Preparing for and Executing a Red Carpet Shoot Like a Pro
Red carpet photography looks straightforward from the outside, but the access, gear, and etiquette behind a single clean frame are anything but obvious. After nearly two decades away from the assignment, I returned to the carpet at the Tribeca Film Festival and relearned what it takes to shoot one well.
I Fixed MacOS
If you use MacOS with multiple monitors, this app is going to change your life. And I'm going to give it to you for free.
What Photographers Can Expect From the Zoner Studio Summer Update
Zoner Studio has released its Summer 2026 update, bringing a substantial suite of multi-frame stacking tools, an overhauled global search panel, and content-aware retouching tools to the Windows-based editing platform. Rather than focusing exclusively on generative AI novelties, this biannual release targets everyday workflow efficiency, with a focus on simplifying the processing of multi-shot stacks.
What to Look for in a Laptop for Photography in 2026
The right laptop edits a wedding on a hotel bed as happily as it does at your desk; the wrong one turns every export into a fan-screaming, battery-draining compromise. Here's how to tell them apart in 2026, and which machines are actually worth carrying.
The Sharpest Photos Ever Taken of the Sun Just Revealed Swirling Vortices No One Had Seen
Scientists just released the highest-resolution images of the Sun's visible surface ever captured, taken in violet light at 416 nanometers. The pictures resolve features as small as 19 kilometers across and reveal tiny, swirling, whirlpool-like patterns nobody had directly seen on the Sun before.
Record Revenue, Rising Costs: What Fujifilm's Latest Report Means for You
Fujifilm just posted record imaging revenue, yet the same financial report shows the company spending more to design and build its cameras while the cost of key parts keeps climbing. The imaging segment brought in ¥627.1 billion, up 15.7% year over year, even as memory chips, processors, and silver got more expensive.
This Camera Company Will Pay You to Live in Hong Kong and Shoot for Up to Six Months
A camera company is offering to pay one person to move to Hong Kong and photograph the city for up to six months. The gig comes with a stipend and covers the cost of living there while you shoot.
The opening comes from Flashback, the Australian company behind the ONE35 retro-style digital camera. The company is framing it as a "dream job," and the pitch is simple: you live in Hong Kong, you carry its camera, and you build a body of work in one of the most photogenic cities on the planet.
Anthropic Builds a Chip Team as AI Demand Surges
Anthropic has verified that it is assembling an internal team tasked with creating bespoke chips for its Claude AI models. This marks the first occasion the company has openly recognized a hardware initiative that had circulated as rumor since the spring.
I Took a Lensbaby to a Wedding. Was It a Mistake?
I found myself looking through some old photographs Neil had taken of me years and years ago. For context, Neil and I are married and photograph weddings together all around Norfolk (UK). As I clicked through the gallery, I kept coming back to the same images.
They weren't the sharpest photographs or technically perfect (that'll make sense in a minute). But they had a dreamy, distinctive quality that made them feel different from everything else. They drew me in every single time.
The Joy and Reward of Printing Your Images
As a landscape photographer, I, like many others in this genre, take hundreds, if not thousands, of images every year. Some I like and others I love, but most of them stay on hard drives instead of being presented as prints, as they should be. However, what if we committed to printing more?
How to Get Sharp Photos Every Time: A Beginner's Checklist
Blurry photos almost always come down to one of three things: the camera moved, the subject moved, or the lens focused on the wrong place. That is genuinely most of it. Once you can recognize which of the three is ruining a shot, the fix is usually fast and specific. This is a checklist you can run through before and after you press the shutter to catch each of those causes before it costs you the picture.
Landscape Photography Inspiration: What Happens When You Let Intuition Take Over
Not forcing the shot and being open to possibilities can make a big difference.
As with any photography genre, the desire to create an impressive landscape photo can get in the way of achieving an authentic shot. Letting that pressure take over can sometimes get you results that are technically sound but don’t make you proud or happy in the long run because they’re overdone. You may even eventually realize that these photos don't speak about you as a photographer.
Why Your Portraits Feel Flat and the Five Fixes That Change That
Portraits that fall flat usually trace back to a handful of choices made before and during the shoot, not to some missing gear or secret edit. Focal length, color, light, and how your subject moves all pull weight, and small shifts in each one add up fast.
Two New Sliders Make Every Lightroom Mask Look More Natural
Mushy, halo-ringed edges around trees and horizons have plagued Lightroom masks for years, and Adobe just added two sliders that clean them up. The fix works whether you use Lightroom Classic or the newer Lightroom.
What the EU's New AI Transparency Rules Mean
AI-generated images, video, audio, and certain text now have to be labeled in the European Union, and the rules reach any content shown to people inside the bloc no matter where you are based. Break them and the fines can climb to 15 million euros or 3 percent of worldwide turnover.
Luminar Updates Neo and Makes Way for Big Changes Ahead
Luminar Neo users will see an update to their app today. It’s version 1.28.0. Skylum is also moving toward a new name for the app, which is actually the original name. Neo will be dropped, leaving just Luminar.
According to Skylum, today’s update is the first stage of a major redesign that makes editing more intuitive while delivering faster performance throughout the app.
The updated navigation and workspace make tools easier to access while laying the foundation for more improvements coming later this year. Here’s what’s new:
Audio For Any Occasion : We Review The New DJI Mic Mini 2S
After years of creating landscape photography videos, tutorials, and behind-the-scenes content, I have learned one undeniable truth: reliable audio is just as important as the camera itself. In this review, I am putting both versions of the new DJI Mic Mini 2S through their paces to see how they perform in real-world outdoor conditions.
Over the years, video has naturally grown to play a massive role in my journey. Between YouTube uploads, instructional tutorials, gear reviews, and talking-head segments, I find myself using my video setup almost as much as my still camera.
We Dive Into the Anamorphic World With the DZOFilm Arcana Series Lenses
Traditionally, shooting with an anamorphic lens has always come with its set of hurdles. While having the cinematic squeeze is nice, battling with the size and weight can be rather unpleasant. Not to mention the need for diopters just to reach a decent close-focus distance. And on top of these, you have to choose between paying an exorbitant price or settling for a budget lens with bad optical quality, just to name a few. This is where the DZOFilm Arcana series comes in.
A Reliable and Easier Way to Capture Lightning: The Bolt Hunter
Living in Southern Arizona means spectacular lightning is around at certain times of the year, especially during our monsoon season, which runs from around June 15 to September 30. We get some great storms, and I'm always thrilled to capture some of nature's fireworks.
I've experimented with a few lightning triggers, including one that is software-only for iOS called iLightningCam 2 Lite. Here's an example:
In my experience, it worked well, but it did miss some lightning bolts, and the photos didn't have the resolution of a DSLR.
It's 2026 and a New DSLR Is on Its Way!
The new Pentax DSLR that fans have waited years for has reportedly moved past the drawing board and into production. A Japanese insider says the camera is being built now, though no launch date has been confirmed.