The Tamron 17-70mm f/2.8 Covers a Gap Most APS-C Shooters Don't Realize They Have
Finding a fast, versatile zoom for APS-C mirrorless that doesn't cost as much as a full frame body is genuinely difficult. The Tamron 17-70mm f/2.8 sits in a spot where very few lenses compete.
The Two-Camera Wedding Setup That Actually Works
Shooting a wedding with one camera is a gamble. One malfunction, one missed moment, and there's no recovering it. That's the core reason most working wedding photographers carry two camera bodies, but the backup argument is only part of the story.
Why This Photographer Uses Webcams Instead of Weather Apps
Fog doesn't wait. When it rolls in at dawn and burns off by mid-morning, the window for shooting is measured in minutes, and whether you get the shot comes down to what you did the night before.
Harlowe Introduces a Stunning New Travel Tripod, and It’s Really Light!
Harlowe has just launched the Rocket Air, a brand-new tripod that is bundled with a fluid head, providing a wonderfully light solution for hybrid shooters. The fluid head has a leveling adjustment, so for me, this makes it the perfect travel tripod for photography. If I want to shoot some video too, the fluid head has very good dampening to absorb external vibrations and resist rapid, jerky movements.
We Review Thypoch’s Ksana 21mm F/3.5 Asph: A Modern Interpretation of a Vintage Coating
Thypoch has been slowly making a name for itself in the industry and is no stranger today to creating modern manual lenses that pay homage to classic lenses—starting with the Simera, Eureka, and now the Ksana. The 21mm f/3.5 Asph is Thypoch's first entry in the new "Ksana" series, designed to be an ultra-light and compact everyday lens with vintage rendering. If you must know, the name Ksana comes from the Sanskrit word Kṣaṇa (क्षण /ˈksɑːnə/), representing the eastern concept of the "instant" or the duration of a sudden enlightenment.
Dogma 11 in Photography: A Set of Rules or a Necessary Constraint?
In photography, there's always a tension between control and immediacy. On one side, you have post-production, refinement, and the ability to shape an image long after it's been captured. On the other, there's the raw act of photographing in real time, where decisions are irreversible.
"Dogma 11" sits firmly in the second camp.
The Rise and Fall of GoPro: How the Company That Defined the Action Camera Ran Out of Road
On June 1, 2026, GoPro filed a document with the Securities and Exchange Commission that no company ever wants to file. Its auditor, PricewaterhouseCoopers, had attached a going-concern warning to GoPro's 2025 accounts, the formal accounting language for substantial doubt that a business can survive the next twelve months.
Raw vs. JPEG at the Grand Canyon: What Four Cameras Actually Showed
Choosing between raw and JPEG isn't just a technical preference; it directly affects how much you can recover and reshape an image in post. This helpful video tests this in a setting where the stakes are real: a Grand Canyon sunset, shot across four current-generation camera bodies.
Lightroom's Masking Tools Are More Powerful Than You Think: Here's How to Use Them
Lightroom's masking tools are the single biggest gap between a flat edit and one that looks professionally dialed in. Most people skip them entirely, and their edits suffer for it.
Canon PowerShot V1 Review: Is This the Best Small Camera for Video in 2026?
Buying a compact camera when you already own a full frame setup sounds like a step backward. The Canon PowerShot V1 makes a surprisingly strong case that it isn't.
5 Sony APS-C Lenses Worth Shooting With Right Now
Choosing the right lens for a Sony APS-C camera is genuinely difficult right now, because the options have multiplied fast and the differences between them aren't always obvious. Curtis Padley has been shooting Sony APS-C for six years and has run through enough glass to have strong, experience-backed opinions about what actually works.
The Most Underappreciated Trend in Lens Design Right Now
For roughly two decades, the standard zoom lens started at 24mm. Before that, it started at 28mm or even 35mm. The 24-70mm f/2.8 became the default in the early 2000s and stayed there so long that the starting focal length became invisible. 24mm was simply where a standard zoom began, and nobody questioned it because there was nothing to question.
We Review Thypoch Latest Compact M Mount Lens: The Ksana 35mm F/2 Asph
Following my recent speculation about M-mount lenses being the next big thing, the M-mount ecosystem has seen some truly exciting developments lately. Even in such a niche and crowded market, we are still getting frequent releases from companies like Thypoch. And after all the good releases, they still manage to surprise us every now and then to give us a reason to pick their lens.
Who Are the Unique Voices in Street Photography Today?
Street photography has become so codified that much of it now looks like photographers photographing other photographs. That sentence might sound unfair, perhaps even provocative. After all, we are living through a golden age of technical accessibility. Cameras have never been better, books are everywhere, and great work from every continent is just a swipe away. Knowledge that once took decades to acquire is now available in a 20-minute YouTube video. In the first years of the 2000s, we did not have anywhere near the access to information that we have today.
Chasing the Light: Tips for Dramatic Landscapes
Let's talk about a few careful composition choices I made at sunrise in a quiver tree forest of Namibia, and how good ambient light helped to make the landscape photography shoot successful.
The Nikon Z f in 2026: Still Worth Buying or Time to Move On?
The Nikon Z f launched in October 2023, and the camera market has shifted considerably since then. New options from Nikon and other brands have changed what you're giving up when you choose that retro body.
Prime Day Camera Deals: DJI Osmo 360 at Its Best Price of the Year, Osmo Nano With 4-Month Interest-Free Installments
Amazon Prime Day is approaching. Every year at this time, those looking to buy new equipment mark these days—June 23 to 26 this year—on their calendars, as it is often one of the few times a year to bring home a long-desired camera at a price significantly lower than usual.
Wide Angle vs. Telephoto in Fiordland: How This Photographer Made Both Work
Shooting in Fiordland National Park, New Zealand, is a test of patience, adaptability, and a willingness to get soaked. Shainblum's time there produced some striking results across two very different focal lengths, and the decisions he made in the field are worth paying attention to.
The Leica D-Lux 8 After 18 Months and 3,000 Shots
The Leica D-Lux 8 sits in an unusual spot: a Micro Four Thirds compact with a fixed zoom lens, priced like a premium tool, marketed as something you actually carry. After nearly 19 months and close to 3,000 images, Peter Fritz has moved well past first impressions, and his conclusions are more nuanced than the usual early review.
The 5 Business Mistakes That End Real Estate Photography Careers
Failing at real estate photography almost never comes down to shooting technique. The business side kills most careers before the craft ever gets a chance to.