The Macro Lens Is The Swiss Army Knife Of Lenses And This Is Why You Should Own One

Macro lenses are often seen as this weird special purpose thing, that only those interested in shooting bugs should buy. But they’re so much more than that. Photographer Peter McKinnon believes everybody should own one. In this video, Peter talks about the versatility of a macro lens. That it can be used for so much more than typical “macro” use. As Peter mentions, the biggest misconception with macro lenses is the name....

December 30, 2022 · 2 min · 308 words · Alfonso Reed

The Most Talented Photographers Talk About Industry Secrets For Free

If you like listening high-quality podcast about photography, there’s a real treat for you on RGGEDU. Gary Martin and Rob Grimm talk with some of the most talented and famous photographers of today. There will be four seasons in total, and Season 1 is ready for free download or streaming. Rob and Gary sat down to chat with some of the creatives advancing the photography industry to discuss how they got to where they are now....

December 30, 2022 · 2 min · 406 words · Sadie Galindo

The New Phantom Tmx 5010 Camera Captures Up To 1 16 Million Frames Per Second

Vision Research has announced its new Phantom cameras. The first is the TMX 5010, which is considered an entry-level camera in the Phantom TMX series – yet still goes up to 1.16 million frames per second. This series also includes cameras like the insanely fast TMX7510 (which goes all the way up to 1.75 million frames per second). The other is the T3610, which only goes up to a relatively modest 875,000 frames per second at minimum resolution....

December 30, 2022 · 3 min · 496 words · Anthony Depasquale

The Obsbot Tail Uses An Ai Powered Camera To Produce Perfect Selfie Videos

The concept of a camera that can follow a subject all by itself isn’t a new idea. Well, I say all by “itself”, the camera was usually paired with some kind of “homing device” on the wearer to tell the camera in which direction to point. But the Obsbot Tail needs no homing device. It uses AI tracking to follow a subject automatically, even if visual line of sight is broken....

December 30, 2022 · 3 min · 479 words · Marion Thompson

The Orbit Is A Single Axis Robot Arm That Spins A Camera Around Your Head

Well, this is pretty unique. A motion-controlled motorised orbiting camera rig. Developed by Josh Yeo of MAKE. ART. NOW. along with Axibo, the Marbl Orbit is a motion control rig that gets suspended from your ceiling to… well, spin a camera around you or whatever your subject is. And it can do it in realtime, slow motion or even timelapse. The video above explains the goals of the product, who it’s targeted towards and what it attempts to achieve for them....

December 30, 2022 · 3 min · 623 words · Alma Mcgee

The Significance Of A Personal Project

My daily stroll through the newly built but already decaying park near my apartment in Hanoi listening to Spotify on a brisk (by SE Asia standards) morning has me in deep thought. We only get this type of weather for a couple months a year here and I absolutely love it. I grew up in New England and this is the temperature I was built for, I truly am a different person....

December 30, 2022 · 7 min · 1449 words · Ronald Slusher

The Strobepro Power Scale Comparing Godox Strobes Speedlites And Leds

Why is it so difficult to compare one light to another? It would be bad enough to say that watts, LUX, watt-seconds, and guide numbers aren’t directly comparable. And unless you’ve been around lights for a long time, these measurements won’t even make intuitive sense. Born from this frustration, I give you the Strobepro Power Scale! Before we get into it, here are a few disclaimers: 1. Practicality was the goal If I set out to do an apples-to-apples comparison in every respect, I believe the usefulness of the data would have suffered....

December 30, 2022 · 5 min · 1022 words · Paulina Perez

The Tamron 70 210Mm F 4 Goes Up Against The New Canon 70 200Mm F 4 Is Ii And Nikon 70 200Mm F 4 Vr

The Tamron 70-210mm f/4 Di VC lens has had a lot of hype. Leaked in February, announced a day later, and subsequently reviews on its own, it’s seems to be quite a good lens. But how does it stand up against the Nikon 70-200mm f/4 VR and the brand new Canon 70-200mm f/4 IS II? And which should you buy? That’s what this video from DPReview TV aims to find out....

December 30, 2022 · 2 min · 402 words · Kenneth Russo

The Ultralight Moza Aircross 2 Lets You Mount The Pocket 4K Without A Cage Even Vertically

The recently announced Moza AirCross 2 is the latest 3-axis motorised gimbal from Gudsen. It was originally teased at NAB 2019, but now it’s been officially announced and is available to order. Gudsen were showing off the Moza AirCross 2 at IBC 2019 in Amsterdam, so we went to go talk to them and find out more about it. And, yes, while this will upset some and make others giddy, you can mount your camera to it vertically....

December 30, 2022 · 3 min · 458 words · Shaun Shelly

The Weirdest Macro Lens Laowa 24Mm F 14 2 1 Is Now Available For Preorders

The Laowa 24mm f/14 2:1 Probe lens is definitely the weirdest macro lens I’ve ever seen. It was presented at Photokina way back in in 2016, and now it’s finally available for preorders. Venus Optics has launched a Kickstarter campaign to fund this “weird, but revolutionary” lens and the funds have already gone through the roof. The company has also published a video with plenty of sample footage, and seeing that, I’m not surprised that so many people want to own this crazy lens....

