Humanity has come a long way, but it still has a long way to go. While we have unearthed lost civilizations, we have yet to see what resides on the other side of the moon. As Artemis II, the first crewed deep space flight since Apollo 17 in 1972, inches forward to uncover the hi…
Recently, Canon began releasing several prime L-Series lenses with VCM autofocusing motors. These new VCM lenses are notable for their relatively compact size, weight, fast apertures, and crazy fast autofocusing speeds. The Canon RF 85mm F1.4 L VCM lens is the latest that I’ve…
There are tons of tutorials on the web that teach you how to photograph people who are models; but not a whole lot for those that want to get into it and work with portrait subjects. A lot of this month's articles are around studio photography and ranges from those offered at be…
This has been a very long time in the making, and I'm very excited to finally make this happen. The Phoblographer is launching workshops for photographers who want to find ways to grow beyond just what all the social media content developers and YouTubers tell you you need. And…
The mascot of ATmosphereConf is a goose, accompanied by the motto we can just do things. I thought about this line often while I was in Vancouver for the event. Everyone was active: writing, managing communities, building side projects or businesses on Bluesky, and building Blu…
For several years now, the Phoblographer has been actively selling presets to our audience. And folks have been loving them. We started with presets designed for those of us who love photojournalism. Then we added the retro-digital look: which tends to be our most affordable pre…
Want a rangefinder camera without a whole lot of complications? Look no further.
Hope it helps My old pal Dean Landsman pointed me to this post about Fake Fans, and much else, by Eliza McLamb, a musician, and much else. She's great. And she's from Chapel Hill. Go Heels! Anyway, like many musicians, Eliza has problems with how f'd up music/recording/stream…
How music listeners can fill the industry’s “value gap.” This piece was my column for the November 2018 issue of Linux Journal. I’m running it again here for three reasons: 1) It’s still timely and worth resurfacing, 2) Linux Journal’s archives are now absent of imag…
Canon has created some of the most iconic optics in the photo industry. The company never shied away from experimentation, which meant that we had the chance to work with tilt-shift and fish-eye lenses (with distortion) using eaaem. While most of these lenses are quite expensive…