Introducing: The Long Awaited Phoblographer Analog Presets

When I started out with editing presets, one of the first things I wanted to do was to try and get my digital photos looking like they were shot on film. Nearly two decades of purchasing and experimenting with such presets has led to our announcement today. We're pleased to intr…

This is hilarious. A man was pictured in two different...

This is hilarious. A man was pictured in two different photos on the same front page of a local newspaper: one of him painting a holiday sign and a gs station security cam still of him taking a wallet.

“Some countries are better positioned to weather...

“Some countries are better positioned to weather this energy crisis than they would have been just a few years ago. That’s because of the rapid growth of renewable energy, battery systems and electric vehicles…”

Star Formation

Britain Has Invaded All but 22 Countries

Of the current 200 nations in the world, the British have invaded all but 22 of them. The lucky 22 include Sweden, Luxembourg, Mongolia, Bolivia, and Belarus. The full analysis is available in Stuart Laycock’s book, All the Countries We’ve Ever Invaded. Stuart Laycock,…

An online museum of Chinese cigarette packaging art .

An online museum of Chinese cigarette packaging art.

Deep Fry Day

Bad News LA Times: CBS News shuts down radio unit amid division-wide cuts, leaving 700 stations without  their CBS news feed. Axios has a mostly budgetary angle. Neither says that radio is largely dependent on "barter," which is free programming paid for on the providers' side…

The 10 Incredible Women Photographers to Follow Today (NSFW)

Women photographers have often contributed immensely to the world of image-making. But despite their best efforts, their work has often been overshadowed by that of their male peers. For instance, Julia Margaret Cameron's soft portraits were considered childish, while Anna Atkin…

The words shark (the animal) and shark (a predatory...

The words shark (the animal) and shark (a predatory scoundrel) may have two different origins. “This would make ‘shark’ possibly the only word borrowed from a Mayan language into English directly.”

Parachord is “a new kind of music player that...

Parachord is “a new kind of music player that invites all your streams, local audio files, and playlists scattered across multiple services to the same party”. Interesting!

The Genuis Street Photography of Walter Rothwell’s Exit Left

It’s rare in street photography to come across easily reproducible lighting scenarios, but that is exactly what photographer Walter Rothwell has done with his Exit Left project since 2007. Each year Mr. Rothwell makes his way to a local train station, where back in 2007 he was…

Every Fashion Designer, Explained . If you don’t...

Every Fashion Designer, Explained. If you don’t know anything about fashion, this video will get you up to speed quickly. Vivienne Westwood, Nigo, Issey Miyake, Miuccia Prada, Dapper Dan, Hubert de Givenchy, etc. etc.

Canon RF 45mm f1.2 STM Review: This Lens Costs More Used

Canon’s RF45mm F1.2 STM helps photographers avoid some of that purchase anxiety, promising photographers a super-fast F1.2 maximum aperture prime for under $500. After spending a month with this lens, did I find that it delivered the goods or left me wishing I’d spent my mon…

Filtered for home security

1. The Amazon Ring Always Home Cam is an indoor security drone for your home. Introduced with this video in 2020: "Yeah, it’s a camera that flies." Sadly not yet on the market. Ok Judge Dredd had Spy-in-the-Sky drone surveillance cameras in 1978 and Mega-City One is not an…

The One Thing Every New Street Photographer Needs

Fact: No photographer wakes up one day, figures out exactly what kind of style they want to shoot and makes their impression on it. Instead, they go out and shoot every second that they possibly can--which results in a never-ending experimental approach of finding something that…

Your Billingham Canvas Bag Just Became More Valuable

On March 5th, Billingham sent the Phoblographer a press release detailing the new color combination: Navy FibreNyte / Chocolate Leather. Confused by this, I asked for more clarification. You see, the Phoblographer has been really picky about the camera bags we've reviewed over t…

Early-bird tickets for UX London

You should come to UX London in the first week of June. Why? Because it’s going to be awesome, that’s why! You probably knew that already. You probably already decided to get a ticket because you’re smart like that. But don’t dilly-dally! Early-bird tickets are availab…

300+ issues of the UK music magazine NME from 1969-1983...

300+ issues of the UK music magazine NME from 1969-1983. The ads alone are incredible.

Is Canon Participating in Wide-Angle Lens Race?

Canon's mirrorless cameras have been gradually achieving the fame they deserve. However, their lenses are not too far behind. The company has introduced some exceptional models over the years, but the portfolio is not yet complete. It appears to fill the gap; the company is rese…

“ The Tenth Muse is an art discovery engine. Over...

“The Tenth Muse is an art discovery engine. Over 120,000 artworks from museums and institutions — searchable by feeling, mood, atmosphere, era, and medium.”

Typos Have Plagued Us for Centuries . There’s the...

Typos Have Plagued Us for Centuries. There’s the 1631 Bible that says “thou shalt commit adultery” but James Joyce resisted some of his corrections: “These are not misprints but beauties of my style hitherto undreamt of.”

Paris now has a cycling network bigger than Amsterdam...

Paris now has a cycling network bigger than Amsterdam and “more daily trips in Paris are now made by bike than by car”.

The Human City

Photographer and drone pilot Pio Andrea Peri captured this overhead photo of a Sicilian city called Centuripe. Perched atop hilltops, the city looks like a person from above — even on Google Maps. (via daily overview) Tags: drones · pareidolia · photography ·…

Is Low Contrast Black and White the Best Way to Shoot?

Shooting your black and white portraits in harsh contrasty light may seem like the smart thing to do if you are looking for a darker, higher contrast look - and while this may be true if you are trying to nail the look in camera, the reality is that you actually want to avoid th…

Gender Play in Nineteenth-Century Theater . “The...

Gender Play in Nineteenth-Century Theater. “The most popular Shakespearean roles for women in the tragic repertoire were Romeo and Hamlet, but women also played Macbeth, Cardinal Wolsey, Shylock, Richard III, and Iago…”

A study pitted adults vs little kids to see which was...

A study pitted adults vs little kids to see which was better at making paintings in the style of Jackson Pollack. “The researchers found that the kids’ paintings made in this manner resembled genuine Pollacks more than did those from adult painters.”

Dawn Wilcox’s quest to chronicle the life & death...

Dawn Wilcox’s quest to chronicle the life & death of every woman in the US killed by a man. “Did women have no choice, Wilcox wondered, but to wander the world hoping never to step on a landmine of a man?”

The Sony Lens that Failed. And Why No One Talks About It

There have been instances where one wonders—Will lens makers introduce optics that offer some character? While most lenses today offer stereotypical, clinically sharp images (much of which is a result of such demands), some groups want lenses to add flare when shooting against…

Checking in with Theo Jansen’s Strandbeests,...

Checking in with Theo Jansen’s Strandbeests, kinetic machine sculptures that move under their own power along the beach. Some of the most recent versions are quick fast and can even tow humans along behind them.

Flic Film Chrome 100 Review: The Film Emulsion No One Told You About

Maybe it's because I haven't made images with Ektachrome since I reviewed it back in 2018 and even then I've got the memories of how it was back in 2012 -- but this is a story about a rare time that I've been completely fooled. The other day, Gear Editor Feroz Khan and I were on…