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Where zoom lenses offer obvious focal length versatility, primes lenses are known for bringing the ultimate image quality to a desired focal length. They're also generally brighter in maximum aperture than comparable zooms, and often lighter as well (though certainly not always!).

From landscape work to...

 

 

Zoom lenses represent convenience and versatility for those times when the ultimate in brightness is not needed from your aperture. And yet, as you can see from many of the excellent lenses below, manufacturers these days are really pushing the envelope and creating ever-brighter zoom lenses! And they're...

 

 

It's been a spell since Lexar was in the news, basically since they were sold off by Micron to Chinese hardware company Longsys, so it is a welcome sight to read some good news from the storied and somewhat beleaguered brand. Bringing Lexar back into the forefront of the storage conversation is the announcement and...

 

 

When shooting portraits with artificial light, more doesn't always mean better when it comes to lights. In fact, you can do a lot with only a single light. In the newest episode of OnSet with Daniel Norton, he shows off how to create a high key portrait using only one light.

A high key portrait generally features...

 

 

Ted Forbes of The Art of Photography recently sent his old Sony NEX-7 camera into Sony and had them convert it into a full-spectrum camera. This means that Sony removed the infrared and low-pass filters from the camera's image sensor, which allows the camera to record light beyond the visible spectrum. You can...

 

 

Ever since Canon launched their EOS R series of camera and lenses with the eponymous EOS R body back in September of 2018, speculation about the line has run rampant. Why did they introduce the series with what's obviously positioned as a mid-level model, while the initial lenses were all clearly higher-end...

 

 

Aaron Nace of Phlearn is back with yet another great Photoshop tutorial. This time, the focus is on black and white photography. We aren't interested in a simple black and white conversion, but rather, the ways in which you can use the tools in Photoshop to quickly and easily control different tonal values within...

 

 

There are a few ways to position yourself to "make it" in this industry, all of them challenging and all of them will stretch you to your limits. But one of the golden goose-esque methods that has the potential to really launch your creative career is the Adobe Creative Residency program. The Adobe Creative...

 

 

With a simple tripod plate on your camera, it is a breeze to capture sharp images in a landscape orientation. However, as soon as you want to rotate your camera and capture shots with a portrait orientation, you run into issues. While it's typically possible to manipulate the tripod such that you can shoot vertical...

 

 

At CES 2019, Nikon has unveiled the first wide-angle zoom lens for their brand-new mirrorless camera system with the Nikkor Z 14-30mm f/4 S. The lens is not only a first of its kind for the Nikon Z system, but is also the world's first full-frame 14mm lens which can accept screw-in filters (the lens has an 82mm...

 

 

Nikon has, for many years, lightly danced around the idea that their cameras could, or should, be used to create high-end video. Though there was no reason they could not have been used for it, the cameras up until the release of the Nikon Z6 simply lacked the power or the features to really be a great video...

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A 105mm focal length and a maximum aperture of f/1.4 is a compelling combination. It is also a demanding one with respect to physical dimensions in the case of the new Sigma 105mm f/1.4 DG HSM Art lens. The full-frame portrait prime is a massive lens...

 

 

Canon Explorer of Light Joel Grimes recently shot a portrait session with the new mirrorless Canon EOS R camera and adapted Canon tilt-shift lenses. In the video below, we get to go behind the scenes with Grimes as he shoots beauty portraits with the camera and processes photos for printing.

Grimes opted to use...

 

 

Photographer Sean Tucker generally focuses on modern photography in his videos, including camera and lens comparisons, behind-the-scenes videos, discussions on art and photographic technique and much more. However, his latest video is a look back and a look toward the future. Tucker was able to sit down with his...

 

 

Seagate's premium brand LaCie has announced two new products ahead of CES in Las Vegas this week, both specifically focused and tailored to address needs in the creative professional community: the LaCie Mobile Drive and the LaCie Mobile SSD. Featuring up to 5TB of storage capacity, the Mobile Drive is an extremely...

 

 

Sun rays are one of the neatest sights in landscape photography. However, you need numerous factors to work in your favor, including the direction of light and atmospheric conditions. Fortunately, you can add or enhance sun rays using post-processing software. In Luminar 3, you can quickly and easily add...

 

 

In ON1 Photo RAW 2019, you can use luminosity masking to target specific areas of an image based on the luminosity (or brightness) values of different areas of the photo. For example, you can target the bright areas of an image and then selectively edit them without needing to manually make complex selections.

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Using only a single adjustment layer and one blend mode, you can get advanced control over color toning your photos in Adobe Photoshop. How? Photographer and educator Blake Rudis of f64 Academy shows us how in his new video below.

If you'd like to follow along and download Rudis's Photoshop actions for this...

Click here to read our Nikon D3500 Field Test

 

 

When it comes to entry-level DSLR cameras, sweeping changes are quite rare. The Nikon D3500 is no exception. In many ways, it's very similar to the Nikon D3400, which was itself similar to the Nikon D3300. With that said, the D3500 has received a revision to its...