December 30, 2022 · 3 min · 547 words · Joseph Palumbo

The World S First 200Tb Ssds Are Coming In 2022 But You Probably Can T Afford It

200TB SSDs are currently in development according to Nimbus Data CEO Thomas Isakovich, who told TechRadar that they’re actively working on a 200TB SSD to beat the world’s current largest capacity SSD record holder… themselves. Nimbus Data set the record in March 2018 with a massive 100TB ExaDrive Solid State Drive. At the time of that drive’s announcement, there was no word on price, but it later transpired to be $40,000....

December 30, 2022 · 2 min · 364 words · Pamela Tolan

There Are Two Halves Of Your Creative Journey Which One Are You On

In both our life and our creative journey we’ll deal with all sorts of challenges, obstacles, and questions. But both of them could come down basically to two phases: “the morning” and “the afternoon.” Building upon Carl. G. Jung’s theory, Sean Tucker explains how our creative journey can be divided into these two phases and why it’s important to recognize and enjoy both of them. Sean believes that the way in which we develop as creatives mirrors the way in which we develop as human beings....

December 30, 2022 · 5 min · 868 words · Roberto Charles

These 25 Creative Transitions From Stranger Things Will Inspire Your Filmmaking

If you watch Stranger Things, you know there’s a lot to love about this show. And if you know at least a bit about filmmaking, there’s a lot more to love and pay attention to. In addition to the marvelous acting and exciting story, I particularly noticed the use of light and sound to cause tension. Another feature I started noticing in Season 2 are some creative transitions – and I’m not the only one who did....

December 30, 2022 · 2 min · 366 words · Patricia Best

These Are Some Of The Most Beautiful Wedding Photos Of 2017

Junebug Weddings, one of the world’s most popular online wedding planning resources, has recently finished their 10th annual contest. Out of nearly 9,000 images, they selected the top 50 wedding photos from around the world. We have selected some of them, and it’s a gallery of strong emotions and wonderful moments captured on camera. The photos arrived at Junebug Weddings’ contest from across the globe. Among the selected 50, there are photos of different styles and moods: from funny moments that will put a smile on your face, to the emotional ones that will make you tear up a bit....

December 30, 2022 · 1 min · 190 words · Jill Munoz

These Are The Only Three Lenses You Need For Shooting Landscapes

Landscape photography is one of those genres where lens choice is a hotly debated topic. Everybody has their favourites, and people always seem to argue about what’s “best” or “essential”. Mads Peter Iversen tackles this topic in the above video and believes you can shoot just about everything you need with just three lenses. The three lenses Mads mentions aren’t specific makes or models of lens, but types of lens....

December 30, 2022 · 3 min · 429 words · Audra Richardson

These Are The Winning Photos Of 2019 Iphone Photography Awards

For the 12th year in a raw, iPhone Photography Awards (IPPAWARDS) has selected the best iPhone photographers of the year. We may argue forever (and we probably will) if gear matters or not. But these photos show us a fact that remains true: no matter what gear you use, you still need talent and knowledge to capture a great photo. (IPPAWARDS) is the first and longest-running iPhone photography competition. It was founded in 2007, with a goal to celebrate the creativity of iPhone photographers worldwide....

December 30, 2022 · 1 min · 185 words · Michael Delzer

These Images May Look Like Cg Renders But They Re Actually Photographs

In a world where many CG artists are aiming for photorealism, one very skilled photographer seems to be going the opposite way. These images look like something straight out of 3DS Max or Blender. They’re not, though. They’re actually very carefully designed photographs, created by Norwegian design duo Lars Marcus Vedeler and Theo Zamudio-Tveterås at their studio, Skrekkøgle. Looking at the final work is pretty surreal, and if nobody ever told you that they weren’t CG renders, you’d never be able to tell....

December 30, 2022 · 3 min · 447 words · James Cawthorne

These Laser Assisted Videos Demonstrate The Effectiveness Of Covid 19 Masks

While the usefulness of surgical masks, in general, is quite well known (surgeons have been using them for years) there is little-to-no data on many of the DIY face coverings people have been using during the coronavirus pandemic. So, researchers at the Florida Atlantic University’s College of Engineering and Computer Science have done some tests of their own. The experiment was published in the journal Physics of Fluids and demonstrates the effectiveness of wearing a face covering when you cough using some pretty cool flow visualisation using lasers....

December 30, 2022 · 2 min · 378 words · Andrew Vandiford

These Mesmerizing Chart Like Composites Show The Stages Of 2019 Solar Eclipse

In July 2019, Photographer Dan Marker-Moore set up his gear on a remote mountaintop in Chile to capture a total solar eclipse. Using his recognizable time-slice style, he created a very unique collection of images. Combining hundreds of photos, he created several captivating, chart-like composites that show various stages of the eclipse. Dan used a Sony a7R III paired with a 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 GM and a 70-200mm f/2.8 GM to shoot photos for his time slice collection....

December 30, 2022 · 2 min · 218 words · William Sanders

This 3D Printed Film Canister Turns Any Old Camera Into A Raspberry Pi Digital Camera

If you have a bunch of old analog cameras that you want to use, you may be interested in this Raspberry PI project from befinitiv. According to befinitiv, the module is capable of mimicking a modern digital camera, so you’ll have “everything that you expect from a digital camera nowadays [it] can do video, it can do a stream-video over wi-fi and store things on an SD card.” Obviously, I got drawn in, and I was quite impressed....

December 30, 2022 · 2 min · 423 words · Deborah Chestnut