Some old photography "rules" are hard to kill. That was apparent to me yesterday afternoon when I went out cross-country skiing (rather foolishly carrying a full camera backpack, my Z9, and my tripod along). The rule in question? Not shooting into the sun! As I took the photo below, a...
Using Off-Camera Flash for Nature Photography
Nature, by its very essence, is unpredictable - sometimes I even feel it’s downright mischievous. You’ve surely experienced this yourself: The very essence of photography, the light, is also photography's greatest challenge. Sometimes too little, sometimes too much, and sometimes simply boring. There may not be a perfect solution to...
Ends Tomorrow – B&H Deal Zone Sales
Normally, I inform you about good deals and new sales in my regular Photography News article. This time, however, I am making an exception because last Sunday was too early and next Sunday will be too late! Today I received a message from our affiliates at B&H Photo about a...
Maroon Bells in 4K and 8K
As I was going through the pains of reducing my photo storage, it was a fun experience to go back to my early work and see if there was anything worth keeping. While deleting a large collection of panoramic images, I found a couple that I ended up saving. Interestingly,...
Dealing with Photo Storage Pains
Over the holidays, I finally decided to start a thorough clean-up of my Lightroom catalog and images. Many years of shooting resulted in accumulation of almost 400 thousand images and videos in original formats, and I got tired of trying to keep my data backed up and synced between different...
Photography News: OM System Rumors, Canon Trade-in Sale
This Friday, I had the chance to test the new Nikon Z50 II in my favorite test lab - the Prague Zoo. What I liked (and didn't like) about this camera will be detailed in my upcoming Field Review. For now, though, here's a little teaser shot taken at an...
Five Easy Things to Avoid in Bird Photography
Bird photography seems simple. You see a bird, you take its photo. But birds don’t just move - they can be in different environments and can have endless varieties of light shone upon them. All of a sudden, bird photography starts to get more complex. And in some ways, it...
Small Adjustments Can Lead to Big Changes in a Photo
In photography, you compose shots by moving your camera to a physical position in space and time. That's obvious. But what isn't so obvious is that very slight changes in space and time can substantially alter a composition. As a wildlife photographer, I know it's tempting to take shots immediately...
Photography News: New Godox Lights, 100 Years of Full-Frame
Although I feel much more comfortable behind the viewfinder of a camera than in front of the lens, I recently made an exception. It was while shooting one of the episodes of our upcoming Online Workshop with photographer Vladimír Čech Junior. In the photo below, I'm playing the role of...
Structural Colors: The Art of Photographing Hummingbirds
Nature is full of color. However, color is not an unshakeable property of an object. Something's color will change depending on various factors, including the wavelengths of light that hits the object, the object's absorption and reflection of those wavelengths, and finally, our own eyes. In this article, I will...