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Fstoppers is an online community aimed at educating and inspiring photographers, videographers, and creative professionals. Started in 2010 by founders Patrick Hall and Lee Morris, Fstoppers has grown into one of the top resources for photography lighting, gear reviews, business tips, behind the scenes, and industry news.
Today the website reaches over 1.5 million photographers and averages around 4.2 million pageviews a month. Fstoppers has been featured on NPR, The Huffington Post, Resource Magazine, Mashable, Gizmodo, Tech Crunch, Geek.com, Facebook Business, Vimeo Staff Picks, Adobe, Life Hacker, ABC News, BuzzFeed, and many other industry leading news oulets. Source
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Search ArticlesTamron's 16-50mm f/2.8 A Brings a Fast Zoom to Four APS-C Mounts From $529
Tamron has announced the 16-50mm f/2.8 A, a constant f/2.8 standard zoom for APS-C mirrorless cameras that starts at 16mm and goes on sale October 29 for Sony E at $529 and Canon RF at $549, with Nikon Z and Fujifilm X versions following later in the year. The 16mm wide end works out to a full frame equivalent of 24-75mm on Sony E, Nikon Z, and Fujifilm X, and 25.6-80mm on Canon RF.
Why Fujifilm Survived the Digital Apocalypse That Killed Kodak
Walk into a department store in Tokyo and you can buy an anti-aging skin cream made by a camera company. It is called Astalift, and the collagen and antioxidant science inside the bottle came straight out of the labs that once kept your photographic prints from yellowing. That cream is one of the reasons Fujifilm is still here and Kodak, the company that arguably invented the whole modern imaging world, spent 2012 in bankruptcy court.
Hundreds of Photo Tips
Today is the last day you can get access to some of the best educational content in photography this year. Yes, it comes with a price tag but the value is pretty insane. For the last several years, Fstoppers has proudly partnered with 5DayDeal to offer incredible value for photographers and create a large charitable impact with their annual Photography Bundle. This year, we are including Photographing the World 4 - Advanced Landscapes with Elia Locardi.
Woodland Photography Is Hard, But Does It Have to Be?
Woodland photography is something I have always found difficult. I am primarily a seascape photographer, and while I photograph other types of landscapes, the coast is where I feel most comfortable. When I arrive at a coastal location, I can usually start looking for the elements that might make up the photograph. A rock, a headland, a section of coastline, a wave, or perhaps the way the light is falling across the scene. There is normally something that immediately starts to draw my attention.
Is an Expensive Photo Printer Worth It?
A 17-inch pigment printer with a dozen inks looks like a sure path to better prints, and a modest ink tank model can feel like settling. Choosing between them affects your running costs, how often you print, and which papers you can use. Two well-made prints from two very different printers are almost impossible to tell apart, even for people who print a lot. Keith Cooper has reviewed a long list of printers, and he explains why he won't hold up two sheets and declare a winner.
Soft Light Doesn't Have to Mean Bright Shadows
One softbox can produce a dozen very different portraits, yet most people set it up at the textbook angle and leave it there. The distance between a correctly lit face and an interesting one usually comes down to small moves with a light you already own. Rembrandt lighting has a name that sounds like an artistic decision, and that name does a lot of persuading.
Is Panasonic's Lumix S 20mm f/2.5 Sharp Enough?
Panasonic's Lumix S 20mm f/2.5 is a small, light, $498 ultra-wide prime for L-mount full frame bodies, and it sits at a focal length plenty of people treat as their everyday wide. At that price and size, the open question is how much optical quality Panasonic had to give up to keep the lens this compact. At under 200 g, the lens still feels solid in the hand, with a metal mount, a weather-sealing gasket, an AF/MF switch, and a plastic focus ring that turns very smoothly.
What Can You Legally Remove From a Real Estate Photo?
California's AB 723 put real estate photo editing under state law, and similar restrictions are now showing up in other states and in MLS guidelines across the country. If you shoot listings, the difference between a harmless cleanup and an edit that needs a disclosure, or one that isn't allowed at all, now has real consequences for you and your clients. Much of the risk comes from the tools people reach for first.
The Psychology of Hating Photos of Yourself, Explained by the Mirror Problem
You have felt it a hundred times. A friend snaps a candid, hands you the phone, and the person on the screen is a stranger who happens to be wearing your clothes. The nose is wrong. The smile is crooked. You look tired, or lopsided, or somehow older than the face you saw in the bathroom mirror twenty minutes ago. Everyone else in the frame looks fine. Only you look off. That reaction is not vanity, and it is not a bad camera.
Feeling Stuck? Here's How to Jumpstart Your Creativity in Photography
Have you felt burned out? Stuck? Lacked motivation? Had a fear of failure or felt silly? I will discuss several approaches for creating opportunities for creativity to flourish. You never know, but for some, this might be one of the most influential photography articles they ever read. Our Mindset: Giving Ourselves a Chance First, I want to talk about a mindset for creativity. And more than that, I want to emphasize how so often, when we begin doing something, we are frequently awful.