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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Nikon’s Shifting Landscape: Unpacking the Z7 II’s New Value
The photographic landscape is subtly changing, with the Nikon D850 seeing a price increase. This shift quietly positions the Nikon Z7 II as a compelling, more affordable alternative.
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Chiaroscuro: The Art of Sculpting with Shadows
Stop fighting the shadows and start using them. Chiaroscuro is the classic “light-dark” technique used by masters from Caravaggio to modern cinematographers. Learn how to use a single light source and spot metering to create dramatic, three-dimensional monochrome portraits.
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Leica Announces the Noctilux-M 35mm f/1.2 ASPH.
Leica has finally bridged a 60-year gap in its lens lineup with the announcement of the Noctilux-M 35mm f/1.2 ASPH. By combining ultra-high-speed glass with a compact 50mm form factor, Wetzlar has created the ultimate tool for available-light photography. From precision glass molding to a new 0.5m close-focus limit, this is the new “Swiss Army…
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The $129 Question: Is Apple Creator Studio the Adobe Killer?
Apple Creator Studio is finally here for $12.99/month. We break down the newly integrated Pixelmator Pro, the iPad workflow, and how it stacks up against the Adobe giant.
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The Storytelling Lie: Why Your Photos Don’t Need a Narrative
We’re told that every photo needs a beginning, middle, and end. But what if that advice is actually holding you back? This week, I’m calling out the “Storytelling Lie” and explaining why the most powerful monochrome images aren’t stories they’re visual poems.
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Stealing from the Silver Screen: Using FilmGrab to Master Your Craft
Cinematography is the ultimate school for photographers. Learn how to use the FilmGrab archive to master lighting and composition to bring a cinematic edge to your still images.
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Why a “Zero Day” is Still a Win
Coming home with no good images feels like a failure but it is actually a sign of growth. Learn how to reframe your “zero days” as essential creative practice and why an empty memory card is better than a mediocre one.
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Why Your “Bad” Photos Often Get More Likes
Why do your “bad” photos get more love than your “perfect” ones? Explore the human psychology behind the paradox of preference and why relatability often beats technical mastery.
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Weekly News Roundup
A summary of the week’s biggest photography news including Adobe’s new authenticity tools to fight AI and a surprise return to half frame film cameras from Pentax.
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Finding Your Photographic Voice
Stop shooting everything and start building a voice. Learn how a simple three word vision can clarify your artistic direction and simplify your editing process while making your work more memorable.