Time Blending: When, Why & How to Use it to Create Perfect Outdoor Photos (VIDEO)
Time blending is one of the most powerful post-processing techniques for making sense out of complicated landscape scenes with a wide range brightness values throughout the frame. Today’s instructor Austin James Jackson explains the concept like this: “Capturing stunning wide-angle scenes can be easy when you’re willing to do a time blend,” and this is what you’ll learn how to do in the next 15 minutes. Jackson is a notable Utah-based landscape pro who posts weekly how-to videos covering practical in-the-field techniques, gear reviews, and image-editing tutorials. Today’s 15-minute episode falls into the latter category, and Jackson’s interesting method really delivers the goods—no matter the level of your post-processing skills.…
The Best Night Photography Tips for Trendy ‘Noctourism’ Adventures
The rise of “noctourism,” or nighttime travel, among photographers is about much more than just stargazing. As a night photographer, here are my best tips for capturing the growing art of noctourism. [Read More]
WD’s New Hard Drives Boost Max Capacity to a Whopping 26TB
Western Digital (WD), now separate from SanDisk and focused on hard drives, announced a new 26TB WD Red Pro HDD designed for use in RAID arrays and network attached storage (NAS). [Read More]
What Photographers Need to Know About Tonight’s Total Lunar Eclipse
A total lunar eclipse will be visible across the entirety of North America, most of South America, and other parts of the world tonight and tomorrow, March 13 and 14. [Read More]
How to Control Highlights When Shooting After Dark (VIDEO)
Nailing exposure can be be difficult once the the sun drops below the horizon, and one of the biggest challenges is controlling highlights for proper tonal balance throughout a low-light scene. This quick tutorial from the My Photo Journey YouTube channel describes the necessary in-camera adjustments in barely nine minutes. The task of controlling highlights can be particularly important when shooting on the street where streetlamps, neon signs, reflections, and brightly lit windows can easily confuse the light meter in your camera. As a result, some intervention on your part is with regard to configuring the camera appropriately is an absolute must. Today’s instructor is a British pro who goes…
Nextorage Is First Memory Card Maker to Showcase VPG 800 CFe Cards
Nextorage recently unveiled the “world’s first” VPG 800-compliant CFexpress Type-A cards and expects them to be available in late April 2025. While the speed peaks aren’t anything that hasn’t been seen before, VPG 800 means the cards are certified to sustain far higher speeds in extremely taxing situations. [Read More]
Sports Card Photographer Gets Topps to Recrop His Image of JuJu Watkins
A sports card photographer asked Topps to adjust the crop of his image of basketball star JuJu Watkins, as it altered his artistic vision. In a big win for creatives, the company agreed and made the change. [Read More]
Photographer Travels Across America Capturing Portraits of Strangers on a 6×6 Rolleiflex
Is there any camera better equipped to ignite a conversation with a stranger than a Rolleiflex? The twin-lens classic screams old-world elegance and precision engineering. [Read More]
Bon Iver Will Debut New Music Via 24/7 Trail Camera Feed Set Up in The Woods
Bon Iver, the popular indie folk act fronted by Justin Vernon, will debut new music today via a 24/7 trail camera feed set up in the woods of Wisconsin. [Read More]
TikTok Will Block Teens on App After 10 PM and Play ‘Calming Music’
TikTok will block teens from using the video app after 10 P.M. and instead wind them down to sleep with calming music and meditation exercises. [Read More]
