Popular Apple Macintosh-based software Macphun has announced a name change to Skylum to coincide with the software’s transition to multiplatform status in an announcement from CEO Alex Tsepko posted to the company's website. The expansion to the Windows platform follows Macphun’s success on Apple’s...

If there is one thing that can really ruin an otherwise decent photograph, it's motion blur and while intentional motion blur has its place as a composition technique, getting by mistake is a real downer. Now, there are a lot of ways you can ensure you get crisp shots and avoid unintended motion blur,...

Ok, we all make mistakes and that is how you learn in photography, but there are a few recurring ones that, if you stick with photography, will almost certainly make you cringe in a few years time. This is a rant… about those mistakes. We’ve all made them – either from aesthetic ignorance or simply...

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Amazon, the do-it-all Acme service of the 2010’s, has introduced a radical new home-delivery concept they are calling Amazon Key. Amazon Key is part of Amazon’s VIP customer program, Amazon Prime, and will let Prime subscribers get their goods delivered directly inside of their home, along with a host...

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A value-priced, all-manual flash with a built-in radio and a real warranty? Yeah, I'm interested. Today, a first look at the new Phottix Juno. __________ An All-Manual Flash At $139.95, the Juno's price, warranty and built-in remote puts it right in the wheel house of many Strobist shooters. Whether...

Living a jet set lifestyle on a budget? Welcome to the world of social media giant Instagram, where everyone is famous and in pictures, or so it may seem. Now you too can join that crowd, if you have enough money and happen to be in Russia’s capital city, Moscow. In a bit of market savvy that is almost...

Granting app permissions is something most of us do without a second thought. But, when you really think about it, should you be blithe in allowing such access? This isn't even considering the kinds of things we all keep on our phones and I don't know about you but I don't want the world seeing my overwhelming...

Sending things through the post can always be a risky proposition if the items are valuable, like a roughly $USD 400 Tamron lens that you just sold on Ebay. But if something happens, and you get insurance, you expect everything to be handled properly. But what if that expectation is more of a vain hope? Twenty-four-old...

Portraiture can be a very rewarding skill if you get the lighting, perspective and technical details correct. But creating compelling portraits is not an easy task, but comes with practice and experimenting with different styles and techniques. Image by Nissor Here are three ebooks that will bring...

Jay Shooting with Induro Tripod, Banff National Park, Canada It’s important to clean your tripod now and then. We try to clean ours about twice a year – more often if we’ve been shooting in sand, salt water, or swamps. Grains of sand can work their way into the grooves and threads of your tripod....