A bearded person with glasses smiles in the left half of the image, which has a light blue and purple background. The right half shows a close-up of the three camera lenses on the back of a smartphone with a metallic finish.

Steve Jobs Foresaw the Collapse of the Camera Market 6 Years Before it Happened

Although Steve Jobs remains a complicated figure for many who knew him best, nearly everyone agrees that the successful inventor and businessman was a legendary visionary. Jobs was on the ground floor of many technological innovations, including personal computers, digital music players, and smartphones. His work also had a massive impact on photography.

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Enhancing Photography Portfolios with Canvas Prints: A Guide for Aspiring Photographers

If you’re an aspiring photographer, you’ll know the presentation of your work is just as crucial as the images themselves. In a competitive field, your portfolio serves as a visual resume, showcasing not only your technical skills and artistic vision but also your understanding of presentation mediums.

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What a Dog Saw During His Day as an Adorable Wedding Videographer

People pay big money for wedding photographers and videographers, and with good reason. There's no substitute for a talented, experienced team on a couple's big day. However, strapping a GoPro to a dog can be a fun addition to the imaging team, as a talented pooch in the United Kingdom demonstrated this month.

Photographing the 2024 Democratic National Convention

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This is the sequel to my article covering the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee last month. It has been 20 years and thousands of frames and I figure at this time in our political history, it’s probably a good time to close the chapter on this work and seek out a publisher.

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Physics-Bending Large Format F-Zero Camera Is Now Available to Everyone

Last May, the large-format F-Zero Camera hit Kickstarter, promising to "bend the laws of physics" and enable photographers to shoot at effective apertures of f/0.3-0.6. The campaign proved successful, and its creator, Nick Salazar, says all backers have received their cameras. As a result, the F-Zero is now available to the general public.

How You Can Create Purposefully With Conceptual Fine Art Photography

A side-by-side comparison: On the left, a woman with her eyes closed is adorned with intricate, dark natural elements and a large moth covering part of her face. On the right, a woman with a serene expression emerges from a white floral and leaf pattern backdrop.

A reason to be, a strengthening force, a ‘guiding light’ -- purpose gives us joy, motivation, and the ability to persevere. As photographers, it may then be beneficial to connect our art form with purpose. In doing so, we may find a more holistic approach to creating -- helping us to sustain inspiration, providing us with variation and challenge, and, most importantly, giving us a sense of fulfillment.

Canon EOS R5 Mark II Review: Canon’s Most Capable Do-It-All Camera

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When Canon released its latest flagship camera, the EOS R1, it was fair to say that it was overshadowed by the humble R5 Mark II. Like a thief in the night, the mantle for the most exciting Canon camera of 2024 was stolen by the R5 Mark II, and for very good reason. I got my hands on a full-production model and decided that a road trip was in order.