In photography, few effects are as enchanting and interesting as bokeh—the beautiful, dreamy blur that transforms ordinary backgrounds into abstract canvases of color and light. While often associated with high-end lenses and expensive equipment, the magic of bokeh isn’t reserved for the pros. Whether you’re armed with a state-of-the-art DSLR or a simple smartphone, there … Read more
At Photokina 2012, Sigma announced three new lenses in a reorganization of it’s lens lineup. Since then, we’ve witnessed them establish a new confidence and respect in their brand as a top grade third party lens manufacturer. The first new lens that they released was the Sigma 35mm f/1.4 DG HSM Art lens, and it didn’t take long for the early reviews and message board chatter to start raising eye brows.
In this the ultimate stress test for batteries, we test 14 rechargeable batteries to see which batteries have the fastest full power flash recycling time.
Photography is not known as a hard job on your body to most people, but as anyone who has had to carry around gear for a day can attest – it wears on your body. It can creep up on you, things are going well and then you start to get small aches here and there. Next thing you know you have chronic back problems.
The Switronix TorchLED Bolt is a high-powered and relatively portable on-camera and off-camera LED light. So does it live up to its impressive specs? Find out in our Rapid Gear Review.
With so many different styles of photography out there, wedding photography equipment can vastly differ from one photographer to another. For example a natural light photographer would require a very different set of lenses and accessories than a photographer with more fashion and studio lighting influences. Even more different might be a fine art film … Read more
When it comes to wireless triggers that do not break the bank, we love the Phottix Strato II Multi. It has channels, groups, TTL-pass through, and most importantly, reliability. Check out our review on Strato II Multi.
Adobe released their Lightroom 5.2 update today. The new 5.2 update adds a few minor new features and of course includes a boat load of bug fixes based on the reports people have been filing with Adobe since Lightroom 5/5.1 were released.
Introduction Landscape and general outdoor photographers usually worry about one thing when it comes to their wide-angle lenses: Sharpness. As the saying goes, “F/8 and be there.” In other words, just do whatever you gotta do to get sharp, well exposed images and spend the rest of your energy on simply getting to the right … Read more
The new highly attractive and highly capable Panasonic GX7 brings many features that many micro 4/3 user have been asking for, like in-body image stabilization. It also boasts new features such as the tiltable EVF. Read on to see what else this little gem has in store.
The Metabones Speed Booster promises a full-frame/near full-frame depth of field, field of view, increased sharpness, and even a 1-stop gain in aperture. So did it deliver? Check out part 1 of our review!
This article is part of our Gear Guides. We try to continually updates each article as new cameras are released, but if you feel like we’ve missed something, please comment below! The world of fashion and commercial photography is very diverse. Unlike some other genres of photography, your camera gear and lighting requirements can be … Read more
