With a compact body, a 4.2x optical zoom and a 20.2-megapixel 1"-type sensor, the G7X delivered a...

 

 

If you're a photographer reading our site, it's likely that you greatly enjoy reading about the latest and greatest photography gear. However, sometimes it's nice to take a look back instead. Casual Photophile has done just that, with an article about five classic cameras that were used by famous photographers.

 

 

Street and architectural photographer Michele Palazzo captured one of the most iconic images from the massive blizzard, Winter Storm Jonas, that dropped heaps of snow along the mid-Atlantic coast in the United States this past January. In a talk for B&H, Palazzo discussed the image itself and what it was like to...

 

 

Landscape photographer and educator Thomas Heaton has an excellent YouTube channel where he regularly uploads great content that follows him as he works to both capture great images and inspire other photographers to do the same. He recently went camping with the twin hopes of spicing up his landscape work and just...