“Food is good,” Food & Wine contributor Andrew Zimmern recently said. “Food with a story is better. Food with a story you’ve never heard of is best of all, and food with a story you’ve never heard of but that you can relate to is the holy grail.” For well over a century, these “food
Month: June 2020
Panasonic has announced the LUMIX G100, a new compact mirrorless camera that’s designed for vlogging and creative video content. “Intuitive controls, visually engaging images and excellent sound quality are hallmarks of the new LUMIX G100, raising the bar for content production and user experience in the vlog camera category,” Panasonic says. “Usability is further enhanced
It seems that Nikon is working on a competitor to Canon’s entry-level EOS RP full-frame mirrorless camera. According to the latest rumors, the so-called “Nikon Z5” will be a 24MP full-frame camera with dual card slots, IBIS, a solid AF system, and more. These specs come from the ever-reliable Nikon Rumors, who is citing “several
Panasonic has announced its new G100 camera (G110 in some regions) and it offers some very interesting features – like Nokia’s OZO Audio technology which allows the camera to listen to sound from every direction to pick out and record only what you want it to capture. It’s not perfect, though. In fact, there are
Photoshop CC tutorial showing how to give photos a trendy, gritty, high-contrast, and desaturated look. You’ve probably seen a similar grungy effect in movie posters and advertisements. Nike has used it a lot lately, or at least something similar. This effect is actually quite simple; all we’ll use is two adjustment layers, and one filter.
Tamara is a Serbian photographer and videographer who shares a commercial photography business with her partner Davor. Working through a variety of genres, Tamara brings fresh creativity and experimentation to her commercial photography practice. Q: Your photography handle is artymotion_visuals, give us the backstory behind that name. A: When my partner Davor and I thought
The beloved Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta, once proclaimed the “world’s most photographed event” and a major advertising opportunity for Canon every year, has been cancelled for 2020. The 49th annual balloon festival won’t be held until October of 2021. If you’ve spent any time in the world of photography, you’ve probably heard about the Balloon
[embedded content] Photographer Miguel Quiles has created a quick, crash-course style video that explores the different types of backgrounds you can buy as a portrait photographer, and then explains why collapsible backgrounds might be the best option if you’re just starting out. If you’re an experienced photographer, there won’t be any new information here. But
According to proven sources cited by Sony Alpha Rumors, Sony management have decided to delay the rumored announcement of the long-awaited Sony a7S III full-frame mirrorless camera until mid-to-end of July. This will allow Sony to announce their camera after Canon is expected to release the EOS R5 and R6, instead of the other way
Well, Panasonic has a new announcement page ready for debuting what is expected to be the Panasonic G100 – a camera aimed squarely at vloggers. Whether or not the announcement page will have a live stream or simply a promotional video to coincide with the official announcement is currently unknown, but I guess we’ll find
Learn how to create, render and publish a slideshow with audio, video and stills to tell the perfect story. Try or buy Lightroom 5: http://adobe.ly/11wZbft Follow Lightroom: http://facebook.com/Lightroom Tweets by Lightroom http://plus.google.com/+Lightroom
NIKON D800E + 70-200mm f/4 @ 100mm, ISO 100, 1/100, f/8.0 Death Valley National Park has more extremes than almost any other place on earth. The weather is harsh and the landscape unforgiving. It’s a brilliant combination for landscape photography. Table of Contents Conditions and Alternate Shots On a windy day in March of 2017,
If you’re planning to travel to a country where you don’t speak the language, there’s a line of clothing that’s designed to make your trip easier. It features a grid of icons that you can point to when asking locals for help. The clothing is made by a brand called ICONSPEAK, and the World Edition
Photography is all about light. To be more precise, photography is all about the quality of the light. This can be a particular challenge for outdoor/landscape photographers. A photographer photographing a model in a studio has complete control over the lighting conditions. Studio lights can be easily adjusted depending on the desired result. This is
Leica has released Firmware Update 2.0 for the full-frame mirrorless Leica SL2, and it delivers on a major feature Leica promised at launch. As of today, you can now shoot 187MP photos using the new ‘Multishot’ mode that this update has added to the Drive Mode menu. When the Leica SL2 was unveiled in November,
