A Review of the TTArtisan 50mm f/0.95 Lens

When you are newer to working with artificial lighting, it can be a bit overwhelming trying to pick the right modifier for a given shoot. Umbrellas are easily the cheapest modifiers you can get, making them a great tool for learning how to work with artificial light, and they are more versatile than you might think. This great video tutorial will show you five different single umbrella setups for shooting portraits.

Sometimes it is difficult for me to look back at the photographs I created early in my career. The shots are all technically strong, but there is something missing. That missing element can be defined as vision. In this article, I will detail my journey in understanding the need to incorporate this crucial element into my art.

Modern cameras can handle low light quite impressively, but high ISOs will still introduce some noise into your images. So, what can you do when that happens? This excellent video tutorial will show you how to process high-ISO images in Lightroom to reduce the appearance of noise while still maintaining sharp results with plenty of detail.

35mm lenses are popular for good reason, as they offer a versatile focal length that is neutral enough for a variety of applications, including portraits, street photography, events, astrophotography, and more. The Viltrox 35mm f/1.8 AF is one of the more affordable options out there, but it still offers a range of great features. This excellent video review takes a look at the lens and the sort of performance and image quality you can expect from it in practice.

I finally received my DJI Mic after pre-ordering it more than a month ago, and at first, I was disappointed. When I did the initial test with the DJI Receiver connected to my Canon R5, the audio I recorded was much noisier than what I was used to from my old setup, for which I used a Zoom H1 with a Rode Lavalier GO. But there's a solution to this problem, and in this article, I share it with you.

One of my favorite image made during my Spiti tour.It was a challenging night. Finding transportation was the first to begin with. I had visualized this image when I was traveling from Manali to Kaza. Saw this Vantage Point Near by Kibber bridge.Thanks to my tour partner they lend me their Royal Enfield Classic that night and I was all prepared to ride. Next challenge, how to carry my gears ? I tied my tripod near the foot rest and my backpack on front carrying my tracker and accessories. Sigh! It was one heck of a night. Usually many avoid riding and driving at night in the valley. Its pitch dark and roads are unpredictable, one wrong move I could have ended up in the river, which had happened just that month, and to top it all there's no cellphone reception to call for help.

Today, hopefully, you’ll allow me a brief break from discussing tech and technique to revel in a bit of the pure joy that is the process of photography. Last night, I went to the movies to see "Fatal Attraction." Yes, you are reading this in the year 2022 (or sometime on the future Internet). No, you have not traveled back in time to 1987 to a time of big hair and even bigger shoulder pads. Instead, I found myself sitting in a small neighborhood movie theater, with the bottoms of my shoes partially laminated to the floor by decades of spilled and partially cleaned popcorn butter, to watch director Adrian Lyne’s opus to infidelity because I love movies more than anything else in the world. And, though I had seen the film on multiple occasions, it had been a long time since I’d seen it on the big screen as it was intended. And, with all due respect to advancements in cell phones, movies are meant to be seen in a theater. So, whenever I get a chance to see a film on the big screen rather than via a streaming service, I hop in the car and find my way to the box office.

If you love landscape photography, you probably know a lot about camera equipment, settings, and the most common composition rules and techniques. But landscape photography is not always about those things. I have six important tips that are often overlooked. There are many articles about landscape photography available. Most of...

When you are learning photography, it can be a bit overwhelming trying to simultaneously balance all of the technical and creative ideas and techniques that go into making a successful photograph. If you are new to the pursuit and wondering how to grow, check out this fantastic video tutorial that features an experienced photographer giving 10 tips for improving as a photographer.

If you work a lot in the field or like to take long road trips, you know how difficult it can be to have access to enough power to keep all your devices charged and running. Anker's 757 Portable Power Station has a ridiculous amount of power to spare, and this great video review takes a look at its performance and applications.

In this informative video from Pal2Tech, Chris Lee demonstrates how to convert raw files to TIFFs or JPEGs right in the camera. The results are both interesting and quite surprising when the images are uploaded and compared. Converting raw files in-camera is a rather simple process, and probably a feature...

Apple's Mac Studio is ludicrously powerful. It comes in two basic configurations, the M1 Max and M1 Ultra, which might leave you wondering which you should pick for your work. If you are asking yourself that question, check out this excellent video that discusses three options for video editing to help you choose.

About a month has passed since Skywatcher officially announced the Star Adventurer GTi, the smallest and lightest purpose-built GoTo astrophotography mount. But is it actually any good? Like a lot of newly introduced electronics of late, this mount has been incredibly hard to get a hold of, and outside of a few favorable initial reviews from prominent influencers, in-depth evaluations have been seriously lacking. In this video, Teagan from High Point Scientific shares a comprehensive review of the Star Adventurer GTi, including a couple of performance tests on the mount's tracking abilities.

When an image has a distinct texture or pattern, cleaning up blemishes or the like can be a bit trickier, as you need to replicate the texture and/or pattern accurately in order to create a convincing replacement. One such example is pristine sand that has been walked upon, and this excellent video tutorial will show you how to make it perfect again using Photoshop.

When I started photography, one of the hardest things for me was to pick the editing software I should use. Indeed, a lot of photographers face the same problem every day. Looking beyond the classic choices, there is arguably much better software you can choose: ACDSee Gemstone Photo Editor 12. It combines the functionality of several Adobe products into one affordable and intuitive software.

It's easy to think that if you want to put together a great portrait shoot you need to book an expensive location and have a room full of lights, but sometimes simplicity can be more rewarding. In this video, master portrait photographer, Peter Coulson, takes you behind-the-scenes as he shoots...