Dan Bracaglia Nature photography has been around ever since the dawn of the photographic process. After all, the very first commercially published book of photographs, by one of the earliest inventors of the medium, William Henry Fox Talbot, was called The Pencil of Nature. And while many of the subjects of his photographs (calotypes) were… Continue reading 10 Instagram accounts to follow if you love nature & wildlife photography
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New gear: Venus Optics Laowa 20mm f/4 ‘shift’ lens
A sample image shot with the new Venus Optics Laowa 20mm f/4 shift lens. Jiang Ji Hang / Venus Optics Meet the Venus Optics Laowa 20mm f/4 Zero-D “Shift” lens. Available in no fewer than 8 mounts, this new manual focus wide-angle optic lets users shift the focal length by up to plus or minus… Continue reading New gear: Venus Optics Laowa 20mm f/4 ‘shift’ lens
Capturing the age of influencers and sharing on social media
According to the recently-released Culture Rising: 2022 Trends Report by Facebook IQ, conversations about influencer marketing are on the rise. On Facebook, topics such as “brand ambassador” and “social influence” went up by 131% and 91%, respectively. Meanwhile, on Instagram, the topic #Microinfluencer rose by 384%, while #Creator saw a 76% boost. What’s more, 40%… Continue reading Capturing the age of influencers and sharing on social media
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
Flickr paywalls adult content; pushes free users to pay, share or leave
Getty Images It’s been several years now since the once-dominant photo-sharing site Flickr was acquired by its long-time rival, Smugmug. After years of struggles under the ownership of Yahoo and Verizon, its new owner has been working to turn things around with controversial changes like the shuttering of Flickr’s once-generous, free 1TB storage policy. It… Continue reading Flickr paywalls adult content; pushes free users to pay, share or leave
Celebrating creativity with spring-inspired minimalism
From Vincent van Gogh’s delicate almond blossoms, set against the clear blue sky, to Katsushika Hokusai’s vivid prints of birds and cherry blossoms, artworks have, for generations, heralded the coming of springtime. You might remember that in the spring of 2020, at the height of the pandemic, the artist David Hockney even released a series… Continue reading Celebrating creativity with spring-inspired minimalism
From the midst of a war zone, Skylum nevertheless ships software improvements for Luminar Neo
Released just last month, Luminar Neo is Skylum’s rival for Adobe Photoshop. Skylum Although the software company Skylum has a US headquarters in Bellevue, Washington, these days, most of the company’s employees are based out of a development center in embattled Kyiv, Ukraine. And with their country at war, times have been understandably tough. But… Continue reading From the midst of a war zone, Skylum nevertheless ships software improvements for Luminar Neo
Understanding the psychology of shapes to improve your Licensing content
In 1944, the experimental psychologists Fritz Heider and Marianne Simmel of Smith University conducted a now-famous experiment: after playing a video featuring three moving shapes—a small triangle, a large triangle, a circle, and a rectangle—they asked participants to write down what they’d just watched. Most saw it as an animated story, with the abstract shapes… Continue reading Understanding the psychology of shapes to improve your Licensing content
A Deep Dive Into How Kodak Makes Film
With film photography once again becoming popular, photographers who wish to take it up must wonder where the current film stock is coming from. Is it from the remnants of film stock that was made years ago? Well, you’ll be happy to know that Kodak still has production lines running at its factory and even… Continue reading A Deep Dive Into How Kodak Makes Film
5 Spring Photography Ideas to Get You Inspired
The post 5 Spring Photography Ideas to Get You Inspired appeared first on Digital Photography School. It was authored by Simon Bond. Are you looking to capture stunning spring photography? Are you in need of some spring photoshoot ideas? In this article, I share five easy-to-follow spring photography ideas – many of which can be… Continue reading 5 Spring Photography Ideas to Get You Inspired