We’ve already seen some AI software that can upsample low-res images. You know, CSI-style. Face Depixelizer is another AI-powered software, particularly focused on faces. It can take a pixelated, low-res photo and turn it into a realistic portrait. While the results are pretty impressive – the app doesn’t come without its quirks. Face Depixelizer relies
Discover an amazing technique to INSTANTLY remove .jpeg compression artifacts in Photoshop! You’ll also learn how you can use the Camera Raw filter to enhance your photo. I hope that this Photoshop tutorial helps make your old jpeg photos look amazing! 📘 INDEX – Remove Pixelation From a Low-Quality .jpg 01:27 – Use the Reduce
In my four most recent articles, I’ve written about the story behind some of my landscape photos. I re-edited each picture specifically for its tutorial, and I’ve now realized that I like all four newer edits more than their respective older versions. So, I have a recommendation: I think it’s worth going back to your
Face Depixelizer is an amazing new AI-powered app that can take an ultra-low-res pixelated photo of a face and turn it into a realistic portrait photo. Created by Russian developer Denis Malimonov, the app utilizes the power of StyleGAN, which famously can generate realistic portraits of people who don’t exist. After taking in a pixel
I was recently asked how to find clients by a new photographer making the leap into professional work during this crazed pandemic. It’s tough any time, but at this time it is even harder. Here is what I told her, expanded for those of you trying to get going in these weird and strange times:
A patent recently that was recently unearthed purports to show a high-end drone camera that Olympus has been working on. PetaPixel has obtained the full patent application, which describes a camera system that would feature a high-end zoom lens and high-performance sensor. The patent has been making the rounds ever since it was published by
Venus Optics, the company behind Laowa, has announced three new cine lenses. They are the Laowa 7.5mm T2.1 Cine for Micro Four Thirds, the Laowa 9mm T2.9 Zero-D Cine for Super35 and the Laowa 15mm T2.1 Zero-D Cine for “large format” (full-frame) video-capable cameras. Laowa says that all three lenses feature the same optical system
Snapchat has apologized after releasing and then pulling a Juneteenth camera filter that prompted users to “smile” to break the chains of slavery. The new filter was launched Friday morning to celebrate the emancipation of slaves in the United States, and it had “Smile” displayed across a user’s live selfie view. When a smile was
Finding clients has always been one of the hardest things to do. In fact, I have an entire course on it. And no, I am not going to send you that URL, I am not going to try to sell it to you. I will give you a sort of outline here to build upon
As promised back in March, Tokina has just the ATX-i 11-20mm f/2.8 CF: an ultra-wide angle zoom lens for crop-sensor DSLRs from Nikon and Canon. With a fixed f/2.8 aperture and affordable price tag, it should prove to be a very popular option for APS-C users. This lens is an update of one of Tokina’s
It looks like Canon’s announcement is coming on July 9th, according to Canon Rumors and not July 2nd as previously speculated. But we’re not just going to hear about the new Canon EOS R5 and EOS R6 mirrorless cameras. Oh no, we’re going to be getting all of those RF lenses and the two Teleconverters
An Ohio wedding photographer found herself in an awkward situation earlier this month when a couple she had been hired to work with demanded to be “relieved” from their contract, accusing her of being “unstable” for posting something in support of the Black Lives Matter movement. According to Insider, Cincinnati wedding photographer Shakira Rochelle was
[embedded content] Los Angeles-based automotive photographer Dave Cox (AKA @ShootingDave) has put together a useful beginner’s guide that will help you master what he’s calling “the sexiest tool” in Photoshop: the Pen Tool. “Sexy” might sound like a stretch, but Dave has a point. The Pen Tool can make detailed masking a breeze… if you
Tamron has been on a roll the last 2 years with E-Mount lenses. After introducing a holy trinity of fast zooms and 3 compact primes with 1:2 macro abilities, the company has announced its newest E-Mount lens: the 28-200mm f/2.8-5.6. With the popularity of Sony’s APS-C and full-frame cameras, both Sigma and Tamron have gone
[embedded content] Gear shootouts pop up on YouTube all the time, usually touting the benefits of this bit of kit over another. But this particular video doesn’t do any of that. Instead, this “shootout” is a bit more literal, with a little gang warfare using weaponised cameras and a not-entirely-unexpected twist at the end. It