Best Cinema Cameras for 2022

Stan Horaczek Best 4K Cinema Camera Canon C300 Mk III Check Price Powerful, professional features with a price to match Best Full-Frame Cinema Camera Sony FX6 Check Price A full-frame sensor creates gorgeous images Best Affordable Cinema Camera Blackmagic Pocket 6K Pro Check Price Low priced camera delivers high-end specs Cinema cameras deliver high-quality footage… Continue reading Best Cinema Cameras for 2022

How to Import Photos to Lightroom Classic Catalogues

No one becomes a photographer to manage image files for a living, but the reality is that importing and organizing your images is a crucial part of the gig. The good news is that once you set up a workflow in Adobe Lightroom, the process runs smoothly: a repeated set of steps protects your images… Continue reading How to Import Photos to Lightroom Classic Catalogues

They escaped Alcatraz 60 years ago, here’s what they may look like today

From left to right: John Anglin, Frank Morris, and Clarence Anglin escaped from Alcatraz roughly 60 years ago. US Marshals Service The US Marshals Service has released age-progressed photos of the three convicted bank robbers who escaped from Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary in 1962. Frank Morris, Clarence Anglin, and his brother John Anglin are still on… Continue reading They escaped Alcatraz 60 years ago, here’s what they may look like today

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

Surf’s up: 11 tips for jaw-dropping surf photography

More than a hundred years ago, a photographer by the name of A. R. Gurrey self-published The Surf Riders of Hawaii, the first book dedicated entirely to the subject of surfing. By the 1930s, John Heath “Doc” Ball helped establish surf photography as a profession. In the 1960s, Leroy Grannis documented the surf scene at… Continue reading Surf’s up: 11 tips for jaw-dropping surf photography

Electrifyingly hot: our favorite reader-submitted photos of the day

“Quiet summer day in Istria”. Rudiescu on Flickr What’s the first thing that comes to mind when you think of heat? Summer? A backyard barbecue? A big bowl of chili, a hot bath, romance? Heat as a subject is versatile and vast. This week’s Photos of the Day winners provided unique perspectives that spoke to… Continue reading Electrifyingly hot: our favorite reader-submitted photos of the day

Peter van Agtmael grapples with chronicling the post-9/11 era

A women sob as soldiers arrest their family. “It was one of my first raids in Iraq. At the time, I felt almost no emotion. I was consumed by the novelty and the mania. We got back to the base as the sun was beginning to rise. I opened the door to my trailer and… Continue reading Peter van Agtmael grapples with chronicling the post-9/11 era

Best Photo Light Boxes for 2022

Stan Horaczek Best overall Fositan Photo Box Check Price Best kit Godox LST40 Check Price Best value Neewar Photo Studio Light Box Check Price A photo light box—otherwise known as a light tent or shooting tent—can make product photography a much faster and simpler process. These little boxes are essentially small studios with built-in backgrounds… Continue reading Best Photo Light Boxes for 2022