“Bokeh” is a Japanese word describing the aesthetic quality of the blur in out-of-focus areas of photos. And as we all know, it’s a noun. Well, Apple decided to play with language a bit in its latest ad and turn “bokeh” into a verb. Oh, and the ladies in the ad are pronouncing it wrong as well. https://youtu.be/IKok5dykRBM Apple’s iPhone XS and iPhone XR come with Depth Control feature that lets you adjust the bokeh effect on backgrounds before or after you shoot....

With everything becoming battery-powered these days and as many of them being produced as they are now, it’s inevitable that some will show up dead on arrival. It’s something Tyler Edwards has experienced with his REDVOLT BP batteries for his RED Komodo camera. You put them onto the camera, plug it in to charge and nothing. But Tyler believes he’s found a solution to fix his DOA batteries. In this video, he walks us through his process, which basically involves disconnecting and reconnecting the batteries from the power source about 20-30 times until it just suddenly springs back into life and starts charging normally....

Photography has been with me for as long as I can remember. In my childhood, my father had an old Zorki camera, the Russian Leica II copies, and he had a habit of developing films from our trips in the darkroom. That place with unfamiliar smells and substances had a unique charm for me. I always asked to be there and learn myself the process of film development, as seeing the blank paper turn into an image was magical to me....

The Instagram outage hasn’t exactly been an unusual thing lately. However, we’re in the middle of an utterly strange one. If your account has been suspended and you haven’t done anything wrong, it’s not you, it’s Instagram. In fact, the app’s PR team has admitted that something’s gone wrong as the users get madder and madder. According to DownDetector, there have been nearly 8,000 Instagram outage reports over the past 24 hours on 31 October 2022....

Joshua was born with a Vein of Galen Malformation. He has a malformation in the blood vessels of his brain that steals blood from the rest of the brain. He has had 6 strokes, left weakness, epilepsy, intellectual disabilities. He is the eldest surviving child with his condition in Australia. Joshua’s condition is now considered progressive as he began deteriorating in 2012. When Mette, Joshua’s mum, shared his story and Joshua’s dreams to be a basketball star, I knew immediately that we could help Josh live out that dream in picture form....

Advertisements As I went back to YouTube and continued to watch the live event though, I occasionally glanced over at the rapidly scrolling comments section, where one particular viewer’s comment caught my eye… the price in America. I quickly hurried to the B&H website, thinking that the comment poster must have it wrong but no, there it was for all to see; The R5 listed in the USA at $3,899....

Burhan Ozbilici, the photographer who documented the assassination of Russian Ambassador to Turkey, won the World Press Photo of the Year. On December 19, 2016, he was at an exhibition opening in Ankara, when the incident occurred. As he said back then, he was only doing his job. As the crowd started panicking, Ozbilici remained calm and documented what he witnessed. The photo went viral almost instantly and the reactions were different and pretty intense....

Cactus has today announced that the Cactus RQ250 portable strobe has been suspended. The reason, it seems, is down to the fact that the Kickstarter campaign was not fully funded. There just weren’t enough people interested. So, Cactus posted an update to the campaign, as well as to their Facebook page. The RQ250 was first announced in February this year. We even got to get our hands on a prototype and have a brief play at The Photography Show in March....

The Camera Rescue team are on a mission to save old and discontinued film cameras. And if you’d like to join them and learn their craft – now you can. They’re starting a school where they will teach you to repair and preserve old film cameras, and even recreate the missing parts for them. And it’s completely free of charge. Camera Rescue is a project of project Cameramakers aimed at preserving old cameras that gave us so many memories....

We love optical illusions, no matter if they were made with forced perspective, colors, or makeup. Indian wildlife photographer Sarosh Lodhi made one by snapping a photo at exactly the right time. He photographed two zebras, and people can’t seem to agree which one is looking at the camera. Can you guess which one is it? Sarosh tells DIYP that he took the photo in December 2018. He was in Maasai Mara, Kenya, photographing a herd of zebras....

Canon users should get out the balloons this coming March and join in the celebrations of 35 years of Canon’s EOS system! The EOS label includes both interchangeable cameras as well as its entire fleet of interchangeable EF and RF lenses. Canon first launched the EOS system in March 1987 with the EOS 650 Single Lens Reflex camera and EF lenses. It was the first fully electronic mount system and represented the dawn of a new generation of Auto-focus SLR cameras....

I’m not sure how I feel about this one yet. On the one hand, it’s pretty cool and interesting. A new take on the tech that could be very useful to a lot of people – especially sports goers, if Canon’s promo video is anything to go by. But on the other, it’s pretty weird. Is it just a gimmick that’s going to disappear in a year like Nikon’s failed interpretation of 360° and action cameras?...

Canon 6D Mark II users can come in out of the cold. Canon has released a firmware update which now prevents the freezing issues that some of you may have experienced. The issue would be that in certain circumstances, the touchscreen and buttons would become unresponsive. While this firmware update isn’t exactly feature-packed, only solving this one problem, it is an important problem that needed to be solved. And it’s one that those who’ve been affected by it will be welcome to see....

Another new feature is coming to Instagram, and it can be useful for photographers. People will soon be able to boom appointments with business. For all those who make a living from photography, this means your clients will be able to find you and book a session directly through your Instagram. At the moment, Instagram has over 1 million active advertisers. According to the app’s ad chief, James Quarles, the new booking feature will offer them more concrete ways to measure the impact of their accounts....

Advertisements “It is clear from this year’s winning images that our community of underwater photographers has dived into a new and exciting post-pandemic era,” the contest organizers write. As the travel ban was lifted in most of the world, it allowed divers and underwater photographers to travel, discover, and photograph the vibrant and exciting underwater world. The “best in show,” or the overall winner shows a moving moment from an octopus....

I’m not a fan of western superhero franchises. Yes I fully appreciate that I’m in the minority here and it’s certainly not my intention to turn you away in the first sentence, but rather to solidify the fact that this exploration of colour in cinema does not come from a fanboy solely driven by vapid, one dimensional characters and napkin narratives, but rather pure adoration of a masterwork in cinematography....

Gone are the days where a photographer had to invest hours creating a look or developing a style. And when I say “gone are the days”, you know that I will discuss either A.I or Blockchain. It’s A.I. this time. NVIDIA just released a new tool called FastPhotoStyle which takes a visual style and applies it to a photo. But how do you define a visual style? Easy, with another photo which has the style you want....

What makes a portrait dramatic? If you search the internet you’ll get quite a few answers, ranging from the practical to the abstract. Suggestions such as creating a mood, dark backgrounds and using fog or smoke all feature. As does using a characterful subject, often dressing the part. While these things certainly do contribute to a dramatic moody feel in an image, fundamentally for me, it’s all about the lighting....

Datacolor is running a super duper promotion and if you are into colors, you definitely want in. The package is $308 value and sells for only $139. The promotion runs through the end of the month and is available via special links (US, CA, EU). Until the end of the month is longer than a usual Flash Sale and we love Datacolor for that, but I would still jump on this before stock ends or just so you don’t forget and find that it has expired....

When it comes to getting consistent colour with your stills photography, regardless of the lighting conditions, camera model, or even brand, I can’t think of anything I’d rather have with me than the X-Rite ColorChecker Passport (CCP). It just works, pretty much flawlessly. For video, though, it’s not quite as useful. So, when X-Rite announced that they had released two new products aimed specifically at video shooters, the ColorChecker Video and the ColorChecker Passport Video (CCPV), I had to check them out and see for myself....