The ability to capture stunning aerial footage has been made possible by drones, which have gained popularity over the past decade. I remember flying some of the earliest commercial drones and the emphasis was on the flight time and features but not image quality. Being able to capture areal footage was exciting enough that the cameras didn’t need to be particularly advanced to be impressive.
The $99 U-Mic Wireless Microphone (A018GBB1) by Ulanzi is an extremely affordable, compact, and dynamic, wireless audio system designed to give users the best quality microphone system for under $100.
It’s already the second week of September, which can only mean one thing - you now have less than two weeks to submit your photo and/or video to the annual ColorPro Awards!
From its early days, the digital age promised endless convenience. Yet, for many, it has led to a vast sprawl of photos, videos, and files scattered across smartphones, computers, and storage devices. Instead of feeling empowered by technology, it’s easy to feel overwhelmed.
The heavily anticipated Paul C. Buff Celestial Light has given photographers who shoot on location and on the move a compact, reliable, and affordable lighting solution for their work.
The LT028 by Ulanzi Group is a 40 Watt portable COB LED Video Light that was designed to be a lightweight and versatile lighting solution for content creators, photographers, videographers, and even streamers who need an affordable lighting solution that can be repositioned with incredible ease.
Singulart is an online art gallery featuring work from artists worldwide across a diverse range of mediums, including photography. With a team of art advisors available 24/7, customers can find the perfect artwork and have it delivered straight to their homes.
ViewSonic has just announced the launch of their 4th annual ColorPro Awards - a global Visual Arts competition aimed at showcasing the world’s finest artistic talents across photography and other rotating categories. Whether you’re an aspiring creative or seasoned professional, the competition is FREE to enter and the prizes are significant.
Wondershare Filmora is a cross-platform app designed to help content creators take their videos to the next level and build an impactful and successful online presence. A big part of getting more eyes on videos is ensuring that content is bold, striking, and creative.
ProMaster's new Chronicle Tripod aims to do it all. While it may look like a typical tripod at first glance, there is much more to the Chronicle than meets the eye. In seconds, it quickly converts to a tabletop tripod via its "Flexor center column", handheld stabilizer, or monopod. Plus, the ball head converts from an Arca-type quick-release camera mount to a phone clamp.
SmallRig, designer and manufacturer of a wide range of camera rigs and cages, stabilizers, and other high-quality camera equipment for photo and video creators alike, has eight of its popular products available at a deep discount to celebrate Amazon Prime Day.
So you’ve found your perfect spot to capture the night sky. The weather is perfect and you’ve been tracking the stars and planets for weeks to capture this moment. But, when that perfect moment comes, the pictures you’ve captured end up hazy and soft. Why? Likely due to excessive light pollution from the surrounding area, especially if you’re nearby a larger city.
Artificial intelligence (AI) is a polarizing topic, and the technology has quickly found its way into a diverse range of softwares for many, including content creators. While AI has its pros and cons, it offers creators many opportunities to work more efficiently and make better content.
With digital portfolios going back 20 years or more, it can be hard to get into the back catalog and find old treasures, lost memories, and beloved favorites. With Mylio Photos QuickFilters and new SmartTags, it’s much easier to browse — and enjoy! — your entire photo collection.
GuruShots, the "World's Greatest Photo Game," has announced the winners of its "Stunning Still Life" challenge, which received thousands of entries and over 56.2 million votes. The "Top Photographer" winner of the contest is Sanja of Bosnia and Herzegovina (whose photo is seen above).
Professional photographers all agree that photo culling is an essential but tedious ordeal. James Broadbent, the founder of Narrative Select, also used to spend hours in front of his screen until his company launched Select, an AI-assisted culling software that now helps thousands of photographers cull faster and easier.
German startup Neurapix has created an artificial intelligence-based software that promises to significantly reduce the time photographers spend editing their photos in Lightroom.
As a photographer, you know that streamlining your photography workflow is the best way to save valuable time.
AMS Software has presented a new version of PhotoWorks – a multi-purpose photo editor. Over the past 15 iterations, this image editing software has been rising in prominence but retained one drawback – Windows exclusivity. Version 16.0 finally breaks that mold and opens up PhotoWorks to the Apple audience. It also introduces new features, which is a good reason to revisit the previous review and witness the progress.
Just a few weeks ago, Westcott released an interesting new system of silicone gels meant to make the lives of photographers easier via a set of tear-resistant and heat-resistant gels that could be quickly changed out for other colors in a matter of seconds.
ProMaster's Air Support Monopods are designed with a primary focus on speed and ease of use. Forgoing typical twist or clip locks, the system instead uses a single-button system that's way simpler.
I just don't get excited about tripods anymore. Sure, there are some clever designs every now and again, but they all basically play on the same ideas. But with the X-Aircross F38, I was giggling with joy because this tripod is just so darn cool.
Australia presents some serious challenges for landscape photographers, like lighting. For most of the day, the Australian landscape is bathed in a very harsh, bright light, which amps up contrast and washes out colors.
Let’s get physical and unlock new levels of photographic enjoyment. The key is online printing. Whether you capture your world with a smartphone or the world’s greatest mirrorless camera, you could be missing one of the biggest thrills—holding your printed images in your hand.
GuruShots, the "World's Greatest Photo Game," has announced the winners of its "Incredible Sunsets" challenge, which received thousands of entries and over 56.2 million votes. The "Top Photographer" winner of the contest is Xavier Boulenger of France (whose photo is seen above).
When Scott Cramer of 50/50 Photography travels, camera in hand, he wants to share his love for our planet and every living thing in it, and help make the world a better place.
The Sony Alpha a7R IV released in July of 2019 as the successor to the popular a7R III. While the early Sony mirrorless cameras had a limited lens selection, by the time the a7R IV came out, the lens selection had blossomed. Nowadays, there’s a lens for every purpose from manufacturers like Sony, Tamron, Sigma, Samyang, and Tokina.
Skylum Software has added several powerful extensions to the already impressive Luminar Neo application including Upscale AI, Focus Stacking, HDR Merge, Noiseless, and Supersharp AI, bringing the currently available total for the application to seven. These new tools give creatives an impressive amount of control over their images, expanding the current functionality of the photo editing program to a full-blown "suite".
Most photographers shoot digital because of the speed it offers and the very low cost. Travis Cobb photographs with film exactly because it is slow and expensive.
As working professional photographers, most of the images we make are captured using digital cameras, so it is likely that only the absolute tiniest fraction of the images we take ever make it to physical print. This is fine for images of our lunch or of the concert we’re about to go see, but for the important moments we manage to capture, there should be something more.