Hey Photographers: Help Us Promote Your Work

After a long break, the Phoblographer has decided to start featuring photographers again as part of our regular publishing schedule. In light of this news, we've revamped our standards on publishing photography projects. No generative AI can be used, only assistive AI. And in ad…

Something No One Thinks About in Landscape Photography

On the Phoblographer, we tend to talk a whole lot here about color, black and white, and how incredibly important it is to use them effectively in your photography. We typically apply them to portraiture, but it's also not too terrible of an idea to apply it to landscape photogr…

Canon’s Biggest Lens Screwup

Back in 2023, Canon released the Canon RF 28mm f2.8 pancake lens. And in our review (linked here), we noted how at the time, the RAW files had a lot of issues with stuff like fringing and all. In my eyes, this lens, even though it's a pancake, is Canon's biggest screw up in the…

The Lost Joy of Music Piracy . “Still to this day,...

The Lost Joy of Music Piracy. “Still to this day, I’ve never seen such an actively maintained network of knowledge and output, it really sucked me in.”

Goofy Oversized Wicker Costumes

Artist Lewis Prosser describes himself on Instagram as an “absurdist basket-maker”. His costumes for a project called Making Merrie reflect that self-description. Making Merrie explores the material culture of folk theatre. Inspired by mummers’ plays and masked…

Excerpt from a longer (podcast) conversation with John...

Excerpt from a longer (podcast) conversation with John Waters about how he used to work at Mary Oliver’s bookstore in Provincetown. “They had this bookshop where you were allowed to be mean to the customers. It was really fun.”

Filmmaker Ava DuVernay is making a documentary about the...

Filmmaker Ava DuVernay is making a documentary about the 14th amendment, “spotlighting America’s long running and sometimes bloody battle with itself over who is a citizen and how much freedom they get”.

Our Favorite Canon Lens for Macro Photography

Canon has some wonderful cameras and lenses in its portfolio. The company has its L-series range, which has gained an impressive reputation over the years. However, when it comes to macro photography, there are only a few Canon options that one can choose from. Today, we take a…

On Japan’s visible evidence of care . “American...

On Japan’s visible evidence of care. “American service providers, private and public, increasingly run like ghost ships. Japanese technology and design seemed in greater service to humans, their journeys, and enterprises.”

Watch 1969’s Apollo 11 Moon Landing “Live!”

57 years ago today, on July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong & Buzz Aldrin landed on the Moon and went for a little walk. For the 18th year in a row, you can watch the original CBS News coverage of Walter Cronkite reporting on the Moon landing and the first Moon walk on a small B&amp…

In the Age of AI, Film Photographers are Most Authentic

The world of film photography has returned. We've only been clamoring about it for years now. But it's finally at a place where it's stable enough to live alongside digital. Lots of us shoot film because it's different. It's fun. We get into a totally different mentality when we…

Arthurian Connector

I love the 1-bit aesthetic of this story-driven city...

I love the 1-bit aesthetic of this story-driven city builder game called GlagStone.

The Best 5 Point-and-Shoot Analog Cameras for Gen Z

Analog cameras have been pretty important for young photographers. They have been an easy way to capture vivid colors and also revive the magic of film. If you are someone who is young, wants a nice point and shoot, then this analog camera is worth your time.

The Meaning of Nolan’s The Odyssey

I suspect like many of you, I saw The Odyssey this weekend. I really liked it and the more I read & think about the film, the more it grows in my esteem. This thread by Mmina Maclang-Tamayo (spoilers!) is pretty much how I interpreted what Nolan was trying to convey. As it tur…

From BBC Earth, the trailer for Evolution , a...

From BBC Earth, the trailer for Evolution, a five-part series premiering on PBS in October. “Ponder this: All the incredible diversity of animal life on Earth sprang from a single organism. Every animal, no matter how weird, is related to every other.”

The Flashpoint XPLOR100 Pro II TTL is a Joy to Use

For many years, I've been really cautious of what I consider to be weaker flashes. When I'd see photographers use them at events, I'd kind of wince knowing that they'd have to do a lot of post-production afterwards to fix the lighting. But then we called in the Flashpoint XPLOR…

Is the 28mm Lens Better Than the 35mm? Let’s See

The obvious answer to the question of 35mm vs 28mm lens choice is whatever suits you; but the issue is that sometimes photographers require input from others. The two classic focal lengths have been used by many photographers over the years to create fantastic work. Each lens an…

What Happens When You Put a Sandwich Bag Over a Lens?

This article is chaos. The photographs in this article are chaos. And the world is chaos. If you're looking at the lead image and squinting at it to understand what you're seeing, then know that it's partially mimicking my eye condition. It's called kerataconus, and it's only pa…