Fstoppers

You keep running into the same wall: the bird is small in the frame, and the choice turns into a crop that feels thin or a teleconverter that might cost light and focus speed. This video breaks down when a 1.4x teleconverter beats cropping and when cropping is the smarter move if you care about detail and print-ready files.

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Mirrorless tech has finally killed the "Prime vs. Zoom" debate. Here is why working pros are trading their lightweight primes for heavy f/2 glass.

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Welcome to the February Critique the Community! This month we are giving away an awesome Profoto Flash Kit, and so it is fitting that the theme is On-Location Flash. For this contest, we want to see your best images featuring flash photograph out on-location!

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A $1,000 gap between a 35mm f/1.4and the 35mm f/2.8 sounds dramatic until you look closely at what that extra aperture actually changes. If you shoot people, events, or fast-moving scenes in fading light, this choice affects sharpness, noise, and how much control you really have when conditions get difficult.

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Let’s learn about common filter mistakes in landscape photography and find out how to improve your images without creating unwanted artifacts. Are you making any of these filter errors in your photography?

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The Ricoh GR IV Monochrome is a small camera with a single-minded idea: record light, not color, and make that choice permanent. If you shoot black and white often, this kind of sensor-level commitment changes how you expose, how you judge texture, and how far you’ll actually push ISO.

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You’ve probably wondered if the Canon EOS R6 Mark III is a real step forward or just another mid-cycle refresh with nicer specs on paper. This field session puts it in heat, shade, and constant motion, where small misses turn into blown shots.

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Snow can make a familiar spot feel blank. If winter light keeps tricking your eyes, this video is a sharp reminder that the basics still decide whether the frame works.

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Stop buying spec sheets. These oddballs prioritize fun over perfect and might just make you fall in love with photography again.

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The Fujifilm instax mini Evo Cinema is trying to turn instant prints into something closer to a deliberate creative tool instead of a novelty. If you care about prints that feel considered rather than accidental, this camera forces you to think about how much control you actually want before the photo comes out.

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Discover the fascinating world of environmental portraiture in travel photography. Let’s also discuss essential ethical considerations and the importance of respecting cultural norms to ensure a meaningful photography experience and the creation of impactful images.

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So recently, I suffered a bout of Gear Acquisition Syndrome (G.A.S.) and sold most of my Canon EOS M system cameras and lenses and switched back to Micro Four Thirds. But here’s the crazy thing: In some cases, I got more than I paid for the cameras brand new, which really shines a light on how much tariffs have warped the sense of what an affordable camera is.

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Here is the corrected article with Fujifilm spelled properly everywhere and all other rules preserved and rechecked.

The Fujifilm instax mini Evo Cinema is trying to turn instant prints into something closer to a deliberate creative tool instead of a novelty. If you care about prints that feel considered rather than accidental, this camera forces you to think about how much control you actually want before the photo comes out....

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You bought a new camera expecting your photos to feel like art, then they come back looking fine but empty. This video tackles that gap without pretending there’s a magic preset that fixes it.

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Small adjustments can quietly fix a problem you keep seeing in your portraits: the shots look planned, but not lived-in. This video focuses on small decisions during a shoot that change the feel of a set without turning it into a technical exercise.

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If you shoot in tight spaces, the difference between a smooth session and a frustrating one often comes down to small gear choices. This video frames those choices as practical fixes for the stuff that quietly wastes time on set.

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I wanted to photograph and light paint a super-long exposure of a vintage tow truck with long star trails, but I also needed to do this quickly so I could continue teaching workshop participants. How did I do this? I’ll take you behind the scenes of my desert ghost town long-exposure photo.

I was teaching a night photography workshop in Nelson Ghost Town, NV with Tim Little, and had just finished a hands-on lesson with a group on how to photograph the large barn...

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It seems drones are all over the news recently—either new iterations of existing models promising to change your life, new entries to the market aiming to shake up the game, or even recent headlines suggesting that drones are “evil” and need to be banned. But what happens when a new kid on the block enters the race and suddenly makes a bit of sense? That is where the Atom 2 from Potensic, who recently attended CES as one of the exhibitors, enters...

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You are paying a $2,000 premium for buttons you will never press. Modern flagships are genuine marvels of engineering. These cameras represent the absolute pinnacle of what decades of imaging technology can achieve, packed into weather-sealed magnesium alloy bodies that can survive conditions most of us will never encounter. They are fast, precise, and loaded with capabilities that would have seemed like science fiction just ten years ago. They are also, for the vast majority of photographers, spectacular overkill.

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You keep hearing about getting “better composition” or “dialing in settings,” but this video is focused on something that comes earlier than both: the decisions that decide what the photo is actually saying. If you shoot people and your results sometimes feel technically fine but emotionally thin, this is the kind of checklist that can expose why.

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