Don’t Let Your Camera Make Photos For You

There's something that the resurgence of digicams has done for so many photographers: it's made them forget more and more about technical precision. Instead, they're shooting in ways that we used to do so long ago. And beyond that, the images feel so much more organic and fun. M…

5 Best Compact Cameras for Travel Photographers

Travel photography is a genre that requires one to rely on a camera that is small, pocketable, and fun to use. While you get multiple mirrorless models that are small, they often carry the challenge of using different lenses for different scenes. In this regard, a compact camera…

Should You Trust New Camera firmware?

In the world of mobile phones, when new software comes out, it often feels like an enshitified experience. I mean, Apple breaks things all the time. The same goes for Windows, Google, etc. New firmware just feels like the brands are working to make their products worse and worse…

Watch Baseball Games in Realtime in 8-Bit View

This is kind of fantastic: Ribbie lets you watch actual MLB baseball games “rendered pitch by pitch in a cozy 8-bit view while they happen”. Ribbie is a simple way to keep a live baseball game nearby. It shows the score, the bases, the count, and a tiny pixel field that…

The 4 Best Compact Cameras with an APS-C Sensor

Compact cameras are some of the most exciting technological advancements in the medium. They not only allow you to carry the camera everywhere but also help with capturing moments on the go. While some of the most popular compact cameras have 1-inch sensors, there are some that…

Town Square, a cute little chat space for webpage footers

“turn your site into a place people can bump into each other” #

Full set of Underworld playing live at EDC Las Vegas...

Full set of Underworld playing live at EDC Las Vegas back in May.

A digital clock where the numbers are made from dozens...

A digital clock where the numbers are made from dozens of analog clock hands. Hard to describe…just go take a look.

Book 1 of the Iliad, Read in Ancient Greek

On his YouTube channel, Thomas Whichello reads interesting literature aloud, often in the original languages, dialects, or accents, with the goal of making “classic works intelligible and enjoyable to everybody”. One of his most popular videos is his recitation of book 1…

The Black Jeopardy Misses YouTube channel catalogs just...

The Black Jeopardy Misses YouTube channel catalogs just how little Jeopardy contestants know about Black history, culture, and celebrities. (See also, of course, Black Jeopardy, which drives home a similar point in a different way.)

The Camera That Feels Built for Street Photography – The Fujifilm X-Pro in 2026

Should you buy a Fujifilm X-Pro in 2026? That depends, but for the week I shot exclusively with this camera, I fell in love with street photography all over again.

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Two Huge Collections of Leonardo’s Codexes Digitally Reunited After 400 Years

For the first time in hundreds of years, two collections of Leonardo da Vinci’s notebooks have been brought together online at the Leonardotheka. In some cases, pages that were cut apart centuries ago have been digitally joined so we can see the full pages ag…

A searchable archive of the almost 5000 TV episodes that...

A searchable archive of the almost 5000 TV episodes that naturalist David Attenborough has worked on in his career (1954-present). “Search by animal, habitat, location, natural phenomenon, or theme to find exactly the episode you’re looking for.”

How Errol Morris’s The Thin Blue Line Solved the Crime

Before making his revolutionary documentary film The Thin Blue Line, filmmaker Errol Morris worked as a private detective. His detective skills came in handy not only in making the film but in actually solving the crime at the heart of the story and freeing an innocent man fr…

Andrea Pitzer writes about the forced labor happening in...

Andrea Pitzer writes about the forced labor happening in Trump’s immigrant concentration camps and its roots in chattel slavery in the US and in Nazi & Soviet work camps.

Proposed UI rule of thumb : “If I take a...

Proposed UI rule of thumb: “If I take a screenshot of your app at any moment, it must make sense.”

How Canon Is Hiding an Even Bigger Surprise for 2026

Canon has some wonderful gear in its portfolio. The company has been introducing wonderful options for photographers who want performance at a good price. It appears that Canon is now keen on launching a lens that will be considered 'world's first.'

Why Your F1.2 Lenses Suck

I remember when I first really started getting into photography in the early 2000s that f1.2 lenses were considered peak photography. Even holding one was something special. They were so hard to use, but the images they made were so intensely beautiful. Back then, the only ones…

The Human-Written Landscape Photography Tutorial You Need

Here is our introductory guide to Shooting Better Landscapes.

Why Can’t Modern Cameras Make Panoramic Portraits?

Back in 2014 and even a bit before then, photographer Ryan Brenizer was making waves across the photo industry with a special method. You see, APS-C cameras were way more common. And full-frame was still pretty expensive for most folks. So he would do something called the Breniz…