Tips & Techniques

[embedded content] Neck mics have been around for as long as I can remember. You see them being used on movie sets, TV studios, and with on-location crews. And why not? They offer great sound quality and are not too conspicuous. A few years back Rode introduced the GO system, a mini wireless neck mic,

The absence of live events owing to COVID seems to have filled the global collective recent memory. This is now being broken and life is returning to normal. Here at the National Exhibition Centre in Birmingham, UK, The Photography Show has begun day one and it all looks to be going very well. The Photography

The Canon EOS R3 was announced a few days ago, and its specs are quite impressive. One of the interesting features is the up to 30fps continuous shooting with the electronic shutter, and Geng Hui Tan shares how it sounds in this short video. Spoiler alert: it sounds epic! [embedded content] “With a maximum shutter

A few months after announcing its development in June, today Nikon formally announced the compact Z-series 40mm f/2 lens and revealed its full specifications. The lens will go on sale “later this fall” according to Nikon, with a suggested retail price of $300. Here are the lens’s full specifications: Mount Type: Nikon Z Mount Focal

If you’re just starting out with strobes, there’s more choice than ever to overwhelm you with!  In this guide, we will help you systematically narrow down which lights are going to work best for your type of photography. The world of strobes has changed quite a bit since we published our last article on the subject. While

Today, alongside the big EOS R3 announcement, Canon announced two new lenses for their RF mirrorless mount: a 16mm f/2.8 and a 100-400mm f/5.6-8. Both aim to be lightweight and portable (at least for their type of lens) and pretty inexpensive at $300 and $650 apiece. They ship in October. Canon RF 16mm f/2.8 STM

After Sony and Canon pulling out of NAB 2021, the show has now officially been canceled. The show was scheduled for 9-13 October 2021. But unfortunately, the everlasting coronavirus pandemic has prevented NAB from taking place at all. In the announcement, NAB writes: For more than a year we have worked tirelessly to bring our

Canon just announced its highest-end mirrorless camera ever, the $6000 EOS R3 (shipping November). The R3 has a 24 megapixel stacked BSI sensor and is capable of capturing blackout-free 30 FPS with full autofocus and auto exposure. Perhaps the most exciting feature is the eye-sensing autofocus that positions the initial focusing point wherever the photographer

Along with the pricey (but pretty impressive) EOS R3, Canon has also announced two new lenses: the RF 16mm f/2.8 STM and the RF 100-400mm f/5.6-8 IS USM. Both lenses are made for Canon’s full-frame mirrorless cameras, and unlike the latest camera – they aren’t expensive at all. Canon RF 16mm f/2.8 STM The Canon

When you’re assembling a set of lenses, it can be tempting to try to cover all the important focal lengths without any gaps between them. A kit of 14-24mm, 24-70mm, and 70-200mm lenses is a popular one. So are sets with overlap, like a 16-35mm, 24-105mm, and 70-200mm. These are great lenses most of the

If you’re thinking about picking up the new Samsung Galaxy Fold 3 for your smartphone photography needs and you’re a bit of a tinkerer, you might want to rethink that decision.  This isn’t new news and was recently posted on XDA Developers, but it’s news that appears to have escaped the photography community so far.

The latest Fujifilm X Summit was packed with exciting announcements. From updated cameras to new lenses for the GFX and X-Series systems, there’s quite a lot to unpack. This doesn’t just include product announcements but also updated lens roadmaps and other teasers of their future plans. In total, Fujifilm talked about 8 new lenses: 4

To all photographers out there, keep your eyes wide open and be skeptical to the max. Yet another job scam seems to have appeared, offering you a job to shoot real estate. But of course, there’s a catch, and you could lose your money in an instant if you misread the red flags and fall

Hot on the heels of Sony, Canon has also declared that they have withdrawn from both NAB 2021 and InfoComm 2021 trade shots happening next month. In a statement to DIYPhotography, Canon states that this is due to “the ongoing health and safety concerns presented by the COVID-19 Delta variant”. NAB has been rescheduled from

Have you ever gone somewhere expecting to take some amazing photos only to get there and be so uninspired you don’t even take your camera out of your bag? It can happen for so many reasons and to most of us at one point or another. The important thing is to not beat yourself up

Combine multiple raw exposures into a single high dynamic range (HDR) landscape that shows rich detail from the highlights to the shadows. Automatically align the exposures, improve tone, and de-ghost any objects that changed position between exposures. Then apply basic edits to get the perfect look. Follow Lightroom: http://facebook.com/Lightroom Tweets by Lightroom http://plus.google.com/+Lightroom http://instagram.com/Lightroom

Profoto has announced their new Profoto B10X and B10X Plus lights. Like the B10, they’re strobes, but it seems that Profoto is also targeting hybrid shooters that also create videos with this one. Profoto describes them as “multipurpose” and “built and designed to world-class standards” for both stills and video use. The continuous light output

There’s something about tiny camera replicas that makes me like them a lot. If you’re like me, you’re gonna love the Snapshot Case by Elago. It’s not only a cute, tiny camera, but it also has a purpose – it charges your headphones and keeps them safe and easier to find. The Snapshot Case is

Many new photographers find that while shutter speed, aperture, and ISO make sense in theory, it is hard to know where to start in practice. Even if you understand basic camera settings, getting high quality photographs – especially indoors – is not always an easy task. In other words, maybe you have a basic understanding

[embedded content] There are several ways to sharpen your photos in Photoshop. However, I believe most of us wouldn’t consider using Gaussian Blur as one of them. Still, it’s also one of the options, and it can give you fantastic results. It’s also pretty simple to apply it, and in this video, Unmesh Dinda of