A Photo Story: The First City in the Americas
Adam Arenas went to Santo Domingo without a camera, came back with a Ricoh and a reason to return. His account of the Zona Colonial, in
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A Photo Story: The First City in the Americas
Adam Arenas went to Santo Domingo without a camera, came back with a Ricoh and a reason to return. His account of
A Photo Story: Nobody Is Looking at the View
Flavia Silva walked the port district of Rio de Janeiro on a gray July Wednesday and came home with twelve pictures in
A Photo Story: Seventy Voices, Twenty Six Recorded
Bojan Fürst set out to profile seventy Newfoundlanders and Labradorians for the seventieth anniversary of the province joining Canada. He finished twenty
A Photo Story: The Masks That Scared Him as a Boy
Ajay Lalu stopped at the Kaapse Klopse on his way home from a photo walk. Three years later, after earning his way
A Photo Story: What Thirty Eight Years as a Rabbi Taught Him to Notice
A retired rabbi turned street photographer stumbled onto a Brooklyn Chabad camp trip on a ferry to Governors Island. What he found
A Photo Story: One Camera One Lens One Family Holiday
Rob Sutherland is a commercial and landscape photographer who has shot a photo a day for sixteen years. On a family trip
Behind The Shot
Behind The Shot With David Mullin
David Mullin photographed the empty tables at his family favorite restaurant on a Leica M6, and the picture became his test of
Behind The Shot With Neil McShane
Neil McShane made this photograph from a bench in his front garden in 2022, while recovering from sepsis with a Fuji X-T20
Behind The Shot With Jasper Bancroft
A figure appears in the mist at the Osaka Expo, caught on a Leica M3 loaded with Ilford Delta 3200. Jasper Bancroft
Behind The Shot With Mark Archibald
Mark Archibald had long kept a quarter mile gravel road in mind as a good sunset vantage point over an Amish farm
Behind The Shot With Michael Houghton
Michael Houghton and his wife fell in love with the Isle of Harris on their first visit in 2015 and have returned
Behind The Shot With Flora van Wageningen
Flora van Wageningen took a solo weekend to the mountains during a genuinely low point in her life, expecting nothing more than
Photographer Spotlight
Photographer Spotlight: Dani Rüede
Dani Rüede bought his first serious camera to photograph his watch collection. A Ricoh GR III turned him into a street photographer,
Photographer Spotlight: Danny Wong
Danny Wong grew up understanding his family through photo albums. Now he carries one camera and one lens, photographs mood rather than
Photographer Spotlight: Kayleigh Morin
Kayleigh Morin started as an artist frustrated that drawing could not capture light the way she wanted. Self portraits led to photographing
Photographer Spotlight: Leighton Phillips
Leighton Phillips describes his work as Urban Still Life, drawn to the mundane, the ignored, and the visually familiar rather than anything
Photographer Spotlight: Flora van Wageningen
Flora van Wageningen picked up a camera in her late thirties, restless and bored with the city she had settled in, and
Photographer Spotlight: Damian Ward
Damian Ward is drawn to woodland and solitary trees, especially in winter when the branches are bare, in a landscape he describes
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The Grain & Soul of Nikons Z f’s New Film Look
Nikon’s Z f camera recently got an update that speaks to the heart of classic photography. We’re diving into the new in camera film grain feature.
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Monochrome Lessons from Wes Anderson
Wes Anderson is famous for his colorful pastel worlds. But underneath the saturation lies a rigid structure of symmetry and texture that offers a masterclass for black and white photographers.
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Ricoh Expands Capabilities of GR IV Series with Electronic Shutter Update
Ricoh has released a major firmware update for the GR IV, adding an electronic shutter to the standard model and improving overall system stability.
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Breaking the Ice with Strangers
Walking up to a stranger is often the hardest part of the craft. But the secret to a great street portrait isn’t in your shutter speed it’s in the first thirty seconds of conversation. Here’s how to get past the “creep factor” and start seeing people as individuals, not just subjects.
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Is the Watermark Killing Your Photography?
In 2026, the watermark is a false sense of security that is doing more harm to your art than good. If you can remove a logo in three taps with AI, why are we still scarring our compositions? Today, we’re looking at why the most confident photographers are ditching the logo and using three invisible…
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The Art of Anticipation: How to See the Shot Before it Happens
Is great photography just luck? Not quite. We’re diving into the art of anticipation, the “spidey sense” that allows you to see a shot before it happens. Learn how to “Set the Stage” and why seeing two seconds into the future is the secret to a perfect frame.
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A Reminder Why We Choose Monochrome
When the rest of the world goes loud and colorful, the most striking thing you can do is go quiet and monochrome. This week, we look at the stunning Super Bowl campaign shot on Kodak 35mm film, and what it teaches us about tonal structure, intentional framing, and the power of black and white to…
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What Makes Photography Great is Never Figuring It All Out
We often treat mastery as a finish line a state where we finally have all the answers and the “perfect” shot becomes a guarantee. But what if the greatest gift of photography is actually the mystery?
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The Curious Eye: Practical Ways to Sharpen Your Photographic Vision
If your photography feels like it’s on autopilot, it’s time to retrain your brain. We’re moving past the gear talk and focusing on practical ways to sharpen your curiosity, from taking the “long way home” to embracing the power of boredom.
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Weekly News Roundup
From Canon’s record breaking wide angle glass to Fujifilm’s historic financial surge, the first week of February has been a whirlwind of gear and growth. This week’s roundup covers the technical specs of the new RF 14mm f/1.4L VCM, the refinement of Clever Supply’s latest sling, and a boutique recreation of legendary cinema optics from…