Reuters photos of the year 2008 Gallery

A few weeks ago I was lucky enough to be chosen as one of only a few select photographers in the world to put the new Nikon D3x through it’s paces.  I tested it out during an assignment for award-winning fashion designer Brad Webb of Darb Cou ...

It could successfully be argued that the whole point of owning a Leica is that you are then able to use the (deservedly) legendary Leica M lenses. The cameras themselves are, like any other camera, just boxes. Exquisitely engineered, wonderfu ...

I’ve played with the Multi Exposure feature and it is cool, although I don’t have anything worth showing yet. The Art Filters differ from the typical in-camera filters in that they’re applied while you’re shooting. It’s significant that they’ ...

A particular technique that I always love is dragging the shutter to go for a really long exposure and I’m always very amazed by the results. That was the first technique I learnt actually. Though I must say I didn’t really learn much from jo ...

Search millions of photographs from the LIFE photo archive, stretching from the 1750s to today. Most were never published and are now available for the first time through the joint work of LIFE and Google. Search tip Add "source:life" ...

One of my favorite photography resources - along with  DigitalPixels.net  ;-) - is Steve Paxton's website www.paxtonprints.com , nice photos ( love those hdr'ish - lucisart'ish - dave hill'ish detailed portraits , the latest news, and well wr ...

We love cheatsheets. Those handy quick-reference guides that keep all sorts of vital information right at your fingertips. In fact, we're dedicating one issue each month to provide a growing collection of creative and technical cheatsheets ...

Ideally, 14-bit RAW files contain 4 times more information than 12-bit RAW files in the shadows. Realistically the gain may be limited somewhat by noise, but the noise levels also improved, leaving us with more bits to use. This much dynamic ...

A Three Act Play, a bridal video short by Explorer of Light/PrintMaster Bruce Dorn. For more information about the EOS 5D Mark II camera, and the photographer continue here for the video

Tsuneji Uchida also told Reuters that Canon was aiming to cut $1 billion in costs with a new computer system to be completed by 2010 and that he was in no rush to join an acquisition spree by other cash-rich Japanese firms. The economi ...

Joaquin Alfaro Photography

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For most of you that own a DSRL, you’ll have a built in flash to help you light your subject. So why, oh why would you even bother spending your hard earned cash on another flash that goes right on top of the one you’re used to using? Isn’t i ...

Composition is the combining of distinct parts or elements to form a whole.  In photography that thought is very important in taking good pictures.  The following guidelines are just to be thought about though, ...