Who Is Pep Ventosa and What Is the Pep Ventosa Technique? Pep Ventosa is a Catalan artist who uses “photographs as raw material to create new visual experiences.” One of his techniques involves taking many—sometimes hundreds—of images and then putting them together to create effects like mosaic, painting, and movement. Pep’s multiple exposure style has… Continue reading How to Make a Multiple-Exposure Image (Pep Ventosa Technique)
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Fruit bowls & floral arrangments: Show us your best still life photos
Abby Ferguson From Cézanne and Van Gogh to the Flemish aces, still life is a genre much studied, quite revered, and difficult to master. Done right, images are rife with symbolism and filled with compositional mastery. So, for this week’s Photo of the Day challenge, we want to see your interpretation of the still life… Continue reading Fruit bowls & floral arrangments: Show us your best still life photos
Ephemeral auroras and playful galaxies: these are the Astronomy Photographer of the Year winners
“Back to the spaceship,” runner-up, People & Space category. © Mihail Minkov An aurora dances, illuminating the night sky. The Milky Way stretches across snowy mountain tops. An abstracted view of the sun and moon. These images and more make up the winning cohort for this year’s Astronomy Photographer of the Year awards, which are… Continue reading Ephemeral auroras and playful galaxies: these are the Astronomy Photographer of the Year winners
See the tempestuous finalists of the Weather Photographer of the Year Awards
“Inside a cumulonimbus cloud, particles of rain, snow or ice move up and down, colliding and causing an imbalance in the electrical charge. Cloud-to-ground lightning, as seen in this image, happens when a channel of negative charge zigzags downward in a ‘forked pattern’. This is usually invisible to the human eye and travels to the… Continue reading See the tempestuous finalists of the Weather Photographer of the Year Awards
Your drone may soon need a ‘digital license plate’ to legally fly
Marcin Kilarski/EyeEm/Getty This week, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia ruled to uphold the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) Remote Identification of Unmanned Aircraft or drone Remote ID rule. This is the rule that requires all drones heavier than 250g (0.55 lbs) or those flown for non-recreational purposes to broadcast a… Continue reading Your drone may soon need a ‘digital license plate’ to legally fly
Best binocular harness in 2022
Abby Ferguson Best overall Cotton Carrier 3G Binocular & Camera Harness Check Price Best shoulder harness Zeiss Comfort Carry Harness Check Price Best chest harness SITKA Mountain Optics Harness Check Price As a responsible field optics owner, you understand that protection and quick access are paramount in deciding what the best binocular harness is for… Continue reading Best binocular harness in 2022
Into the woods: Nine tips for fairytale forest photography
From Robin Hood’s Sherwood Forest to the headless horsewoman said to haunt Savernake Forest, woodlands have long served as the backdrop for fairytales and ghost stories. From the Brothers Grimm to Hans Christian Andersen, folklorists have long woven stories of mischief and magic in the woods—a mysterious place where giants and goblins roam. In recent… Continue reading Into the woods: Nine tips for fairytale forest photography
iPhone bird photography: a beginners’ guide
Tyler Greenly Bird photography is a fun but expensive hobby, as many enthusiasts will attest. A full-frame camera can easily run into the thousands and the telephoto lens? Well, depending on the range and maximum aperture you desire, it can be the cost of a small car. The Nikon Z 800mm f/6.3, for instance, retails… Continue reading iPhone bird photography: a beginners’ guide
Tips from the pros: 3 keys to taking better bird pictures
A great grey owl. ISO 1600, 1/200 sec, f/5.6 @ 70mm. Michael Cummings/Getty Images This post on better bird pictures has been updated. It was originally published on June 3, 2015. At once challenging and wondrous subjects, birds are fast, elusive, biologically diverse, and can be stunningly beautiful. “There are about 10,000 species of birds… Continue reading Tips from the pros: 3 keys to taking better bird pictures
Lightroom Classic, or CC? Here’s How to Pick the Best Lightroom for Your Needs
Adobe Lightroom’s marries several powerful photography tools inside of one integrated suite: a single app to import, convert, organize, edit, and export image files. Lightroom brings together just about everything you need to process your photos. Lightroom launched in 2006 and drew many users away from Photoshop. For most photographers, it was Lightroom’s speed advantage.… Continue reading Lightroom Classic, or CC? Here’s How to Pick the Best Lightroom for Your Needs