Why Manual Focus? The Guide for Photographers Only Shooting Digital

Autofocus does a great job; but it's a tool that should really only be used sparingly. As a high-functioning blind man, I can attest to the idea that manually focusing a lens will make you compose a scene differently as well as make you rethink how you're making the photograph.…

Nikon Z5 II C Review: They Made Another Street Photography Camera

The Nikon Z5 II C is a fantastic camera in so many different ways mostly because of the form factor. The influencers will tell you that it's not a real camera because there is no viewfinder, but truthfully, you don't really need one if you know how to zone focus for street photo…

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Play Solitaire Alone Together. “It’s Windows 98...

Play Solitaire Alone Together. “It’s Windows 98 solitaire, but you can play with everyone else on the internet.” A little more social than solitaire, but not by much.

The Museum of Time-Based Art. “My idea for this site is...

The Museum of Time-Based Art. “My idea for this site is to build an exhaustive, authoritative compendium of every art project that uses time as part of the work.”

Reading Without the Clutter: Why We Built an Ad-Free Subscription

Banner ads are one of the more dependable ways a website like this stays funded, but they also come at a cost to the reading experience: more clutter, more distraction, more things loading on the page than the article you actually came for. Our ad-free subscription exists to giv…

I can’t remember where I heard about this, but judging by...

I can’t remember where I heard about this, but judging by the trailer, Hope by Korean director Na Hong-jin looks pretty good.

When’s the Last Time You Cried?

For New York magazine, Emily Gould writes about her quest to cry again: I Miss My Tears (archive). I looked over at my husband, Keith, whose eyes were red, and felt … nothing. Not a clench in my chest, not a pang, not an incipient burning behind my eye sockets. It wasn’t t…

Chimpanzees use tools to collect food and deliberately...

Chimpanzees use tools to collect food and deliberately teach other chimps (often their offspring) to use them for ant dipping, algae fishing, and termite fishing.

nikitonsky is being grumpy

nikitonsky: I get it. Everything is new. #YouTube #Badge #DesignForDesignsSake

How Long Will Your Canon Camera Really Last?

Canon cameras are rarely destroyed due to a single failure. It's usually with slower challenges, such as using the shutter a thousand times, a weather seal that is way past its limit, or a battery that does not last a whole day. The company has been very clear about how long a c…

Can You Draw a Perfect Circle?

This maddening little web toy on vole.wtf challenges visitors to draw a perfect circle and judges them on how well they do. After dozens of tries with a mouse, I could only manage 92.9% perfection (which looks more like 80% tbh). Then I tried it on a touchscreen and got muc…

Some advice on giving good advice. “Not every situation...

Some advice on giving good advice. “Not every situation warrants advice. Sometimes, the person just wants to gauge a reaction or to share.”

The Earth in the Sky

I love these black & white photos of Devils Tower by Zac Henderson. A butte of a rare kind of volcanic rock that formed a mile underground 50 million years ago, Devil’s Tower is visible now thanks to erosion of sedimentary rock. The tower features the world’s largest…

TIL they can do wing replacements on injured...

TIL they can do wing replacements on injured butterflies…just take a look at this repair video.

Canon R4 Spotted on Adobe’s Camera List, But What Does It Mean

Canon has some wonderful cameras in their portfolio. The R1 and the R5 series are designed for full frame users, while the R6 and R8 series are for beginners who want a full-frame camera. It now appears a new camera now appears, the Canon R4, on the radar, which briefly appeared…

Engaging read on how the Bugs Bunny cartoon What’s Opera,...

Engaging read on how the Bugs Bunny cartoon What’s Opera, Doc? was made. “To get the extra work done, Jones and his crew secretly shaved a couple weeks off other, easier films and faked their time cards. It was something they did on occasion.”

The 25 Photos That Changed Fashion Forever. “It didn’t...

The 25 Photos That Changed Fashion Forever. “It didn’t matter if an image was meant as a fashion photograph, so long as the picture later inspired a designer, collection or trend, or it changed how we might think about style.”

Our Favorite Image Profiles for People of Color

For over a decade now, here on the Phoblographer both I and several other writers for the site have been talking about making images for people of color. It's been proven for a long time that photography wasn't totally developed for those of us with darker skin tones. But as the…