Photography News

Lens filter manufacturer PolarPro is breaking into the professional lens filter market this week with the launch of its new QuartzLine Camera Filters for DSLRs, mirrorless and cinema cameras. As the name suggests, PolarP...

Not only did it fall in the opposite direction, it partly destroyed a public library

The analysts at Tech Insights have torn down the Samsung Galaxy S9 in order to analyze the device's camera sensors and, as usual, the summary of their findings makes interesting reading for anyone who has an interest in ...

Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg is testifying on Capitol Hill this week regarding his company’s use of users’ personal data. Zuckerberg denied secretly listening to users through microphones for ad targeting...

MindShift Gear, the sister company of ThinkTank Photo, has released its all new Exposure messenger bag lineup. Like its backpacks, the MindShift Exposure lineup is made with outdoor photographers in mind, complete with w...

A small Shenzhen-based company called Cinematics International Company Ltd. recently caught the eye of No Film School at NAB 2018, and in a second you'll understand why. The company is showcasing a smartphone DOF lens ad...

Just as vinyl records have made a comeback as of late, film photography has seen a resurgence in popularity in recent years. Film is Still Alive is a 10-minute miniature documentary that explores why film photographers t...

Here’s a light-painting photo shoot that Star Wars fans may appreciate: photographer Dominic Chiu visited the world’s largest salt flat and shot a series of photos showing a lightsaber duel under the reflected starry...

Want to mount a giant camera lens onto your smartphone? The Chinese company Cinematic International Company Limited has created a single universal adapter just for you. It lets you mount most lenses out there to pretty m...

Instagram has released version 39 of its iOS and Android mobile apps, and the update brings with it a background-blurring portrait mode similar to the "Portrait", "Depth" and "Bokeh" modes we have seen on most recent hig...

Satellite photos are generally shot straight down at the Earth and make the world look like flat, detailed maps. But shoot satellite photos at an angle, and suddenly they look like aerial photos captured from impossible ...

One of the most surprising announcements from NAB this year came from filter maker NiSi, who decided to release a set of cinema prime lenses. No, that's not a typo. And Cinema 5D's Nino Leitner was at NAB to see the lens...

Dorothea Lange remains one of the most important and renowned documentary photographers today, best known for her iconic Migrant Mother photograph. However, the 1936 portrait is just one of her gripping visual stories of...

When pie charts literally look like the thing they're trying to represent

Facebook-owned Instagram has decided to throw it's hat into the 'Portrait Mode' game, though really this could be looked at as more of a 'toe dipping' than a full-on dive. The reason I say this is that the new feature, w...

Chances are that most of you shoot portraiture of some kind, be that families, weddings, kids, boudoir, pets, etc. But one niche of portraiture that is often overlooked is the whole idea of candid portraiture, which to s...

The Leica SL lens lineup gets a new ultra-wide angle zoom addition to cover all your wide-shooting needs. Heads up, Leicaphiles! Welcome the new addition to the Leica SL family. The highly-anticipated Super Vario Elmar S...

Image grain and sharpness are two things in the photo community that when you get into the more old school circles of thinking, is frowned upon. You'll always hear "You should've gotten it in focus" or "You should've sho...

Tamron's SP 45mm F1.8 VC is one of our favorite prime lenses for Canon and Nikon shooters right now. It is a nice focal length for those who like a little more width than a 50mm, but need more reach than a 35mm can provi...