I recently wrote an article that compared the Fujifilm X-T4 and X-T3. Released just a year-and-half after the X-T3, the X-T4 isn’t a full replacement to its predecessor, but it does include some enticing upgrades. Upgrades that look even more enticing if your current camera is even older, like my now ancient-feeling X-T2. Four years […]
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A photographer is shooting a 30-year time-lapse of NYC. Here’s how, and why
[embedded content] Photography is about storytelling, but sometimes the story behind a photograph — or millions of photographs — is equally interesting. New Jersey-based photographer Joe DiGiovanna is shooting a 30-year time-lapse of the New York City skyline, and has already been working on it for 4 years. He has captured some 4 million photos […]
Photographer sues Ariana Grande after she posts his images of her on Instagram
Ariana Grande has become the target of a copyright lawsuit after posting photos of herself on Instagram. Sounds odd, right? Well, let us explain. The two images, taken by New York-based paparazzi photographer Robert Barbera, show the singer leaving a building while carrying a bag with the word “Sweetener” printed on it. For those not […]
What is aperture? Learn to control blur like a pro photographer
Daven Mathies/Digital Trends Ever see a photograph with a dreamy, out-of-focus background? Or perhaps a landscape with pin-sharp details from the closest foreground elements all the way to distant clouds? Aperture is what allows photographers to take control over how sharp or how blurred their photos are, and is one of three elements that determine […]
True vision: An interview with celebrity photographer Matthew Jordan Smith
Matthew Jordan Smith Photographer Matthew Jordan Smith spends his time photographing celebrities, beauty, and fashion — but his start was a little less glamorous. Developing film in the bathroom with a camera gifted by his father, Smith quickly fell in love with the art form and launched a career after working as a photo assistant […]
MIT science photographer isn’t an artist, but her work could fill galleries
Felice Frankel is an educator, photographer, and research scientist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Her passion for science started at a young age, eventually merging with her photographic experience and eye for design in a unique career as a science photographer. Since 1992, she has helped scientists better communicate their research and ideas through […]
Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer trades in his gear for a toy camera
[embedded content] “All the gear, no idea” is a quip often thrown at photographers weighed down with a ton of kit that they don’t know how to use, or whose images fall well short of expectation. It’s a taunt that could certainly never be leveled at Oded Balilty, an Israeli documentary photographer who has proved […]