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The Phoblographer (Feed)
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NOCS Portal AFN7 Review: The Camera The Japanese Couldn’t Make
The NOCS Portal AFN7 is really and truly a completely different kind of camera in so many ways. Not only does it boast an IP56 weather resistance, but it also includes a special type of lifetime coverage warranty. This is insanely rare in the world of cameras and that's really o…
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Mirrorless vs DSLR: What Actually Changes When You Switch in 2026
When it comes to choosing a camera today, one can often get confused. There is always the debate between mirrorless vs DSLR, but also between phone vs compact camera. However, today, we are here to discuss the format, especially since DSLR bodies are no longer being produced by…
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kottke.org (Feed)
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Beautiful Seamless Ride
A lovely little mountain biking video with some incredible locations and cinematography. The drone piloting is A+. Also available on Vimeo. (via alastair humphreys) Tags: cycling · video
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Is the camera shutter noise the last skeuomorphic element...
Is the camera shutter noise the last skeuomorphic element left in iOS?
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Fishdraw is a single JavaScript file that generates...
Fishdraw is a single JavaScript file that generates drawings of fish. There’s an option to slow the animation down so you can watch it draw the fish line-by-line.
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The Street Photography Method That Skips the Viewfinder
Most street photography advice focuses on being invisible. New York photographer Joe Wigfall took a different approach entirely -- he stopped looking through the viewfinder altogether.
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How Hunting Owls Use Sound to “See” Under the Snow
The great grey owl basically has a sound cone for a face, which helps it hunt down voles burrowing through snow in the winter. The owl’s large facial ruff, formed of dense feathers, helps amplify sound and funnel it towards his ears. Through half a meter of snow, the soun…
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How many shots are in the average movie? How does it...
How many shots are in the average movie? How does it compare to the past? “You might expect the editor to be the most important factor in the number of shots, but in fact, knowing who directed a film accounts for 70% of the variation in its cutting pace.”
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Big Math: The Hidden Codes That Run Our World. “The epic...
Big Math: The Hidden Codes That Run Our World. “The epic story of how a handful of surprisingly simple mathematical ideas have sparked today’s technological breakthroughs — from Netflix’s recommendation algorithm to medical imaging to AI…” Interesting!
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Where You Should Live: Five Factors to Keep in Mind
I ran across this post on Instagram by Bobby in Space (who posts about design and the psychology of place) and wanted to pull it onto the actual internet. Here are some snippets of his “5 hills I will die on as someone who studies the psychology of place”. I don’t think th…
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Billingham Rucksack 25 Review: Their Best Camera Bag, and One Problem
I remember years ago telling the folks at Billingham that we should make a camera bag together. Specifically from the brand, I want to make a rolltop camera bag. I adore their shoulder bags, but most photographers I know these days either pack super light in those bags or switch…
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Teaser trailer for season three of The Lord of The Rings:...
Teaser trailer for season three of The Lord of The Rings: The Rings of Power. Maybe this isn’t the best show in the world, but I have been enjoying it. I thought s02 was better than s01 so at least the trajectory is promising.
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Tiny Little Office is “an office suite with no accounts...
Tiny Little Office is “an office suite with no accounts and no server that holds your work. Every document lives in the address of its page… Copy the link and you have copied the document.” Includes a word processor, spreadsheet, calculator, etc.
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I Made the William Eggleston Look on LUMIX Cameras
Ever since Reviews Editor Alberto Lima reviewed the Last Dyes from William Eggleston, I've been searching for a way to emulate that look digitally. Specifically, I've been working on that since April 2026 and I'm writing this article in August 2026. I'm not just talking about hi…
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