Tag: print

Rats, coyotes, and raccoons, oh my! The year’s best urban wildlife photography

“Oh, snap!”. Barak Lions, tigers, and bears, oh my! Well, make that rats, coyotes, and bread-stealing monkeys, and you’ve got the winners of Picfair’s Urban Wildlife Photography Awards. Since 2019, the number of urban wildlife photographs on Picfair’s photo portfolio and e-commerce platform has quadrupled. And the competition, co-hosted by Nikon, Peak Design, MPB, and… Continue reading Rats, coyotes, and raccoons, oh my! The year’s best urban wildlife photography

Best HP printers for 2022

Stan Horaczek Best HP printer for home use HP DeskJet 3755 Check Price Best HP printer for small business HP Color Laserjet Pro Multifunction M479fdw Check Price Best HP printer for photos HP Envy Inspire 7255e Check Price HP printers are some of the top choices for a variety of applications. It has an expansive… Continue reading Best HP printers for 2022

Lightroom Classic, or CC? Here’s How to Pick the Best Lightroom for Your Needs

Adobe Lightroom’s marries several powerful photography tools inside of one integrated suite: a single app to import, convert, organize, edit, and export image files. Lightroom brings together just about everything you need to process your photos. Lightroom launched in 2006 and drew many users away from Photoshop. For most photographers, it was Lightroom’s speed advantage.… Continue reading Lightroom Classic, or CC? Here’s How to Pick the Best Lightroom for Your Needs

Picsart’s new ‘AI Enhance’ tool promises to upscale your images and improve IQ

A Picsart-provided example of the new ‘AI Enhance’ tool in action. Picsart Picsart, the self-declared “world’s leading digital creation platform”, has announced a new artificial intelligence-powered tool called “AI Enhance.” According to the press release, the tool—which is coming to both Picsart’s mobile app, available for iOS and Android, and API service for businesses—“removes noise,… Continue reading Picsart’s new ‘AI Enhance’ tool promises to upscale your images and improve IQ

How to Digitize Slides

With plenty of options, it’s never been easier to digitize your slide film. Stan Horaczek This post has been updated. It was originally published on December 17, 2008. Got stacks of slide carousels loaded with holiday, vacation, and other family memories? Those trays hold too much personal history to be tossed, but in their current… Continue reading How to Digitize Slides

With thoughtful luminescence, Elizabeth Messina offers an intimate study of the female portrait

Messina is renowned for her stunningly simple portraits of women that convey depth and feeling. Elizabeth Messina Southern California-based photographer Elizabeth Messina is something of a legend. With her beloved Contax 645 and Fujifilm GFX100s, she has photographed for the likes of Tori Spelling, Claire Pettibone, and Brooke Shields—and that’s just to name a few.… Continue reading With thoughtful luminescence, Elizabeth Messina offers an intimate study of the female portrait

Antigone Kourakou’s surreal exploration of nature & humanity, plus five other photo books for summer 2022

From Antigone Kourakou’s “Transfiguration”. © Antigone Kourakou In this month’s photo books selection, we take a look at an expansive annotated selection of Alec Soth’s work; a collection of images by famous photographers all shot on “the other film” (Polaroid); flowers in contemporary photography; Antigone Kourakou’s surrealist B&W images of women and nature; Curran Hatleberg’s… Continue reading Antigone Kourakou’s surreal exploration of nature & humanity, plus five other photo books for summer 2022