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Crabs with Beach Trash Homes is a series I am currently working on. I photograph Blueberry hermit crabs (Coenobita purpureus) on local beaches in Okinawa, Japan, that have begun to use beach trash as their shell. The cra...

A "spaghetti junction" is a nickname used to describe a complicated, or heavily intertwined interchange

Ukrainian photographer Dmitry Muravsky has been dismissed by his country’s Ministry of Defense after his viral combat photos became the center of controversy regarding whether or not they were staged. One particular ph...

Doing extreme retouching to the human body in photos has gotten a great deal of bad press as of late, but that’s not keeping a London-based software company Anthropics Technology from trying to innovate in that space. ...

Artist and new mom, Laura Izumikawa, found a way to stay creative during downtime with her newborn

Shipment of the Hasselblad X1D-50C has been delayed for a couple of weeks, according to a listing on B&H Photo. The retailer's product page now shows a shipment start date of September 15, two weeks later than the previo...

Budget speedlights are a great way to ease yourself into the world of advanced lighting, they are affordable and many come with advanced features not found until you get into the $500+ range. Today's highlights are some ...

Last November, Lytro unveiled Immerge, a pro-grade camera rig for producing cinematic VR content using the company's light field technology. At the time, Lytro offered interested partners and studios the option to checko...

I recently completed a 6-month project in which I photographed my wife as a Viking shieldmaiden. Here’s a look at how the project was done. It all started as a joke. When watching Vikings (History channel's hit show on...

Arizona Border Recon is a volunteer group of armed civilians that patrols the border between the United States and Mexico, keeping watch for traffickers, terrorists, and illegal immigrants and bringing those caught to th...

One of the most discussed features of the Canon EOS 5D Mark IV is Image Microadjust. This uses the slight difference in perspective between the left and right-facing halves of the split 'dual' pixels to fine-tune the eff...

Apple sent out invites to journalist this week for an event in San Francisco on September 7th — presumably to announce the iPhone 7. The invite itself is covered with colorful bokeh, perhaps hinting at major camera upg...

An advertising agency recently approached me about shooting photos for a transportation industry company. They had the idea of forming different modes of transportation (e.g. car, boat, motorcycle and truck) out of the b...

Heads up: if you fly a camera drone commercially, the FAA’s new rules just went into effect. Announced back in June 2016, the rules govern how small commercial drones must be operated. A small drone is any unmanned aer...

Hello, photographers. For the last two months, I’ve been doing market research for my project Photolemur and looking for different tools in the area of photo enhancement and photo editing. I spent a lot of time searchi...

Sony today announced its new Sony FE 50mm f/2.8 Macro full frame lens. It’s a light and compact prime lens that provides versatility. For ordinary photography, the lens features a large f/2.8 maximum aperture with high...

Nearly one year after it started publishing, La Noir Image is officially relaunching on September 1st. La Noir Image is a premium Black and White Photography publication from the Phoblographer LLC. It's a website/e-magaz...

In 2015, light-field camera startup Lytro did a huge pivot, redirecting its focus from consumer light-field cameras (the original and the Illum) to its new light field virtual reality camera, the Immerge. Today the compa...

Today, Sony is introducing their fourth 50mm lens to their E mount: the Sony 50mm f2.8 Macro lens designed for full frame E mount cameras (otherwise called FE mount online.) The new lens, which sill cost $500 is being bi...

Sony has announced the FE 50mm F2.8 Macro, a full-frame lens with true 1:1 macro magnification. It provides a minimum focus distance of 16cm/6.3in and is resistant to dust and moisture. Its design includes 8 elements in...

I have always valued analog photography over digital as there is simply no way of getting the same result out of latest technologies as much as I get it from the good old film. Well, at least to satisfy my needs and main...

I consider myself a generalist. My interest tend change with my surroundings, though lately I've been leaning more towards street and portrait photography. I sustain a few paid gigs a month, I wouldn't consider myself a ...