Brunday

Just a theory LeBron is going to Miami. Old connections. Fun team with Giannis and Bam there. Lots of great golf, year-round.

The Trick to Making Light Look Good Without a Softbox

Fact: Most of my flash photography is done without a softbox of any kind. For several years, I swore by umbrellas. But that's not really the case anymore. When you're getting into portraiture and you're a photographer on a budget, sometimes you don't have the money to buy umbrel…

Examples from sci-fi of voice interfaces that stay on task

I wonder how you would design a really single-minded voice UI? Like, voice interfaces are really good now because of AI. But they’re so unbounded. If you’re having a voice interaction with a computer or with a device, you could end up having a conversation about anything.…

Eponyday

To whom else has God sold naming rights for days of the week? And you thought Tuesday was a grace of our turning Earth. Since I had a molar extracted last week, there remains an open wound in my mouth where the tooth used to […]

half way through 2026 so here are a few reading recs

my love of (addiction to?) rss outweighed my loathing server maintenance, so, I plugged a screen into my 11 year old Mac mini and got it cooking again. A power outage a few weeks ago rendered it kinda dazed and confused enough that I couldn’t just reboot it over and over agai…

Nitecore BB nano Review: How Did a Blower Get Any Better?

Air blowers aren't really accessories that photographers get excited about, but the Nitecore BB nano might just change your perspective on that. This tiny little gadget makes cleaning your cameras, lenses and even sensors so much quicker and convenient, that we're marking it as…

Sony Doesn’t Know How to Make a Point and Shoot Anymore

If you look at the Sony a7 series, you can see and mostly tell that the brand has done some pretty big overhauls to their cameras over the years. We can discuss the weather resistance, sensor protection, battery life, burst shooting, shutter styles, AI autofocus integration, etc…

New Membership Benefit: 15% off 7Artisans Products

Today, the Phoblographer is announcing it's latest benefit for our members: 15% off the 7Artisans store. This comes in addition to all the other recent benefits that we've been announcing. If you haven't signed up for $25/year yet, then you're missing out on one of the best prog…

Toasting Marshmallows

This Week in the IndieWeb

July 3-10, 2026 Recent EventsFrom events.indieweb.org/archive: Homebrew Website Club - Pacific Wednesday, July 8 at 6:00pm Homebrew Website Club Europe/London Wednesday, July 8 at 7:00pm Homebrew Website Club - Nuremberg/Germany Wednesday, July 8 at 6:00pm NÜRNBERG, Bay…

Tell Everyone You Know Who Wants to Support Photographers

The state of photography trade shows and festivals has needed a fresh new face and ideas for a very long time. And we're here to put art lovers in front of real photographers. No algorithms. No generative AI. Just humans. And today, we are announcing the 5 Boro Foto Fest: A spac…