The Best Deals on Telephoto Lenses for (Nearly) Every Camera

Mirrorless photographers are spoiled for choice when it comes to telephoto and super-telephoto lenses, no matter which camera system they use, and many of the best ones are on sale right now. [Read More]

Apple Threat Notifcation Sent to Users in 110 Countries

Apple has deployed an alarming threat notification to an unspecified number of users in 110 countries -- experts advise not to ignore it. [Read More]

Tech Bro Scrapes Anti-AI Photo App Cara, Then Gloats About It

Cara, an image-focused social media app designed to be a safe space for photographers to share their work without fear of being scraped for generative AI, has reportedly had all of its content scraped by a bad actor. [Re…

Listen to This Bird Perfectly Imitate a Polaroid Camera

A visitor to Adelaide Zoo heard the sound of an instant camera taking a photo, but when she turned around to look for who had taken it, a bird was standing there. [Read More]

Trump Places 100% Tariffs on Heavy Drones, 25% on Smaller Ones

The Trump administration has imposed sweeping new tariffs on drones, slapping a huge 100 percent ad valorem tariff on imports of drones weighing over 25 kilograms (55 pounds). The new rules affect small consumer drones t…

Inside Red Bull’s High-Flying Eclipse Photo, Nine Months in the Making

In an exclusive interview with PetaPixel, photographer Noah Wetzel details how he and Red Bull Air Force athlete Mike Brewer spent nine months preparing to photograph a wingsuit flight through a total solar eclipse. The …

Žak Mogel: Featured Photographer Spotlight

Žak Mogel spends his winters in the air. The Slovenian ski jumper was born in Celje in 2001 and competes for SSK Ljubno BTC. This season he has flown World Cup hills from Zakopane to Sapporo, Oslo and Planica, and he jum…

Seeing in Orange: Capturing Warmth, Energy and Contrast

Orange is the loudest color in the photographer’s palette. It carries warmth, urgency, and energy in equal measure, and it photographs with an intensity that few other colors can match. Learning to see in orange means le…

Gonzalo Bendito: Featured Photographer Spotlight

Gonzalo Bendito lives in Madrid, but his work takes him all over the world. His portfolio features high mountain peaks, busy city streets, and scenes shot underwater. This wide range takes far more adaptability than stic…

Westcott Expands FJ Wireless Lighting System

The post Westcott Expands FJ Wireless Lighting System appeared first on Digital Photography School. It was authored by Sime. Westcott Expands FJ Wireless System with New FJ100 Touchscreen Strobe and FJ100 Touchscreen Spe…

Shooting Silhouettes: Turning Light into Shape and Story

A silhouette is one of photography’s oldest tricks and one of its most enduring. Strip a subject of texture, color, and detail, and what remains is pure shape against light. Done well, silhouette photography forces the v…

Holger Nitschke: Featured Photographer Spotlight

Holger Nitschke works out of Oldenburg, Germany. He splits his time between analog and digital cameras, using both to feed the same instinct: strip a portrait down to light and shadow, and something honest usually surfac…

Peak Design Rethinks the Traditional L-Bracket with New Field Bracket System

The post Peak Design Rethinks the Traditional L-Bracket with New Field Bracket System appeared first on Digital Photography School. It was authored by Sime. The Kickstarter for Peak Design’s new Field-Bracket is off and …

Flash photography isn’t that scary

The post Flash photography isn’t that scary appeared first on Digital Photography School. It was authored by Sime. I was thinking back to when I got my first flash — a Canon 430EX, the kind that pops into your hotshoe (t…

Finding Reflections in Water, Glass, and Everyday Surfaces

The best reflection photographs rarely happen by accident. They happen when a photographer learns to see surfaces differently. A puddle after rain, a shopfront window, the polished hood of a car. These aren’t obstacles o…

6 Best Photo Sharpening Software to Fix Blurry Images

The post 6 Best Photo Sharpening Software to Fix Blurry Images appeared first on Digital Photography School. It was authored by Sime. 6 Best Photo Sharpening Software to Fix Blurry Images Soft photos lack contrast along …

White Balance in Photography: The Essential Guide

The post White Balance in Photography: The Essential Guide appeared first on Digital Photography School. It was authored by Darren Rowse. And then 2026 came along and changed stuff! We’ve updated this article: How AI has…

Peak Design Pro Tripod – Stands on its own three feet?

