Photography News

Natural Portrait Lighting: Essential Tips You Need

FStoppers - Fri 6 Jun 2025 4:03pm

Understanding how to effectively utilize natural lighting allows you to capture striking images without complex equipment. Here's what you need to know.

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Waterfall Photos: Why Timing Matters

FStoppers - Fri 6 Jun 2025 3:03pm

Capturing waterfalls can be tricky because of changing seasonal conditions, but understanding how these shifts affect your photos makes your shots significantly better. Knowing how and when to visit specific locations can dramatically elevate your results.

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Capturing Change: How Revisiting Locations Improves Your Photography

FStoppers - Fri 6 Jun 2025 2:03pm

Change in photography can feel unsettling, but it's an opportunity too. When your favorite landscapes shift unexpectedly, you get a fresh chance to tell new stories.

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Laowa’s New 8-15mm Fisheye Lens: A World of Creativity Awaits

FStoppers - Fri 6 Jun 2025 1:03pm

I must confess, in my 40 years as a photographer, I’ve never once used a fisheye lens. I’ve not seen the point. When I was younger, I thought the idea of a distorted image was silly. But recently, I’ve become bored with my photography. I’ve been looking to try new things and explore more creative ways of shooting subjects like landscapes, street, and travel. As I pondered how I might achieve this, Laowa called.

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The Contract Clause That Prevents 90% of Client Problems

FStoppers - Thu 5 Jun 2025 10:03pm

You've delivered beautiful photos exactly as promised, but the client is furious. What should have been a celebration of great work becomes a nightmare of disputes, revision requests, and threats of negative reviews.

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Memorable Photos: Avoiding the Common Traps

FStoppers - Thu 5 Jun 2025 9:03pm

Millions of photos hit the internet daily, yet very few stick in your memory. Knowing how to make your photos stand apart from the crowd isn't just helpful—it's essential for your growth and satisfaction as a creative.

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Sneak Peek at the Upcoming Fuji GFX Eterna Cinema Camera

FStoppers - Thu 5 Jun 2025 8:16pm

Last night, I got a chance to have an early peek at the upcoming Fuji GFX Eterna cinema camera. Set to be released later this year, the camera puts a large format sensor in a cinema-focused body that promises to be a serious tool for high-quality filmmaking.

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Refining Your Eye: How to Find Better Landscape Compositions

FStoppers - Thu 5 Jun 2025 8:03pm

There's a powerful reason to slow down before pressing the shutter button. Knowing how to visualize compositions in the landscape is crucial for creating engaging photos, making your images genuinely compelling rather than merely pretty.

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A Thunderbolt Hub for Photographers: ProGrade’s PG20 Pro

FStoppers - Thu 5 Jun 2025 5:03pm

The Thunderbolt and broader USB-C hub space is crowded with options from budget to premium, offering a dizzying array of ports. ProGrade, makers of excellent high-performance storage, are diving into this space with their first hub: a Thunderbolt 4–based hub designed around their card reader ecosystem. Does this hub have what it takes to stand out from the crowd?

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Why Quiet Time Fuels Creativity

FStoppers - Thu 5 Jun 2025 4:03pm

Creativity isn’t enhanced by the gear you buy or the tools you own; it's cultivated by quiet spaces away from distractions. If you’re serious about improving creatively, recognizing boredom as a beneficial state rather than a problem can transform your practice.

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RolleiFlex Struggles: Vintage Camera Realities

FStoppers - Thu 5 Jun 2025 3:03pm

The RolleiFlex 3.5F, with its classic Schneider lens, holds a special place in film photography—when it works. Reliability can be tough, but photographers keep coming back because when it's good, it’s outstanding.

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Transform Portraits With a Single Umbrella

FStoppers - Thu 5 Jun 2025 2:03pm

Using a large umbrella for lighting portraits can significantly change the mood and quality of your images. Whether you're after smooth, wrinkle-free skin or dramatic shadows, understanding this versatile setup is great for getting exactly the look you want.

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Five Editing Mistakes You're Probably Making

FStoppers - Thu 5 Jun 2025 1:03pm

Getting the editing right on your photos is tricky. It’s easy to slip into patterns that don't give the results you want, even if you've been editing images for years.

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This Camera Reignited My Love for Photography

FStoppers - Wed 4 Jun 2025 10:03pm

I am not going to lie, I have been stuck in an awful rut for almost a year. My creativity took a dramatic fall, and I had no get-up-and-go when it came to photography. Until now...

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Sigma Announces The Aizu Prime Line That Boasts T1.3 Across 12 Cinema Lenses

FStoppers - Wed 4 Jun 2025 9:45pm

Sigma has just announced a new line of cinema lenses featuring a wide T1.3 aperture across a line of 8 new lenses.

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5 Moments When Photography Changed Human Behavior Forever

FStoppers - Wed 4 Jun 2025 9:03pm

Photography didn't just evolve technologically—it fundamentally altered how humans behave, interact, and see themselves. These five moments didn't just introduce new features or platforms; they rewired our brains and created entirely new social behaviors that didn't exist before. Each represents a permanent shift in human psychology that we can never undo.

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Simple Lightroom Fixes for Underexposed Photos

FStoppers - Wed 4 Jun 2025 8:03pm

Rescuing an underexposed photo can feel like a tricky balancing act between recovering detail and avoiding noise. Mastering this skill transforms otherwise lost shots into worthwhile images.

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Avoiding the Photography Burnout Trap

FStoppers - Wed 4 Jun 2025 5:03pm

Burnout almost cost a photographer his love for photography, highlighting how easily turning a hobby into a profession can extinguish creativity. This cautionary tale could help you safeguard your own passion from a similar fate.

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Inside Spielberg’s Genius: Lessons From Jaws

FStoppers - Wed 4 Jun 2025 4:03pm

Jaws isn’t just iconic cinema; it's a lesson in turning creative adversity into brilliance.

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New Vintage-Inspired CineGold Filter From PolarPro

FStoppers - Wed 4 Jun 2025 2:03pm

PolarPro is continuing to take us back on a nostalgic journey to celebrate the golden era of film photography and filmmaking with the launch of a new gold mist filter, called CineGold.

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