If any place in the world can be described as the global epicentre of biodiversity, is it the village where I am writing this Photography News for you? I'm sitting on a covered terrace in Mindo, Ecuador, rain drumming on the tin roof above me, sipping jugo de Guanábana and...
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Photography News: Sigma Art Lenses, Memory Card Sale
Since Libor is traveling in South America, I'm filling in for him on this week’s Photography News. In fact, I just returned from a trip myself: I was in the Grand Tetons and Yellowstone National Park, finishing our field tests of the Nikon Z9! One feature of the camera that...
Photography News: Nikon Lens Firmware, Sony Sales
I'm writing today's "Photography News" under unusual circumstances. At the moment, I am moving at around 900 km per hour, it's freezing outside the window, and in front of me - somewhere in the distance beyond Atlantic - lies South America. In about six hours, I will step off the...
Photography News: Sigma Sensor Rumor, Nikon Lens Price Raise
As photographers, do you have a dream image that you would like to capture? A photo that you have in your head and can't make it real? Every time I finally sit on a plane, calm down and switch into travel mode, images rush through my head. My dream photo...
Photography News: Manual Focus Mirrorless Lenses, OM-5 Rumors
Summer is often linked with traveling, and traveling, in turn, with photography. Right now, I'm starting to pack for an expedition to Ecuador, with the help of a packing list that I keep updated over time. Some of the items on the list are expected, some less so. For example, without...
Photography News: A Wave Of New Lenses
When photographers talk about "natural light" in photography, we're usually referring to the sun. But the gift of light has also been given to some fascinating organisms that inhabit the planet. In the south of Europe, in Croatia, I encountered one of them a few days ago. The female glow-worm...
Photography News: Sigma Art Rumors, New Nikon Z9 Firmware
Before you dive into this week's photography news, let me ask you a question. How often do you take out your camera? Documentary photographer Jindřich Štreit said that "The art of photography is like playing the violin. You have to practice every day to achieve virtuosity, and if you put...
Photography News: July 4th Sales, Big Epson Photo Contest
July is traditionally the season of travel and summer breaks - perhaps the time when the greatest number of photographs are taken. I usually photograph wildlife, but today I took my camera up into the mountains to photograph my family on one of our Alpine climbs. This year, the beginning...
Photography News: Imminent Nikon Announcements, Sony Trade-in Deals
The famous photographer Henri Cartier-Bresson once said that "Your first 10,000 photographs are your worst." If I were a photographer just starting my photography career it would fill me with hope that I could make my way to mastery in less than 6 minutes with cameras like the Sony A1,...
This Week in Photography: L-Mount News, Hasselblad Rumors
Before you read the news from the photography world, let me start with an important message. In temperate regions around the world, the breeding season for many species is at its peak. If you find a seemingly small, vulnerable and abandoned chick in the wild, tame your emotions and under...