A telephoto lens is a lens with a focal length longer than 70 mm. If it has a focal length between 70 and 200 mm, a lens is considered a medium telephoto lens and if it has a focal length longer than 200 mm it’s considered a super-telephoto lens. A telephoto lens magnifies your subjects and makes them appear closer …
How to choose the perfect camera bag
A photographer is always concerned about his or her gear. It isn’t easy to choose between lenses, batteries, filters, flashes, tripods, and many other useful things. If you miss some of them you may miss a certain framing or effect. The best moment is hard to find and it’s better to find you prepared. How about the perfect camera bag? …
How To Use Neutral Density Filters in Your Photography
There are lots of different accessories and add-ons that you can use along with your camera. Often, it can be difficult to know what might be useful to add a useful technique to your kit. One accessory that can be overlooked by photographers is the neutral density filter. For some, neutral density filters may seem mysterious in their use or …
Understand the Polarizing Filters
Any landscape photographer has a polarizing filter in the bag. It is said that this filter reduces the reflections and helps you achieve the most beautiful sky. But how exactly does this filter work? It’s all about the physics. The light reflected by a non-metallic surface, sunlight included, is polarized. This means, in physics’ terms, that the light waves have …
Smart Photography with a Smartphone
There are times when a photographer’s bag is too big, too heavy or just not handy. In these situations, a smartphone can save the day by allowing you to take that perfect picture, that unique snapshot. Smartphones have good cameras, with wide lenses, movement reduction, and post-processing software that allows a quick and on the spot fix. With a smartphone’s …
Get ready to play with Lensbaby
Mama? Congratulations! It’s a Lensbaby. This is how the products of Lensbaby Inc., a company founded in 2004 by Craig Strong, meet their buyers. The company manufactures DSLR and mirrorless camera lenses, but not just any kind of lenses. The aim of Craig Strong, a professional photographer himself, was to help photographers see in a new way. He created lenses …
Gear Review: Fujifilm X-T2
A photographer’s skill versus the gear they use. It’s an argument that shows up time and again in photography forums and comments sections. I don’t intend to walk that well-trodden path in this article, except to point out a single consideration, that the gear you use as a photographer should be the gear that best complements your style of shooting …