Reader-submitted graffiti & street art photos showcase a cacophony of color

Paula Gallagher Brown Graffiti and street art can be found nearly anywhere in the world—from the streets of Tahiti to the train yards of New York City. What was once a frowned upon art form now enjoys a much more popular acceptance and appreciation. And this week’s winning Photos of the Day showcase the kaleidoscopic… Continue reading Reader-submitted graffiti & street art photos showcase a cacophony of color

Best monitor calibration tools of 2022

Stan Horaczek Best overall Datacolor SpyderX Pro Check Price Best budget Calibrite ColorChecker Display Check Price Best kit Datacolor SpyderX Capture Pro Kit Check Price Monitor calibration tools are essential for anyone looking for precision and consistency in their photography. All monitors will produce slightly–or sometimes drastically–different colors, contrast levels, and degrees of brightness. Left… Continue reading Best monitor calibration tools of 2022

How to Use Focal Length and Field-of-View to Compose Photographs

If you’re a photographer and you’d like to know more about lenses, then you’ll love this lesson taken from our free course, What Every Photographer Should Know About Lenses. Focal Length and Field-of-View The basic description of a photographic lens is focal length, because this determines how much of the world in front of your… Continue reading How to Use Focal Length and Field-of-View to Compose Photographs

Martha Cooper revisits the chaotic, gritty & enchanting world of graffiti in 1980s NYC

Women on train, 1981. Martha Cooper A playful, illicit urgency under a harsh camera flash. Art on the cusp of creation and the artist on the cusp of being caught. Such was the life documentary photographer Martha Cooper chased as she captured the emerging graffiti scene in 1980s New York City.  Now, nearly 40 years… Continue reading Martha Cooper revisits the chaotic, gritty & enchanting world of graffiti in 1980s NYC

Sony’s new full-frame robot camera shoots 4K/120p video

Sony Sony has unveiled what it’s calling the world’s first pan-tilt-zoom (PTZ) camera with a full-frame sensor, interchangeable lenses, and remote shooting. Dubbed the ILME-FR7, this new addition to Sony’s Cinema Line is essentially an existing FX6 cinema camera affixed to an advanced PTZ mount. It’s designed to allow cinematographers to produce high-quality cinematic footage… Continue reading Sony’s new full-frame robot camera shoots 4K/120p video

A dark matter camera will soon allow scientists to peer into atomic clouds

When built, the MAGIS-100 atom interferometer will be the largest in the world. But it’s still missing a key component: a detailed camera. Stanford University This story originally appeared on Popular Science. In suburban Chicago, about 34 miles west of Lake Michigan, sits a hole in the ground that goes about 330 feet straight down. Long… Continue reading A dark matter camera will soon allow scientists to peer into atomic clouds

It came by happenstance: Reader-submitted photos of serendipity

JR on Instagram While itineraries, strategies, and plans usually promise order and an assured outcome, sometimes the unexpected is what delights us the most. That’s why we asked photographers to show us their best photos of serendipity in this week’s Photo of the Day challenge. The winning submissions were surprising in both their content and… Continue reading It came by happenstance: Reader-submitted photos of serendipity

The Apple iPhone 14 Pro has as many megapixels as a full-frame camera

Apple’s flagship phone stills sports a three-camera array. Apple ‘Tis the season for product announcements, and right on queue, the new iPhones are here. As we’ve come to expect (with some exceptions), the press event came with some big news; the most notable for us is the camera specs. The iPhone 14 and 14 Plus… Continue reading The Apple iPhone 14 Pro has as many megapixels as a full-frame camera

Film photography’s popularity is driving a noticeable uptick in silver demand

Silver is a crucial ingredient for film photography production and processing. Stan Horaczek The demand for silver increased 19 percent last year, according to the World Silver Survey 2022. Part of this increase is due to a 3 percent uptick in demand for silver from the broader photography industry. While a big driver is medical… Continue reading Film photography’s popularity is driving a noticeable uptick in silver demand

B&W Photo Award winners celebrate mastery in monochrome

A roller coaster glitters against the dark of night. Uwe Schellscheidt Color photography is fun but it can at times also be distracting. The simplicity offered in monochrome is an easy way to strip down a scene to its essence, to focus on the lines, shapes, and composition of a photograph, without being sidetracked by… Continue reading B&W Photo Award winners celebrate mastery in monochrome