What Camera Quality Settings Should I Use For Photos And Video

One of the questions I get most often from people who have just picked up a new camera is: What camera quality settings should I use for photos and video? I usually answer that question with another question: Have you ever desperately wished that you only had a low quality version of a specific image or video clip? No? Me neither. So the short answer is: The highest quality setting your camera has....

January 7, 2023 · 6 min · 1147 words · Rose Winfield

When You Re Having Your Photo Taken Don T Be That Guy

“That guy” has been around since the dawn of photography, but with the ever advancing selfie generation, it just seems to be getting worse and worse. You try to take a group photo, and one person always seems to want to be the centre of attention, or just doesn’t know how to not screw up the shot. In this light hearted video from Don’t be That Guy, we several several such group-photo-spoilers that you may come across....

January 7, 2023 · 1 min · 169 words · Joseph Holifield

Why A 24 70Mm Lens Is Perfect For Wedding Photography

Just as Taylor Jackson is explaining how the 24-70mm lens sucks for weddings, up comes Manny Ortiz. He believes the opposite. He says the 24-70mm f/2.8 lens is vital for weddings and that every photographer should own one. They’re two polar opposite views. In this video, Manny explains why he thinks a 24-70mm should be in everybody’s bag. It’s interesting how, in Taylor’s rant, he suggests that a 35mm & 85mm prime lens combo would be a much better choice than a 24-70mm f/2....

January 7, 2023 · 2 min · 341 words · Larry Dove

Why I Chose An 18 55 Mm Kit Lens When I Had To Choose Only One Lens

I’m a great fan of prime lenses. They are faster and sharper than zooms (at least the zooms that I can afford). Plus, they force me into being more creative and they bring out my problem-solving side, because they limit me with their fixed focal length. When I travel, I always bring them and pack a kit lens just in case. I almost never use it.Advertisements But recently, I was forced to travel light....

January 7, 2023 · 5 min · 1020 words · Kimberly Spearin

Why I Sold The Olympus Pen F Long Term Review Of A Camera That I Wanted To Like

I wanted to love this camera. I truly did. Here’s what I wrote a year and a half ago. The passion was there. The honeymoon lasted eight months…But already after a few weeks of ownership, I knew she wasn’t the one for me. The battery life was reason enough to get rid of this thing…But maybe with a whole bunch of spare batteries I could have renewed my ties with the Pen-F…but it has one critical flaw: The image quality isn’t there....

January 7, 2023 · 6 min · 1239 words · Philip Gamez

Wide Angle Lenses Are Not Landscape Lenses All Lenses Are Landscape Lenses

Whenever we turn our hand towards photographing a landscape, I think most of us tend to go for the widest lens we own. Or at least, if not the widest, something pretty wide. It’s a logical and natural choice to make, though. We’re confronted with this beautiful view and we want to be able to capture as much of it as possible. But is it potentially doing more harm than good for your photography?...

January 7, 2023 · 3 min · 475 words · Marlene Castillo

Winning Bird Photos Of The 2020 Audubon Photography Awards Will Blow Your Mind

The jury had a tough task of selecting only ten out of over 6,000 submissions from across all 50 U.S. states and seven Canadian provinces and territories. The submissions were sent to four different categories: Professional, Amateur, Youth, and Plants for Birds, and the winning photos will be featured in future issues of Audubon and Nature’s Best Photography magazines. The overall winner is Joanna Lentini with her underwater image of a double-crested cormorant taken in Los Islotes, Mexico....

January 7, 2023 · 2 min · 371 words · Darlene Gray

Woman Crashes Car Through Frozen River And Stops To Shoot Selfies As It Sinks Beneath Her Feet

I don’t think we’ve had a stupid-selfie post for a while, but here’s a good one. A woman who has not been publicly identified had her vehicle meet a chilling end when she chose to drive across a frozen river in Ottawa, Canada. As she drove across, she hit a weak spot in the ice that caused her car to crash through its surface. While onlookers were figuring out how to get her out of there safely, she climbed onto the car’s roof to shoot a selfie while it began to sink beneath her feet....

January 7, 2023 · 3 min · 493 words · Peter Taylor

Woman Gets Fired After Her Body Positive Photos Go Viral

The power of social media can be a double-edged sword. A recent body positive shoot of a Texas couple, Stephanie and Arryn, spread all over the internet like a wildfire. The reactions of the public were mainly positive, but apparently, Stephanie’s employer doesn’t share the opinion of the public. After the photos went viral, Stephanie got fired from Austin Bank Texas N.A. As BuzzFeed reports, “they were ‘concerned’ about how many people would see her photos and how it would reflect on the company....

January 7, 2023 · 3 min · 485 words · Lesley Clinton

Woman Sues Mcdonalds Claims She Broke Lent Fasting Because Of A Burger Photo

A woman from Russia has filed the most ridiculous lawsuit I’ve heard of this year. She sued McDonald’s over a photo ad of a burger, claiming that it was so tempting that it made her break the fast during Lent. Ksenia Ovchinnikova from Omsk is an Orthodox Christian who allegedly broke her fasting because she couldn’t resist the McDonald’s ad featuring a cheeseburger and chicken nuggets. Orthodox Christians withhold from meat and other animal products for six weeks before Easter and Christmas, and Ovchinnikova broke the Lent before Easter 2019....

