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Highlights from Photoville 2018
It’s no secret we love Photoville. And after six years of our involvement, it’s starting to feel like home to us. Not only is it a great opportunity for the public to see the work of some of the most…
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Why Dedicated Cameras Will Always Be (Optically) Better than Smartphones
It’s September which means another generation of Apple iPhones. This year, the iPhone XS (pronounced “ten ess”) adds a slightly larger sensor plus significantly more computing power via the A12 Bionic Chip to enhance the phone’s image signal processing. But…
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Who Photographed that Colin Kaepernick Nike Image?
Nike and Colin Kaepernick broke the Internet yesterday with an ad campaign celebrating the 30th anniversary of "Just Do It." https://twitter.com/Kaepernick7/status/1036695513251434498 Reaction to the ad campaign was (unsurprisingly) highly polarized, and although Nike's stock tumbled 3%, most marketing pundits have…
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Announcing 6th Annual Luminance Talks at Photoville: Sept 14th in NYC
One of our favorite events of the year is just around the corner. For the sixth year in a row, we're partnering with Photoville to present a full day educational and inspirational panels all to help photographers grow their businesses.…
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Pro Tips: What it Takes to Publish a Personal Photo Project
In honor of World Photo Day, we asked editorial and commercial photographers Emanuel Hahn and Andrew Kung to share the story behind their audiovisual storytelling piece, The Mississippi Delta Chinese. Emanuel and Andrew recently stopped by our office to speak…
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September 19, 2018

Highlights from Photoville 2018

It’s no secret we love Photoville. And after six years of our involvement, it’s starting to feel like home to us. Not only is it…

September 13, 2018

Why Dedicated Cameras Will Always Be (Optically) Better than Smartphones

It’s September which means another generation of Apple iPhones. This year, the iPhone XS (pronounced “ten ess”) adds a slightly larger sensor plus significantly more…

September 12, 2018

PSA: It’s “Bokeh” not “Bokuh”

Image: Apple There are many sounds that native American English speakers have trouble reproducing. The French “r” (aka the “voiceless uvular fricative”), the rolled double…

September 11, 2018

Master Storytellers: 5 Travel Photographers Share Images from All Over the World

No matter where in the world they find themselves, travel photographers have a keen eye for connection, and are some of the rare few that…

September 5, 2018

Who Photographed that Colin Kaepernick Nike Image?

Nike and Colin Kaepernick broke the Internet yesterday with an ad campaign celebrating the 30th anniversary of "Just Do It." https://twitter.com/Kaepernick7/status/1036695513251434498 Reaction to the ad…

August 28, 2018

An Optical Engineer Explains Lens Flange Distance and Mount Diameter

Nikon has understandably made a big deal about launching their new Z-mount alongside the announcement of their new mirrorless cameras, the Z6 and Z7. The…

August 24, 2018

Dangerous Conditions and Extreme Constraints: 5 Industrial/Corporate Photographers Share the Hidden Challenges of the Job

From photographing an explosion to being told you have two minutes to shoot a CEO’s portrait — the job of industrial and corporate photographers is…

August 24, 2018

Announcing 6th Annual Luminance Talks at Photoville: Sept 14th in NYC

One of our favorite events of the year is just around the corner. For the sixth year in a row, we're partnering with Photoville to…

August 23, 2018

How Much Depth-of-Field Do You Get with Nikon’s 58mm f/0.95 lens?

Along with the announcement of Nikon's new mirrorless Z-system was the development announcement of a 58mm f/0.95 Noct lens. The Z-mount's huge inner diameter of…

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