How To Reduce Noise In Your Photos With No 3Rd Party Plugins In Lightroom And Camera Raw

There’s plenty of great applications and plugins out there that will help you reduce noise in your images. Some are standalone apps while others are plugins. But there’s a lot you can do straight from within Adobe Camera Raw (ACR) and Lightroom without all that. This video from Blake Rudis at F64 Academy talks us through the noise reduction features in ACR. As it uses the same raw engine as Lightroom, the same settings and techniques work the same way there, too....

January 17, 2023 · 3 min · 605 words · Robert Mims

How To Safely Clean Your Camera Lenses And Filters

I used to clean my lenses religiously. Every time before I left the house with the camera, and again when I got back home. These days, my attitude towards it is a little more relaxed. I don’t worry about dust anywhere near as much as I used to. But I still try to avoid cleaning them the wrong way. And yes, there are some wrong ways. If you struggle to keep your lenses clean or want to minimise the risk of damaging your lens while cleaning them take some pointers from Joe Edelman....

January 17, 2023 · 4 min · 640 words · Jewel Garner

How To Shoot Outdoor Portraits Using The Sun As A Back Light

When you’re outside shooting on location you don’t always want to heft a lot of gear around with you, particularly if you don’t have an assistant. So how can you shoot dramatic portraits with just one light? Simple! Use the sun as your second light source. It’s relatively simple to do, requires no battery packs and creates a beautiful slightly cinematic look. In this video, Ashley from Westcott shows you how to do it....

January 17, 2023 · 2 min · 407 words · Daniel England

How To Use Complementary Backgrounds To Make Subjects Pop

In the studio, making your subjects stand out from their background is relatively straightforward. Because you have control over everything. You choose what goes behind them, what lights you use, and where they go. Outdoors, though, these options aren’t always available to us. We have to work with what our environment provides. So, how can we get some separation between our subject and their background on location? In this video from photographer Moose Winans, we hear what’s going through his mind when photographing things outdoors....

January 17, 2023 · 2 min · 321 words · Diana Pfau

How We Made A Landscape Photo With Fog Machine And Won An Award For It

I needed a landscape photo of a foggy forest on sunny day, where beams of sunlight were streaming through the trees and creating beautiful sun rays. The only problem was that it was summer and there was no fog to be had. So I decided to rent a fog machine and see if we could make enough fog to simulate real fog. For this task I enlisted the help of my friend Chris Collacott, and together we created a pretty cool image....

January 17, 2023 · 3 min · 589 words · Sharon Buono

Hubble S Latest Photo Of Jupiter Shows Off The Gas Giant In All Its Glory

The Hubble Space Telescope has recently captured a new photo of Jupiter, showing its trademark Great Red Spot. NASA has shared the image which shows the gas giant in a more intense color palette and in all its glory, and it could be a step towards a better understanding of Jupiter, but also other planets. The image was taken on 27 June 2019. According to NASA, the colors and their changes “provide important clues to ongoing processes in planetary atmospheres....

January 17, 2023 · 2 min · 322 words · Anthony Horsley

I Found My Own Stolen Lens Selling Online And There S Nothing I Can Do

One night two years ago, someone stole $10,000 of my camera equipment. Just recently, I found one of my more iconic lenses — a pink Handevision 40mm f/0.85 Mark II — for sale online. The police are slow to respond, and eBay won’t help until law enforcement is involved. My name is Nathan Cowlishaw, but my business and brand as a professional tour guide are Nathan Arizona, LLC, and Talking Tree Photo....

January 17, 2023 · 7 min · 1373 words · Talisha Bartlebaugh

If You Shoot Through Prisms And Own A 3D Printer You Ll Want To Make This

Shooting through prisms and glass or crystals of all kinds of shapes has become quite popular over the past couple of years. Lensbaby even put out an entire new system recently based on them. But the humble triangular prism is still the most used amongst many photographers who shoot through them. How long this particular trend will last or whether it’s here to stay, only time will tell. But for right now, for those who use them, they can be awkward to shoot with....

January 17, 2023 · 2 min · 402 words · Charles Brown

If You Think You Screwed Up A Photo Badly This Woman S Driver S License Shows An Empty Chair

I don’t think any of us has ever been satisfied with our driver’s license photos. But this lady’s photo is an absolute winner because it doesn’t even show her – it features an empty chair. Jane Dodd from Tennessee had recently renewed her driver’s license and it came in the mail. Like many of us, she was surprised by the photo, but because it wasn’t her in it at all....

January 17, 2023 · 2 min · 289 words · Deborah Bowen

Image Of A Clumsy Lion Cub Wins Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards

The funniest photography competition in the world has announced its winners for 2022. Yes, of course, it’s the Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards! This year, the title of the funniest image was rewarded to Jennifer Hadley for her photo of a clumsy little lion. While cats, both wild and domestic, are known for exquisite reflexes, this one is… well, not so graceful. As always, there are more hilarious shots among category winners, so let’s check them out together and improve this day, shall we?...

January 17, 2023 · 3 min · 469 words · Frank Vermillion

Images Leak Of Sigma S Upcoming 20Mm F 1 4 And 24Mm F 1 4 Lenses Ahead Of Today S Announcement

Images of new Sigma lenses leaking ahead of an official announcement are as inevitable as Thanos. Sigma has a new products presentation live stream planned for later today (in about 3 hours from now) where it’s expected that they’ll announce the new Sigma 20mm f/1.4 DG DN Art and 24mm f/1.4 DG DN Art series lenses. The basic specs leaked last week and now we’re getting to have a look at them....

