Meike Hong Kong’s homegrown lens brand Meike has been on an absolute tear this year, releasing new lenses at a truly astounding rate. Last month alone, the company launched five new lense—including an incredibly affordable 85mm f/1.8—and in the first half of the year, it has already announced a total of nine lenses and two… Continue reading Meike’s new 10mm f/2 is a fast, wide-angle prime for crop-sensor cameras
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NFT trends: Digital architecture
A pink chair overlooking a vast blue glacier. A view of an ice floe under a blazing golden sky. A bathtub in the middle of a picturesque wetland. These places might not exist in the “real world,” but last year, they were brought to life by the influential artist Alexis Christodoulou. A collection of nine… Continue reading NFT trends: Digital architecture
How to effectively capture texture in your commercial content (Part 2)
More than a decade ago, the camera brand Leica revealed an eye-catching print and outdoor ad campaign in Switzerland, featuring photographs of various textures found throughout everyday city life: wood, metal, bricks, and more. The ads were installed on real-life walls of the same texture, revealing the up-close details of each surface. The goal was… Continue reading How to effectively capture texture in your commercial content (Part 2)
What Is Color Grading? Learn Visual Storytelling for Video Post-Production
If you’re a filmmaker and you’d like to know more about editing, particularly colour, then you’ll love our free course, How to Colour Grade Video. In this lesson, you’ll learn what colour grading is and how you can make it work to tell better visual stories. Colour Grading: What Is It and Why Do We Need… Continue reading What Is Color Grading? Learn Visual Storytelling for Video Post-Production
How to Add Keywords to Photos in Lightroom Classic
Adobe Lightroom’s catalog system is excellent because it can handle colossal image archives, but without the metadata to divide and conquer your library, you’ll quickly be bogged down. In this tutorial, you’ll learn four techniques for keywording images in Adobe Lightroom. Keywords help you manage an ever-growing library. This set of methods will help you… Continue reading How to Add Keywords to Photos in Lightroom Classic
Report: Nikon to pull the plug on DSLRs
The flagship Nikon D6 DSLR. Nikon Sometimes when a company abandons a product line it’s a shock, like when Samsung unceremoniously pulled the plug on its entire camera business after months of protestations that it remained committed to the market. Other times, it’s almost a foregone conclusion. Sad as the news may be for DSLR… Continue reading Report: Nikon to pull the plug on DSLRs
Best 3D printers under $500
Stan Horaczek Best Overall Creality Ender 3 S1 Check Price A great filament printer with good modability and a wide feature set. Best Resin ANYCUBIC Photon M3 Check Price A super detailed 4k resin printer. Best For Home ELEGOO Mars 3 Pro Check Price Exceptional print quality with a product family that makes it great… Continue reading Best 3D printers under $500
Best 3D printers under $1,000 in 2022
Stan Horaczek Best Overall R QIDI X-Plus Check Price Great prints with easy assembly. Best Budget Creality Ender-3 S1 Check Price An affordable hobbyists printer with some power-features. Best Resin ANYCUBIC Photon Mono X 6K Check Price Exceptional high-res resin prints. Load up the filament, transfer your slices … the best 3D printers under $1,000… Continue reading Best 3D printers under $1,000 in 2022
21 Poses to Try When Photographing Men
While photos of male models were once limited to underwear ads with six-pack abs, the field is changing—for the better. With major brands turning to street-casting and alternative modeling agencies, photographers now have more freedom to experiment with how they portray male individuality and masculinity. Masculinity is complex and multi-faceted; it means something different for… Continue reading 21 Poses to Try When Photographing Men
Four trends emerging in the NFT space
Last year, the NFT photography market soared to $200 million, according to estimates. So far in 2022, the planet’s first permanent, physical NFT museum opened in Seattle, and elsewhere, an open-edition NFT photography sale generated more than $6 million. A painting, believed to have been lost for a century, was found—and turned into an NFT.… Continue reading Four trends emerging in the NFT space