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Photography Life
- Posted on Wednesday January 15, 2025
Normally, I inform you about good deals and new sales in my regular Photography News article. This time, however, I am making an exception because last Sunday was too early and next Sunday will be too late! Today I received a message from our affiliates at B&H Photo about a short but major sale. I’ve scanned the items in the Photography section and picked out what I personally found interesting (see below). More discounts await you in the Drones, Computers, and Lighting sections. This sale includes 1600 items that were previously on B&H’s 24-hour “deal zone” sale, re-published at the sale price. It ends on January 16 at 11:59 PM EDT. Continue Reading » - Posted on Wednesday January 15, 2025
As I was going through the pains of reducing my photo storage, it was a fun experience to go back to my early work and see if there was anything worth keeping. While deleting a large collection of panoramic images, I found a couple that I ended up saving. Interestingly, I realized that at the time I was taking these photos, Lightroom had no panorama capabilities to create a single DNG image out of RAW shots (I used PTGui and Photoshop at the time). So I selected a few vertical panoramic shots captured at different shutter speeds (obviously, I had no idea how to capture panoramas at the time) and let Lightroom do its magic. Continue Reading » - Posted on Monday January 13, 2025
Over the holidays, I finally decided to start a thorough clean-up of my Lightroom catalog and images. Many years of shooting resulted in accumulation of almost 400 thousand images and videos in original formats, and I got tired of trying to keep my data backed up and synced between different storage solutions. I glanced at some of the photos in my Lightroom catalogs and realized that between personal and commercial work I have done over the years, most of the images I have been keeping are likely never going to be touched again. So what is the point of keeping them in the first place? It was time for a massive purge… Continue Reading » - Posted on Sunday January 12, 2025
This Friday, I had the chance to test the new Nikon Z50 II in my favorite test lab – the Prague Zoo. What I liked (and didn’t like) about this camera will be detailed in my upcoming Field Review. For now, though, here’s a little teaser shot taken at an absurdly high ISO of 28,800. And aside from the usual Photo Theme Challenge at the end of our News, I have a different kind of challenge for you. Can you identify the species of pigeon – with structurally colored feathers – in the following photo? Continue Reading » - Posted on Friday January 10, 2025
Bird photography seems simple. You see a bird, you take its photo. But birds don’t just move – they can be in different environments and can have endless varieties of light shone upon them. All of a sudden, bird photography starts to get more complex. Continue Reading » - Posted on Tuesday January 07, 2025
In photography, you compose shots by moving your camera to a physical position in space and time. That’s obvious. But what isn’t so obvious is that very slight changes in space and time can substantially alter a composition. As a wildlife photographer, I know it’s tempting to take shots immediately when an animal makes an appearance, but that often results in something not quite right with the composition. It’s better to take a more deliberate approach and make some minor adjustments before taking the photo. In that spirit, I’d like to show you five before and after photos, with a difference of only small changes between them in the field. Continue Reading » - Posted on Sunday January 05, 2025
Although I feel much more comfortable behind the viewfinder of a camera than in front of the lens, I recently made an exception. It was while shooting one of the episodes of our upcoming Online Workshop with photographer Vladimír Čech Junior. In the photo below, I’m playing the role of a European Lynx (Lynx lynx) and technically serving as a live aid to set up the flashes, motion sensor, and lens focus. I admit that the flexibility and elegance of the cat’s body, as well as the predator’s expression, is something I’ll have to work on. Come to think of it, maybe this should be my resolution for 2025. Continue Reading » - Posted on Saturday January 04, 2025
Nature is full of color. However, color is not an unshakeable property of an object. Something’s color will change depending on various factors, including the wavelengths of light that hits the object, the object’s absorption and reflection of those wavelengths, and finally, our own eyes. In this article, I will show you how color can vary with one subject in particular – the hummingbird – and how I approach photography with structural colors in mind. Continue Reading » - Posted on Thursday January 02, 2025
This hands-on review covers everything that you need to know about the Nikon Z 58mm f/0.95 Noct, an ultra-bright statement piece lens from Nikon. The Noct is manual-focus only, and it costs $8000, so it's hardly practical for most photographers. But it sure is an impressive optic - here's how it measures up! Continue Reading » - Posted on Wednesday January 01, 2025
From me, Nasim, Libor, Jason, and the rest of the Photography Life team, we want to wish you all a very Happy New Year! May your 2025 be filled with joyful moments, good times with family and friends, and beautiful light. Continue Reading »
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