News entries for December, 2018

 

 

Our final Firmware Friday roundup of 2018 is a biggie, bringing with it news of close to two dozen different camera updates for models from Fujifilm, Olympus, Panasonic, Sigma and Sony. And as if that wasn't plenty, we've also uncovered two movie camera updates from Sony, as well as a lens and software update...

 

 

One of the most powerful techniques for retouching skin in Adobe Photoshop is frequency separation. Photographer and educator Mark Wallace doesn’t want to stop there with an editing tutorial, but rather walks us through the entire process, from capture to final editing, in the newest episode of Adorama's Exploring...

 

 

In his latest video, join landscape photographer Nigel Danson as he travels to Glencoe in the Scottish Highlands to photograph an iconic waterfall and produce a black and white print.

In the video below, Danson runs us through various compositions and discusses his thought process, including an excellent...

 

 

Photographer Adam Karnacz headed out to the seascape in Northumberland with his father in hopes of capturing a lovely sunset. He headed out with any specific plan or goals, but just wanted to enjoy a nice day out. Planning ahead is great, but there are certainly times when it's worth just heading out with your...

 

 

Nature and wildlife photographer Morten Hilmer spends a lot of his time out in the wilderness, in adverse conditions, photographing animals and landscapes. This means that his gear needs to be able to capture a lot of detail for a landscape, but also be able to shoot fast and capture action for when he is...

 

 

Wouldn't it be nice to be able to color tone any image in under five minutes? Now you can with the help of Aaron Nace over at Phlearn. This process, outlined in the video below, utilizes levels adjustments layers in Adobe Photoshop.

Before we get started, it's important to note that this process is completely...

 

 

While most photographers these days shoot with digital cameras exclusively, there are still many who have stuck with film or perhaps are digital photographers who want to give analog photography a try. This weekend, we have a neat video from The Slanted Lens' Jay P. Morgan -- a very accomplished digital...

 

 

In the video below, photographer Attilio Ruffo covers a wide range of topics, including vision and creativity in landscape photography. Further, he shares some viewer edits of one of his recent images and also shows how he captured and edited the photo himself.

Firstly, vision and creativity in landscape...

Click here to read our Canon EOS R Review Conclusion

 

 

Long-time DSLR powerhouse Canon finally announced their first full-frame mirrorless camera earlier this fall. The new 30-megapixel Canon EOS R shares a somewhat similiar imaging pipeline to the popular 5D Mark IV, but wraps it up with a svelte, modern and...

 

 

The process of retouching a portrait in Photoshop doesn't need to be complex or take a long time. With the aid of a new tutorial from tutvid, you can learn how to become a faster and better photo retoucher in only five minutes.

The first step is going to be using Adobe Camera Raw to make some basic global...

 

 

In the newest episode of Take and Make Great Photography with Gavin Hoey, Gavin shows us how to capture a festive portrait for this holiday season. For this holiday portrait, Gavin shot the background separately from his model, which introduces not only a bit of complexity, but also some flexibility in how you...

Click here to read our Tamron 15-30mm f/2.8 G2 Field Test

 

 

Tamron's 15-30mm f/2.8 Di VC USD G2 lens is a distinct full-frame wide-angle zoom which impressed me greatly during my hands-on time with it here in Maine. It performs well across the frame and has impressive build quality, including weather sealing. The...

 

 

What an incredible year in the camera industry! Both Canon and Nikon released their first Full Frame Mirrorless offerings within a short time span, and just as the echo was fading from the response we learned that Panasonic will soon be bringing their first full-frame mirrorless model to the table as well....

 

 

Enthusiast-class cameras can be a tricky bunch to categorize. There's not necessarily a hard-and-fast rule for what designates a camera as an "enthusiast" model. They are, in many respects, top-of-the-line cameras when it comes to image quality and performance features. However, many manufacturers offer...

 

 

Premium compact cameras have been in existence for a long time, but their popularity just seems to live on even in the days of smartphones. And what's not to love? If a camera is relatively small yet still has a decent-sized sensor (and with these we're talking much larger than your smartphone's tiny sensor)...

 

 

Traditionally, photographers have used strobes to light still images. They're powerful and consistent, but they're not a constant light source so they cannot be used for video. As video becomes a more important part of the modern photographer's workflow, people have been looking at different light sources, ones...

 

 

In Capture One 12, there is a wealth of options for adjusting and editing the color in your photographs. Within this area of the user interface, there's a tab which is of particular interest to portrait photographers, the "Skin Tone" tab. This tool is useful, but it can be a little hard to get used to, as it's not...

 

 

Over at SLR Lounge, the team are getting back to the basics with a new free tutorial series. The tutorials are being kicked off with an episode about photographing nighttime portraits using only a phone flashlight.

Of course, you can get great results with expensive dedicated lighting equipment, but it turns out...

 

 

Christmas is just around the corner and Olympus has fun tips for capturing holiday images. Ted Colegrove, Olympus Designer and professional photographer, has created a tutorial showing off how to create Christmas tree bokeh.

You’ll need only a few items: a heavy piece of paper, a sharp knife (something like an...