Photography and the Strangeness of Colors
An understanding of colors and how they can transform our photography is a skill we photographers must master. Therefore, getting to grips with the strangeness of color is essential for understanding how to take better photos.
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Tamron in 2025: A Quiet Year With Some Good Zoom Lenses
This one will be short and sweet, as Tamron released just two lenses this year. This output is not far off the three lenses the company launched in 2024 and matches Tamron's pair of new lenses in 2023.
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There’s a Problem With Photographers’ Obsession With The Golden Ratio
Claims made about the golden ratio in nature are often overstated or romanticized. In fact, it is more often a useful model than it is a universal law,
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OM System in 2025: A Great Camera, an Awesome Lens, and Little Else
While Panasonic ignored Micro Four Thirds in 2025, OM System thankfully didn't. And that's a good thing, too, because it's OM's entire business. OM System didn't entirely allay my fears about Micro Four Thirds's ultimate fate, but at least the company did release some nice products this year.
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This Repeater Turns Your Camera Into a Remote Wildlife Camera Trap
For wildlife photographers, distance has always been both a necessity and a limitation. Get too close, and the subject disappears. Stay too far away, and the image loses intimacy. SmallRig is attempting to rethink that balance with the launch of the Remote Wildlife Pro Wireless Repeater, a long-range Wi-Fi hub designed to give photographers control over cameras placed deep in the field while they remain hundreds of meters away.
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YouTubers Recreate Iconic Lord of the Rings Forced Perspective Shot
The Lord of the Rings trilogy (2001 to 2003) is often lauded as the greatest trilogy of all time. And some of the practical photography effects done in those films -- especially in the first film -- are still revered even to this day.
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The Hidden History of a 19th-Century Photograph and the Mystery of Its Unnamed Girl
A new book investigates a single 19th-century photograph of an unnamed Native American girl surrounded by federal officials and explores what identifying her reveals about the historical context of the American West.
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Why You Should Repeatedly Explore the Ordinary With Your Camera
It may be commonplace to you, but your audience members may be unfamiliar with the things in your life. Consequently, to them, your ordinary subjects may seem exotic and unusual. However, there are other good reasons to photograph the commonplace repeatedly.
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Panasonic in 2025: Great New Full-Frame Cameras and Lenses
2025 was an excellent year for Panasonic's full-frame Lumix S system and an eerily quiet one for Micro Four Thirds. The year was headlined by the Lumix S1 II, a dynamite full-frame hybrid camera, and the S1R II, the long-awaited high-res update.
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Xiaomi’s New 17 Ultra by Leica Phone Looks and Acts Like a Real Camera
Chinese smartphone makers are all-in on photography. Xiaomi's latest Leica-infused phone, the 17 Ultra by Leica, features incredible camera specs, the famous Leica Red Dot logo, and, most interestingly, a manual lens zoom ring.
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