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The Shot You're Waiting For May Already Be Gone

Jul 06, 2026 |

By Alex Cooke

| Fstoppers

The best landscape compositions have an expiration date, and most people don't realize it until the scene is gone. Sea defenses get completed, piers collapse further into the ocean, buildings get renovated, and the shot you kept putting off simply disappears. Coming to you from Ben Harvey Photography, this timely video follows Harvey down to Hove seafront in East Sussex, where a set of sea defense timber posts is halfway through construction.

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Shootingt a 50-Year-Old Minolta Lens on a Sony a7R V

Jul 06, 2026 |

By Alex Cooke

| Fstoppers

Vintage lenses have made a serious comeback, and the question of whether a 50-year-old glass can hold its own on a modern mirrorless body is one worth asking seriously. The Minolta MD 35-70mm costs around $60 used, and if it can genuinely work as a daily walk-around lens, that changes the math on what you actually need to spend on glass.

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The Article That Became Three Books

Jul 05, 2026 |

By Darren Spoonley

| Fstoppers

Back in September 2024, I sat down to write an article for Fstoppers called What I Wish I Knew Earlier. I had no idea it would eventually become a trilogy of books. At the time, it was simply an opportunity to reflect on some of the lessons landscape photography had taught me over the years.

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4 Reasons Why You Might Want to Learn 3D Printing as a Photographer

Jul 05, 2026 |

By Nicco Valenzuela

| Fstoppers

Have you ever wished for a photography accessory or tool and dreamed of making it yourself? If you're the kind of photographer who likes finding neat solutions, 3D printing might be worth checking out. Photographers are often passionate about printing their images and hanging them on a wall. This endeavor often puts emphasis on the output. However, 3D printing, and the world of possibilities that it opens, can actually impact the process of creating.

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What Is Bokeh, and What Actually Makes It 'Good' or 'Bad'?

Jul 05, 2026 |

By Alex Cooke

| Fstoppers

Bokeh is one of those words you hear constantly in photography and almost never hear defined. People use it to mean "blurry background," they use it to mean "expensive lens," and they use it as a compliment without being able to say what they are complimenting. So let us clear it up, because once you understand what bokeh actually is, you can stop chasing it blindly and start using it on purpose.

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Why Your Best Ideas Only Come in the Shower

Jul 05, 2026 |

By Alex Cooke

| Fstoppers

Knowing what you want to make and actually making it are two very different problems. The gap between them isn't talent or equipment; it's the mental framework you're using to approach creative work. Coming to you from Jesse Senko, this candid video covers the hard-won lessons Senko has picked up over the past few years of building a creative practice while managing real-life responsibilities like family, client work, and the constant pull of distraction.

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This Lightroom Technique Turns a Flat Long Exposure Into a Warm, Airy Shot

Jul 05, 2026 |

By Alex Cooke

| Fstoppers

Stacking a polarizing filter with an ND filter on a wide angle lens creates serious vignetting issues, and that's exactly where this long exposure edit begins. Knowing how to work through that kind of technical constraint while still landing on a warm, airy, high-key result is a skill worth building.

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Why Your First Shot Is Almost Never Your Best Wildlife Shot

Jul 05, 2026 |

By Alex Cooke

| Fstoppers

Patience is the crucial skill that separates wildlife shots you'll actually keep from the ones you delete. No lens upgrade fixes leaving a location too early. Coming to you from Todd DeWald, this straightforward video makes the case that patience is the single most important tool in wildlife photography, and DeWald backs it up with a real example. While filming from inside a photo blind, he's waiting on a house wren to return with nesting material.

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Fujifilm's Grain Effect Is More Useful Than You Think: Here's How to Actually Use It

Jul 05, 2026 |

By Alex Cooke

| Fstoppers

Most Fujifilm shooters either ignore the Grain Effect entirely or crank it to Strong/Large, decide it looks too noisy, and turn it off again. That pattern makes sense if you've never seen what the setting can actually do when used correctly. Coming to you from pal2tech, this practical video walks through exactly how the Fujifilm X-T5's Grain Effect works, where it lives in the menu, and why it behaves differently from any grain plugin you'd use in post.

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Can Medium Format Become Mainstream?

Jul 04, 2026 |

By Alex Cooke

| Fstoppers

For most of digital photography's history, medium format meant one thing: a five-figure investment, a deliberate studio pace, and a tool reserved for commercial shooters whose clients paid for the absolute ceiling of image quality. The format was the opposite of mainstream by definition. It was the thing you rented for the shoot, not the thing you owned and carried. That picture has shifted faster in the last few years than in the two decades before them.

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The Shot You're Waiting For May Already Be Gone

Shootingt a 50-Year-Old Minolta Lens on a Sony a7R V

The Article That Became Three Books

4 Reasons Why You Might Want to Learn 3D Printing as a Photographer

What Is Bokeh, and What Actually Makes It 'Good' or 'Bad'?

Why Your Best Ideas Only Come in the Shower

This Lightroom Technique Turns a Flat Long Exposure Into a Warm, Airy Shot

Why Your First Shot Is Almost Never Your Best Wildlife Shot

Fujifilm's Grain Effect Is More Useful Than You Think: Here's How to Actually Use It

Can Medium Format Become Mainstream?

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