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Do you ever look at a photo of yourself and just cringe? Yes, that happens to most of it.

The most confounding thing though is that oftentimes your friends will think that very same photo is a great portrait.

So, what's the deal? Is it a good photo or not?

Duncan Davidson, author, software developer and the principal photographer for TED events, thinks he knows the...

Dedicated photo printers can make great prints from your favorite photos, but they're not for everybody. We don't all have the budget--or even the space--to justify purchasing a separate printer just to turn our photographic masterpieces into a tangible form. Three new PIXMA All-in-One printers from Canon today acknowledge that, aiming to do triple-duty as a photo /...

We've told you about inconspicuous looking camera bags that double as beer coolers and spy-worthy photo satchels that let you take pictures without even removing your camera from the bag, now here's a slick new bag from Timbuk2 that looks like something a bike messenger might tote around.

Called, appropriately, The Snoop Camera Messenger Bag, the bag can fit a DSLR and a...

It's waterproof camera season again, so we checked out one of the better looking models from Nikon, former maker of the famous Nikonos underwater cameras. With a similar look to this legendary line, the Nikon Coolpix AW100 is waterproof, shockproof, freezeproof, and has a built-in GPS to boot. It even has a compass! As usual, though, overall image quality is our primary...

No-fuss mobile printing: that's what Canon's new SELPHY CP900 compact photo printer is all about. Announced today and scheduled to ship this summer, the Canon CP900 targets camera phone owners with cable-free WiFi printing from both Android and iOS devices. The company is also aiming the SELPHY CP900 printer at owners of its PowerShot-series cameras, and those shooting with...

What makes the difference between a so-so travel photo and a great image? Composition, that’s what.

Here are a few compositional tips to pump up your photography and help you to produce eye-popping scenic images and stunning travel shots.
 
Previously, I suggested four compositional tips about placing the horizon line in the frame to add interest to your photos....

The folks over at Chipworks have been inside more electronic gadgetry than many of us have had hot suppers, and they've just served up another tasty morsel. At the end of last week, they posted the first details from their teardown of the Canon EOS Rebel T4i digital SLR.

This teardown is particularly interesting, because the Canon T4i debuts a brand-new CMOS image sensor...

Taiwanese consumer electronics manufacturer BenQ has offered quite a few digital camera models over the years, since it was spun off from computer giant Acer Inc back in 2001. By and large, they've all had one thing in common, though: a budget-conscious design that pares features down to a bare minimum. A new model quietly introduced by BenQ about a week ago aims to change...

We've shared photography tutorial videos with you recently on how to photograph a hamburger and how to shoot a steaming hot cup of coffee in the studio. Now, here's a how-to discussion on a completely different topic: The Basics of Nature Photography by National Geographic photographer Michael Melford.

In this seminar-style video, which was shot for the B&H Photo and...

Medium format camera and camera back maker Hasselblad A/S is to centralize its operations in Gothenburg, Sweden, the company has revealed. Currently based at the former headquarters of its 2004 acquisition, Denmark's Imacon A/S, Hasselblad will cease operations in Copenhagen and centralize both manufacture and support in Sweden.

The company will also be moving its Swedish...

Pentax has built a reputation for creating tough, weatherproof digital SLRs that can stand up to the elements. (For reference, see our preview of the new, all-weather Pentax K-30.) U.S. soldier and photography buff Alex Jansen decided to challenge that reputation recently, when he put the Pentax K-7 and K-5 through a simulated sand and rain storm in Afghanistan.

In the...

When Olympus announced the flagship OM-D E-M5 compact system camera last February, rumors immediately began swirling. With an effective resolution of 16.1 megapixels, the Olympus E-M5's imager sets a new high tide mark for the company, offering the greatest resolution of any Olympus mirrorless model to date. Which sensor supplier, though, was the source of its image sensor?...

Photographer Evan Lane was not happy about the state of the camera bag so he decided to design his own. And, from the prototypes we've seen, Lane's bag designs are real lookers that seem highly functional.

Called the Langly Camera Bag, Lane's creation comes in two versions -- the Alpha and the Delta -- both of which take their cues from the World War II rucksacks that...

The other day a couple of skydivers jumped out of a low flying aircraft and photographed the city of San Francisco as they glided down to land on the Morscone Center. Had they been ordinary parachutists under the heightened security after 9/11, they would have been plucked out of the sky or shot down, by Air Force jets long before they could exit their aircraft.

But these...

A product advisory issued by Canon today for the EOS Rebel T4i digital SLR had us checking our calendars to make sure it wasn't April Fools' Day. Following hot on the heels of yesterday's curious advisory noting that some Canon T4i bodies suffered from identity crisis, the company has revealed that a separate batch of T4i bodies may show an issue with the handgrip changing...

A new firmware update for the Sigma SD1 digital SLR this morning promises a number of improvements, including swifter startup speed.

Following just three weeks after the previous update improved autofocus and flash metering accuracy, the new update is also said to fix a problem with the LCD display briefly showing what Sigma terms as "minor fuzziness" on startup....

Just a quick note that we've posted our Canon T4i Gallery images! We're still awaiting the 18-135mm STM lens, so the gallery only includes images taken with the 18-55mm kit lens and the 40mm f/2.8, some of which were featured in our review of the Canon 40mm f/2.8 lens.

We'll update again when we have more shots to share. Stay tuned!

Click here to see the Canon T4i...

Right before the July 4th holiday, Canon USA published a product advisory for its EOS Rebel T4i digital SLR. The cause? A case of mistaken identity.

According to the advisory, certain Rebel T4i cameras sold in the United States and Puerto Rico incorrectly identify themselves in the EXIF header of captured images. Instead of the camera's US-market name, some Rebel T4i...

Pentax Ricoh Imaging has news today on both its single-lens reflex and mirrorless product lines.

For SLR enthusiasts, Pentax has updated availability of its Pentax K-30 digital SLR in the US market. In a reply to a prospective K-30 buyer on Twitter from the company's official Pentaxian account on Twitter, the company's US branch confirmed that the first shipments of its...