Outsmart your iPhone camera’s overzealous AI

Dan Bracaglia Last weekend The New Yorker published an essay by Kyle Chayka with a headline guaranteed to pique my interest and raise my hackles: “Have iPhone Cameras Become Too Smart?” (March 18, 2022). Aside from being a prime example of Betteridge’s Law of Headlines, it feeds into the idea that computational photography is a… Continue reading Outsmart your iPhone camera’s overzealous AI

5 Reasons you should develop your own film

Getty Images Back in the pre-digital days, most Photo 101 classes had students start out shooting B&W film and learning how to develop it. For many who have returned to film photography, do-it-yourself film processing is one of analog photography’s big attractions—it’s easy, it’s good fun, and it’s very rewarding. If you haven’t considered developing… Continue reading 5 Reasons you should develop your own film

Best 360 cameras of 2022

Sometimes you want to record more of the story. These 360 cameras will help. Jakob Owens via Unsplash Great photography is all about the framing, lighting, and overall composition—whether you’re shooting still or moving images. With 360 cameras, painstakingly deciding on what to shoot is no longer an issue, because you are literally shooting everything… Continue reading Best 360 cameras of 2022