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Small Rig RM 03 Macro Photo LED Light review - flexible lighting for close-ups on a budget
4+ day, 8+ hour ago (332+ words) Operation is simple. Two buttons control power, brightness and colour selection. Brightness is adjusted through five levels from 20% to 100%, but there's no indication of the selected setting, which means it's easy to lose track of where you are in the…...
Three leading landscape photographers share their top secret locations to help you shoot something different
1+ week, 5+ hour ago (375+ words) This was one of the first frames I captured that day. Before the shot, I had driven to the moor and then walked into the woodland with this specific composition already in mind. I had scouted the location on a…...
I set up Britain's very first photography workshop 50 years ago " some of the UK's biggest stars taught on it
1+ week, 7+ hour ago (609+ words) During the early 1970s I balanced my freelance work for publications like The Guardian, The Sunday Observer and Financial Times with occasional part-time teaching when I was offered a full-time position at Trent Polytechnic, Nottingham in 1974. I was a member at…...
The classic Boltavit I - a tiny German film camera
1+ week, 2+ day ago (363+ words) The classic Boltavit I " a tiny German film camera Amateur Photographer Don't miss the boat on this generous bundle deal on the Canon EOS R100 camera - you get a 18-45mm lens, big memory card, bag and more This collection of images from…...
You could win some serious cash for YOUR pictures of rain, clouds, sunshine, lightning or rainbows now that Weather Photographer of the Year is open
1+ week, 6+ day ago (102+ words) Amateur Photographer Powerful and versatile, the Nikon Z6 II is now a great budget choice, with a high-resolution sensor, decent continuous shooting speeds and more The Insta360 Luna Ultra is a dual lensed vlogging camera with 8 K, a detachable screen, AI tracking,…...
This huge exhibition of Japanese women photographers features over 200 images " it's a must-see this summer
2+ week, 1+ hour ago (150+ words) Included in the exhibition are themes of gender and identity, pop culture, nature, fashion and music, motherhood and everyday life." An array of different genres are also represented, so it's likely that there will be something to suit every taste…...
These street photographs from mid-century America by the renowned Walker Evans will blow you away
2+ week, 1+ day ago (139+ words) Amateur Photographer The book is helpful in broadly following a chronological and thematic structure. It moves from Evans's early dalliance with modernist abstraction to his more mature work documenting the ordinary and everyday of America found in its architecture and…...
These are the best photographers of all time - as voted for by YOU!
2+ week, 1+ day ago (313+ words) He was drawn to ordinary moments that transcend time and circumstance " a good example being his iconic image of a couple kissing, captured in a car's rear view mirror " as well as the surreal and humorous." His influence and legacy…...
Meet the 'worst photographer in the world' " who's just landed a $50k job!
2+ week, 2+ day ago (107+ words) Here's the marketing method behind Icelandair's madness. See the You Tube video below for more about Blanche and the whole madcap scheme. So to sum up " sometimes it's better to be really bad at something, rather than just mediocre. You…...
I met iconic photographer Cecil Beaton in the 1970s " here's what happened
2+ week, 5+ day ago (295+ words) When we interviewed a rather frail 72-year-old Sir Cecil Beaton, he had just had a massive stroke, and it was a great surprise that he agreed. We had his assistant, the wonderfully indominable Eileen Hose, to thank for making it…...