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Catch a Buck Moon, luminous Venus, and more in the sky this July

A full moon known as the Buck Moon is seen as a deer grazes outside the village of Taarbaek, Denmark on July 14, 2022. Sergei Gapon/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images This article was originally featured on Popular Science. July 1 Conjunction of Venus and Mars July 3 Full Buck Supermoon July 7 Venus at its Brightest July… Continue reading Catch a Buck Moon, luminous Venus, and more in the sky this July

What you need to know about using high ISO settings in your photography

When Blair Bunting captured this dreamy low-light photo on his Hasselblad H6D-100c medium format camera, he bumped his ISO setting up to 6400. “This is a big deal to those that lived through years of an ISO 400 limit,” he shared at the time. Over the last decade, camera brands have vastly improved their cameras’… Continue reading What you need to know about using high ISO settings in your photography

Sun, camera, action: The ultimate guide to adventure photography

For as long as there have been cameras, photographers have been among the world’s most intrepid adventurers. More than one hundred years ago, Herbert Ponting and Frank Hurley embarked on voyages to Antarctica, braving inhospitable terrain few dared to explore. By the 1920s, an aviator by the name of Edith Keating was helping to pioneer… Continue reading Sun, camera, action: The ultimate guide to adventure photography

Here’s what you can expect to see in the night sky throughout May

May’s night sky will be anything but boring. DEPOSIT PHOTOS This article was originally featured on Popular Science. Date Event May 4 and 5 Full Flower Moon May 5 and 6 Penumbral Lunar Eclipse May 5 and 6 Eta Aquarids Meteor Shower May 27-30 Lāhaina Noon May 29 Mercury at Greatest Western Elongation April showers may bring… Continue reading Here’s what you can expect to see in the night sky throughout May

The best low-light cameras of 2023

Abby Ferguson We may earn revenue from the products available on this page and participate in affiliate programs. Learn more › Best overall Canon EOS R6 II SEE IT Best for video Sony A7S III SEE IT Best M43 for video Panasonic GH5S SEE IT If you’re looking to take photos or videos in low-light… Continue reading The best low-light cameras of 2023

11 tips for better black and white street photography

Black and white street photography has a long history, dating back to the 1930s, when Henri Cartier-Bresson roamed the hidden corners of Paris and Walker Evans and Helen Levitt rode the New York City subway. In the following decades, even as color photography began to dominate—first in advertising, then in fine art—pioneering street photographers continued… Continue reading 11 tips for better black and white street photography

15 places every landscape photographer should add to their bucket list

For William Henry Jackson in 1870, it was Yellowstone Lake. In 1904, for Edward Steichen, it was a tucked-away pond nestled in the woods at Mamaroneck, New York. For Eliot Porter in 1962, it was the woodlands of New England. For Galen Rowell, it was Half Dome in Yosemite in 1972. For some of history’s… Continue reading 15 places every landscape photographer should add to their bucket list

The best Xiaomi phones for 2023

Abby Ferguson We may earn revenue from the products available on this page and participate in affiliate programs. Learn more › Most affordable Xiaomi Poco X4 Pro 5G SEE IT Best Redmi Xiaomi Redmi Note 11 Pro SEE IT Best mid range Xiaomi 11T Pro SEE IT Chances are you might not have heard of… Continue reading The best Xiaomi phones for 2023