I am currently traveling in Wyoming with a couple of friends and we are on our way home, after an unsuccessful attempt to stay in Yellowstone National Park - it turned out to be a complete zoo, even a couple of days after the total eclipse. I don't know what...
Photographing Bees with Extension Tubes and Five Different Lenses
Many photographers have an interest in close-up photography but may find it hard to justify the cost of adding a dedicated macro lens to their existing interchangeable lens camera kit. They may decide to use extension tubes instead. The objective of this article is to demonstrate how extension tubes can...
Compressed vs Uncompressed vs Lossless Compressed RAW Options
When you go through camera menu options, you might come across a number of different options that are related to the way your Raw images are saved. One of those options is typically the type of compression that is applied to Raw files. There are several reasons why camera manufacturers...
Does Photography Have Any More Technical Limitations?
Something I noticed recently made me stop and think for a moment, since, if true, it means that the modern era of photography is an especially noteworthy time: With very few exceptions, there are no scenes or subjects that are impossible to capture with today’s technology. Nearly everything you come...
Five Easy Steps to Improve Your Photos via Post-Processing
One of the most frequently asked questions I often get at Photography Life is related to post-processing images. Specifically, our readers want to find out how they can make their images look good without spending too much time post-processing them. After all, not everyone has the skills or the patience...
Fuji GFX 50S Review
Hasselblad and Fuji got quite a bit of buzz in 2016 when they introduced the first mirrorless medium format cameras. The Hasselblad X1D-50c stole the show with its beautiful design, compact build and leaf shutter lenses, whereas the GFX 50S got Fuji fans excited with its functional camera body, modular...
What to Photograph in Costa Rica
The forest floor gave way to a small black pond which was by now almost indistinguishable from the muddy trail which led to its bank. Towering over the basin of the pond were the Ceiba trees, like obscure shadows that were closing a casket over the ground below. Every now...
How to Photograph the Matterhorn
In this article, I will try to give you a few tips on how to photograph the Matterhorn in Zermatt, Switzerland. Moreover, I will also add a few pieces of advice on how to plan a trip to Zermatt. Matterhorn, located in south Switzerland on the border with Italy, is...
Semi-Automatic Camera Modes Explained
It’s common to think that most professional photographers, or all professional photographers, shoot in manual mode, for the simple reason that it offers the greatest possible control over a photo. Why would you leave your camera to make important decisions without your input? However, as valuable as manual mode is,...
Apple iPhone 7 Plus Camera Review
Less than a year ago, Apple introduced the iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus phones to the market. The iPhone 7 Plus was the first Apple phone to have a dual lens design (28mm wide-angle and 56mm telephoto equivalent), so Apple put quite a bit of emphasis on photography with...