When Sony first announced their new ultracompact prime trio — the 24mm f/2.8, 40mm f/2.5 and 50mm f/2.5 — I scratched my head a little bit. With all of the compact prime lenses on the market for E mount cameras, where do Sony’s fit in? After all, Sony has hit
Today, Adobe announced that they have created the most powerful connection yet between Creative Cloud and Experience Cloud. They have integrated Adobe Photoshop and Lightroom’s world-class imaging technology natively into Adobe Experience Manager Assets. This is a platform used by the world’s top brands to manage and store hundreds of millions
When just starting out in photography the typical person will begin their journey with the camera set to Auto. Using this mode tells the camera to choose the ISO, shutter speed, aperture, flash and focus. To be honest, the Auto mode has gotten much better over the years, and it
Among the most common mistakes of landscape photography beginners is not paying attention to the foreground of the scene. This results in uninteresting photos that don’t have a main subject. Or, if there are foreground elements, they don’t effectively lead the eyes towards an object of interest. If you’re looking
In this episode of The Organized Photographer, join Kevin Ames as he sits down with Erhardt Barth, co-founders of Excire Inc. Erhardt is an internationally recognized expert in computer vision and machine learning, and has a PhD in electrical engineering from the Technical University of Munich. He’ll showcase how Excire
I’ve been asked occasionally if I’d shoot a boudoir session. What an honor to be trusted that much! Only in April did I actually accept the challenge. It was a challenge but in a personal way. This past year has been full of introspection and honesty with myself. Why don’t
Adapting a vintage lens to modern digital cameras is a fun and easy way to give a retro look to your photos. Sure, you can do that with film-inspired presets, but these old lenses bring a certain character that modern lenses and post-processing can’t completely recreate. You may not even
Each Spring, vast schools of Pacific herring migrate from offshore waters to the waters close to shore. They come to these protected areas for one reason: To spawn. At this time, the females’ eggs (roe) are at their peak maturity. The male herring release their sperm (milt) into the water
In addition to its 150-500mm lens announcement tonight, Tamron also announced the 11-20mm f/2.8 lens for Sony APS-C mirrorless cameras. The new 11-20mm F2.8 zoom is the world’s first ultra wide-angle zoom lens for Sony E-mount APS-C mirrorless cameras that features an aperture of f/2.8. Despite its fast f/2.8 aperture,
Tonight, Tamron announced a new 150-500mm f/5-6.7 ultra-telephoto lens for Sony full-frame mirrorless cameras. The lens marks Tamron’s first entry into ultra-telephotos for the Sony E-mount system. Marketed as “compact enough for comfortable handheld shooting,” the lens features Tamron’s VC (Vibration Compensation) and a VXD (Voie-coil eXtreme-torque Drive) linear motor
The history of photography is full of iconic moments. Many of these are visual records of the world’s most extraordinary and unforgettable people, places and events. Others changed the way we see the world and the universe forever. Whether you’re into astrophotography or all things space, this historic eclipse photo
Today, Canon announced two new PIXMA printers: The Canon PIXMA TS3520 Wireless All-in-One Printer and Canon PIXMA G620 Wireless MegaTank Photo Printer. Designed with specific uses in mind. Each printer is equipped with features that help create the high-quality prints consumers have grown accustomed to with the PIXMA printer line.