January 7, 2023 · 2 min · 234 words · Mildred Beier

Would You Like Fries With That Yc Onion Introduce Its New One Flip Tripod And Monopod

If you’re feeling a bit peckish then you’ve probably been browsing the product list at YC Onion. You can purchase a HotDog with chips, and then go for dessert with the Chocolate or Waffle. But of course, I’m not browsing a dinner menu. YC Onion unusually names all their products after food. The Hotdog is a slider, the Chips are a motorised dolly. The waffle is, naturally, a LED light....

January 7, 2023 · 2 min · 350 words · Bernard Rush

Wrong Assumptions Beginners Make About Lenses Are You Guilty Of Spreading These Myths

When you’re new to photography, there’s a lot of new jargon to learn and some of it can be confusing. There are also technical aspects that feel like if you don’t have a degree in advanced physics, you’ll never understand them. And there are people who think they understand them, explain them badly and either create or perpetuate myths that make terminology and techniques even more confusing. In this video, photographer Robin Wong goes through five of the most common myths and incorrect assumptions new photographers make (and that even some more experienced users don’t really understand, yet try to explain to others) about lenses....

January 7, 2023 · 2 min · 305 words · Lora Hicks

Yale Dental Students And Professor Take A Selfie With Two Severed Heads

People’s need to document everything with a selfie is so common that we’ve gotten used to it. But, sometimes it still manages to be surprising, bizarre and inappropriate. Graduate dental school students and a University of Connecticut orthodontics professor recently took a selfie just like this. It shows them with two severed heads used for medical research at Yale University. As The Guardian writes, the selfie was taken in June 2017 at the Yale School of Medicine....

January 7, 2023 · 2 min · 398 words · Brian Cook

Yongnuo Has A New And Updated Version Of Their 85Mm F 1 8 Df Dsm Lens On The Way

Yongnuo has announced a new version of their popular (and above average) 85mm f/1.8 DF DSM lens for full-frame mirrorless cameras. In a Weibo post, the new updated version of the lens is now all metal, including the focusing ring, a new design with a more pleasing appearance to look at (if that’s important to you), and a (very) slight reduction in length. Two significant features of the new Yongnuo 85mm lens, however, include a 40g reduction in weight despite the all-metal construction and the bayonet mount is now equipped with a rubber ring to help with weather sealing and dust proofing....

January 7, 2023 · 2 min · 239 words · Madge Hines

You Can Pay The Bills With Exposure And Here Are Three Ways To Do It

One of the phrases we often hear is “exposure doesn’t pay the bills.” So an offer to work for exposure makes most photographers fly off the handle. But according to Miguel Quiles, you can turn that exposure into cash and he proposes three ways to do it. So in the end, you might actually be able to pay the bills with exposure. In a certain way. Mailing lists If a company offers you to work for exposure, sometimes it doesn’t have to be all that bad....

January 7, 2023 · 3 min · 484 words · Mary Bogucki

You Can Turn Gopro Hero Into Gopro Hero 5 By Hacking Its Firmware Report Says

Earlier this year, GoPro launched GoPro Hero, a $220 simplified action camera. But according to some reports, it’s actually nothing else but a Hero 5 with crippled firmware. And allegedly, you can tweak the cheap GoPro Hero to load the Hero 5’s firmware. Mark Kirschenbaum of Hypoxic writes that they bought the new budget-friendly camera from GoPro and it seemed that it’s actually “a GoPro HERO5 with the firmware crippled....

January 7, 2023 · 2 min · 258 words · James Muller

You Don T Need A Pet Think Twice With Comedy Pet Photography Awards 2022 Finalists

Advertisements Among the top finalists this year, there is a llama looking like me on a Friday afternoon when the work week catches up. There’s a dog looking like he’s about to hit a Drive Thru, and couple of headless cats that look like a nightmare and a comedy show at the same time. of course, there’s also the usual nonsense of laughing horses and grinning dogs – always funny!...

January 7, 2023 · 2 min · 324 words · Mary Jimenez

You Still Don T Need 4K And 8K Is Crazy Talk 5 Things Your Film Really Needs

Five years ago, filmmaker and YouTuber, Brannigan Carter posted a video called “You don’t NEED 4K“. And five years ago he was probably right. It was only just starting to come out, the cameras were still ridiculously expensive to acquire, as was the kit to play it back. Unless you were a big Hollywood production company, there just wasn’t all that much point. But here we are today in 2019....

January 7, 2023 · 4 min · 775 words · Martin Rodgers

Your Ai Generated Images Are Now Welcome On Adobe Stock

Adobe has announced that Adobe Stock has started accepting AI-generated content. While some stock photo websites are banning this type of imagery due to potential copyright issues, Adobe takes a different route. From now on, your AI-generated content is welcome in its collection. According to the company, it’s a part of “navigating the creative evolution that generative AI brings.” “We believe that generative AI tools can help our contributor community continue to create amazing content,” Adobe believes in the announcement, “and we believe in transparent, clear labeling for customers when it comes to this content....

January 7, 2023 · 3 min · 491 words · Jeffrey Hibert

Youtube For Ios Goes Cardboard Finally Adding Full Support For Both 360 Degree And 3D Video

Today, as is the case most days, I check out my phone to see that I have an app update. Given the number of iOS apps I’ve used over the years that have suddenly become useless, unstable, or removed significant features with newer versions, I’ve disabled automatic app updates. Upon seeing that an update was available for the YouTube app, what a joy it was to see that they’ve finally added Google Cardboard support for both 360 degree videos using the phone’s built in accelerometers, as well as 3D video!...

January 7, 2023 · 2 min · 243 words · Sam Mccormick