January 17, 2023 · 3 min · 473 words · Vince Mcclish

Instagram Releases Its Twitter Like Feature Notes

It was only a few days ago when we reported that Instagram might be evolving into Twitter with its new Notes feature. Well, the launch happened much sooner than expected – and Notes are already officially out. I spotted the new feature when I opened Instagram today, and then saw the announcement on the platform’s Twitter account. Am I the only one feeling the irony here? Anyhow, I wanted to share with you what it looks like and what you can expect....

January 17, 2023 · 2 min · 368 words · Daniel Wertman

Instagram Ruins Self Confidence And Mental Health In Teenagers Study Finds

Many artists use Instagram to promote their work and even book sessions. However, there are probably even more teenagers who use this social network for presenting themselves – the fake version of themselves. Anti-bullying organization Ditch the Label has explored the connection between social networks and bullying. In their Annual Bullying Survey 2017, they concluded that Instagram is the number one social network when it comes to cyberbullying. The survey was conducted in collaboration with schools and colleges, and it’s described as “the largest benchmark of bullying in the United Kingdom....

January 17, 2023 · 3 min · 491 words · Bradley Pizer

Instagrammer Forces Plane To Land 2 Hours Into Flight Claiming He Has Coronavirus

28-year-old James Potok, self-professed #ViralBoy, made a very tasteless joke with a view to going viral. The Instagrammer falsely claimed to have coronavirus (2019-nCoV) on a plane. The WestJet flight he was on from Toronto to Jamaica was forced to turn around and land. Unfortunately, this was the result of the ‘likes’ culture. James did this because he wanted to go viral. In an interview with Global News, he recalled having previously gone viral with a very different claim....

January 17, 2023 · 2 min · 397 words · Heather Harrison

Is Photography Going Cameraless Shutterstock Buys Cg Market Turbosquid For 75 000 000

It’s been said for years that CG is coming to take away jobs from photographers and in some respects, that may be true. We know that companies like Ikea use almost exclusively CG imagery in their catalogues now instead of actual photographs of the products. But this is nothing new. Back in 2014, 75% of their “photography” was CG. With many photographers around the world unable to work in 2020, though, CG imagery has seen a fairly solid uptick, which would probably go a large way to explaining why stock photography company, Shutterstock has purchased Turbosquid, the world’s largest 3D model marketplace, for a whopping $75,000,000....

January 17, 2023 · 2 min · 395 words · Elwood Moffit

It S Time For Google Photos Spring Cleaning With App S New Import And Organization Tools

If you find it time and energy-consuming to organize your photos (I know I do), Google has just made it a little easier. The company is launching several tools that will make the app cleaner and easier to navigate. At the same time, organizing your photos should become simpler, too – but you can also easily digitize and import your old prints. So, let’s dive right in and see what’s new....

January 17, 2023 · 2 min · 416 words · Charles Pokorney

Kodak Shuts Down Kodakit Its Uber Like Photography Service

In early 2017, Kodak launched Kodakit, an on-demand photography service often referred to as “the Uber of Photography.” But only three years later, the company is shutting down the service. Starting from early 2020, Kodak will wind down Kodakit and terminate the photographers’ contracts. The news is yet to be announced on Kodakit’s website, but users have already received a message to notify them of the platform’s discontinuation. “We expect the business to wind down by the end of January 2020,” Kodak writes....

January 17, 2023 · 2 min · 232 words · Leonard Robinson

Laowa Has Released Six Lenses For The Leica Sigma Panasonic L Mount System

Laowa has released six of their popular lenses for the L mount system. The lenses include three wide angles (one zoom and two primes) along with three of their macro lenses. Laowa says that the new L-mount versions of the lenses are compatible with the Sigma fp, the Panasonic S1 series (including the S1R and S1H) as well as the Leica SL/CL cameras. The lenses are all manual focus and the list includes some of Laowa’s favourites, including the 10-18mm f/4....

January 17, 2023 · 3 min · 452 words · Judith Heverly

Laowa S New Super Short 4Mm F 2 8 Circular Fisheye Lens Costs Less Than 200

It was first teased back in April, but now the Laowa 4mm f/2.8 Fisheye from Venus Optics has been officially announced, along with availability and pricing. Designed for Micro Four Thirds, and taking a break from their “Zero-D” wide-angle lenses, this one offers a super-wide 210° field of view with some pretty crazy distortion. A lens built to basically see behind itself offers up a lot of great advantages for interesting perspectives, but one of its primary uses will no doubt be for creating 360° content....

January 17, 2023 · 3 min · 454 words · Nancy Wiseman

Leaked Gopro 9 Unboxing Video Shows The Rumored Color Front Screen

A few weeks ago, we had a chance to see some leaked photos of the upcoming GoPro Hero 9. Rumor has it that it will include some novelties such as a color front screen and 5K video capabilities. Well, if you’re curious to see more of the Hero 9 before it gets announced, take a look at this unboxing video that’s leaked before the official announcement. Cat Review posted the video on YouTube and it’s, well, a classic unboxing video....

January 17, 2023 · 1 min · 159 words · Cheryl Overton