The post Peak Design Pro Tripod – Stands on its own three feet? appeared first on Digital Photography School. It was authored by Sime. I Don’t often do this (around this way, kind of topsy turvy) but after a couple more …

The Traveling Photographer’s Manifesto,Discounted for Strobist Readers

For fifteen years, this site focused on lighting. Before that, I worked as a newspaper photojournalist. Lighting was part of the job. So were access, preparation, and learning how to walk into unfamiliar situations and …

How the iPhone 16 Can Help You Be a Better Content Creator

If you’re a content creator, you know the value of using tools that help you produce better quality content and make the entire editing process easy from start to finish. Whether you’re creating videos, podcasts, written…

Wallet Management 101: How to Keep Your Wallet in Great Shape

Wallets aren’t incredibly expensive, but if you take good care of them, they can serve you well and last a lifetime. Thankfully, the most important strategies for keeping a wallet in good condition are both inexpensive a…

5 of the Best Cities and Locations Worldwide to Pop the Question

Did you know one in four weddings is a destination wedding? The same source adds that, as of 2021, around 5,000 weddings were held daily in the U.S., which works out to over 1.9 million annually. Meanwhile, the average c…

Content Is Still King, But It’s Evolving: Here’s How

New and old marketers alike recognize the phrase “content is king,” but it’s naive to suggest that “content” means the same thing it used to, back when the phrase initially rose to prominence. Content is still king, for …

7 Custom Photo Gift Ideas Sure to Impress

Personalized photo gifts are always a great idea for your loved ones, but you don’t want to go with something plain. Sure, printing photos and making a photo album can be a nice gift, but there are other options that are…

How to Improve Your Yearbook Printing

Every year, schools and organizations all over the country plan to create, print, and sell or distribute yearbooks. These novel tomes collect photos and information from students, employees, or participants for a given t…

So Long (for Now!) and Thank You.

in-person lighting workshops and/or our X-Peditions trips (both of which are currently on pause during the pandemic) we absolutely are planning to restart them once the coast is clear. Please make sure you are on the rel…

SLC-1L-13: Conservancy Critters

For these photos of some of the resident animals at the Howard County Conservancy, we used a single speedlight generally at one-eighth power, and let the environment of the impromptu studio to the rest of the heavy lifti…

iPhone Users: Put an AirTag in Your Camera Bag

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The Paul C. Buff Link monobloc studio strobe ($895.95) delivers 800ws of portable power, and deserves consideration from anyone in the United States who is considering a big gun for use on location. this one by Mike McGe…

SLC-2L-15: Cross-Pollination

Lighting with flash can give you more than just the ability to control the quality of your light. With the inherent consistency of light from (manual) flash, you can layer in slices of time as well.  But first, you’ll …

A funeral home copes with the surge during the coronavirus pandemic

During normal times, Joe Ruggiero Jr. might hold 25 funerals a month; this April there have been 71. Due to a surge in COVID-19 cases, his family’s funeral home in East Boston is so overrun that the tribute lounge and ca…

Boston Globe staff photographer Erin Clark named Feature Photography Pulitzer finalist for 2020

Patrick Lupien and Mariah LeMieux-Lupien knew they were going to be evicted from their apartment in Biddeford, Maine. The lapse was a matter of basic math: As Mariah put it, when you don’t have it, you don’t have it. Des…

Photos: One day on the front lines of COVID-19

Jessica Rinaldi documented a Cataldo ambulance crew as they worked their 24-hour shift.

Globe staff photos of the month, March 2020

Here’s a look at some of the best images taken by Globe photographers last month before the coronavirus grabbed the region’s attention: the end of Elizabeth Warren’s 2020 presidential campaign, L Street ice swimmers prac…

Life during the coronavirus pandemic

Globe staff photographers document the Boston area and beyond during this unprecented time. The gallery is updated weekly throughout the crisis.

Globe staff photos of the month, February 2020

Here’s a look at some of the best images taken by Globe photographers last month: the New Hamphire primary, Ash Wednesday, living with progeria, the Beanpot Tournament, and Red Sox spring training.