Paris streets in B&W, Meyerowitz’s classic ‘Cape Light,’ and other books worth viewing

From Joel Meyerowitz’s “Cape Light”. © Joel Meyerowitz This month, we look at a collection of COVID-19 lockdown portraits of mothers and their children, each captured through a pane of glass; a series of subtle B&W photos showing a diverse Parisian quarter; a look at the history of portrait photography, from the Daguerreotype to the… Continue reading Paris streets in B&W, Meyerowitz’s classic ‘Cape Light,’ and other books worth viewing

Hands on: Sony’s new super-compact, APS-C wide-angle lenses

These tiny wide-angle lenses are much smaller than most of their competition. Stan Horaczek Sony has given its full-frame A7 series cameras and lenses lots of love lately, but now the company has introduced some new lenses intended for use with its APS-C bodies, like the ZV-E10 and the A6600. The announcement includes three new… Continue reading Hands on: Sony’s new super-compact, APS-C wide-angle lenses

How to Share Photos With Pixelfed — Free Instagram Alternative

Ah Instagram, we hardly knew you. Alternative photo-sharing platforms are on the rise, aiming to be the antidote to any one or more of Instagram’s less than favorable features. And one of those alternatives, which we recently profiled, is Pixelfed. Pixelfed: Free Instagram Alternative Billed as “an ethical alternative to centralized platforms,” Pixelfed was built… Continue reading How to Share Photos With Pixelfed — Free Instagram Alternative

Capturing homelife in commercial Licensing

Early this year, a report from the Pew Research Center revealed that even as more workplaces have reopened, 59% of American workers who say their jobs could be done mostly from home, were teleworking all or most of the time. The most interesting finding, perhaps, was the motivation behind working from home (WFH). In the… Continue reading Capturing homelife in commercial Licensing

How to Crop and Resize a Photo in Pixelmator Pro

Pixelmator Pro is a powerful and easy-to-use photo editor for the Mac, designed to make the most powerful professional photo editing tools accessible to anyone. It contains an extensive collection of tools for editing and retouching photos, and with a one-time purchase price of $39.99 it’s an affordable option for a professional quality photo editing… Continue reading How to Crop and Resize a Photo in Pixelmator Pro

Ricoh GR IIIx review: a delightfully compact & capable pocket camera

The Ricoh GR IIIx’s 40mm equivalent focal length should appeal to street and candid shooters. Jeff Keller The Ricoh GR IIIx is a pocketable camera with a really impressive 40mm equivalent f/2.8 lens and a capable 24-megapixel APS-C sensor. Image quality is great: the lens is tack sharp all the way across the frame. The… Continue reading Ricoh GR IIIx review: a delightfully compact & capable pocket camera

Portraits of ‘rebel’ icons, plus five other photo shows worth seeing

Joe Strummer backstage, The Clash, Milan, 1981. © Janette Beckman, courtesy of FaheyKlein Gallery, Los Angeles We’re back with our monthly installment of the best photography exhibitions to see around the United States for the months of May and June 2022. Highlights include the return of Brooklyn’s Photoville festival; Elle Pérez: Devotions on view at… Continue reading Portraits of ‘rebel’ icons, plus five other photo shows worth seeing

This photographer creates dramatic flower studies using the simplest of setups

“Anemone Study”. Katie Mitchell One of my favorite hashtags on Instagram is #FloralFriday, and it’s safe to say that Paris-based lifestyle photographer Katie Mitchell does it like no other. Follow her and your feed will be overrun with nostalgic, dreamy images of the City of Light—including the florists and flowers that seem to be on… Continue reading This photographer creates dramatic flower studies using the simplest of setups

The roles and possibilities of NFTs in the metaverse

Earlier this year, Reese Witherspoon and her dog Minnie entered the metaverse. Her sunlit virtual art gallery, created in collaboration with the mobile metaverse platform some·place, featured work from influential NFT art collections such as World of Women, Cool Cats, Flower Girls, Boss Beauties, and more. In the near future, the rest of us might… Continue reading The roles and possibilities of NFTs in the metaverse

8 classic films every analog photographer should try

Shot on Ilford HP5 Plus. Dan Bracaglia We’ve seen lots of great new films come on the market in the last few years, but there are also a lot of classic films we love—survivors from the pre-digital days that have changed little or not at all since film’s heyday. Here are eight classic films we… Continue reading 8 classic films every analog photographer should try