Most night photographers use an ultra-wide angle lens. Some use longer lenses for deep-sky astrophotography. But what about the Nifty Fifty? Nifty Fifty lens. Photo by Kenny Eliason on Unsplash. Enter the Nifty Fifty Some people describe a Nifty Fifty as approximating what we see. I’m not really sure that’s…
Photography business: Going for gold in social media
Social media channels are a space that photography businesses should be familiar with, but are they maximizing their results? In the spirit of the Olympic Games, here are some tips to get you or your business on the social media podium. Strategy This sounds obvious, but many businesses do not…
Easy Meals for Beginner Cooks Meal Plan
This website may contain affiliate links and advertising so that we can provide recipes to you. Read my disclosure policy. If you’ve ever stared into your fridge and thought, “Why does dinner feel so hard?” this is for you. Whether you’re just learning to cook or just need something easy…
A look at star trails and StarStax
My mistress, the night sky, yields more than just the Milky Way. Star trails come in a close second. There are a number of ways to capture and process for star trails. Let’s take a look. Capture method one If you are an Olympus photographer with a relatively new camera…
Aftershoot introduces the early release of AI Retouching to streamline portrait workflows
Experience AI-powered retouching for free until September 2025. Aftershoot today launched the early release of AI Retouching, a new AI tool that helps photographers apply realistic, high-quality portrait retouching directly within the platform. With its unlimited culling and editing tools already built in, Aftershoot now adds retouching to complete the…
Watch this if you love photography but hate your photos
At some point in your photography journey, you’ll feel unsatisfied about your work to some degree. Social media may or may not play a big part in it. Or, maybe you’re just not happy about your progress. You may even have the bad habit of comparing your work to others.…
grilled chicken salad with cilantro-lime dressing – smitten kitchen
What did we get up to while our kids’ time away overlapped for two weeks this summer? Did we go on vacation? Did we party every night? The truth is honestly embarrassing, so middle-aged coded, Deb of the early Smitten Kitchen years would rage and weep. [“You promised you wouldn’t…
Why image quality doesn’t always translate to quality images
Today’s photography technology has grown leaps and bounds that it has become increasingly easy to create eye-catching images. Everyone’s photos, whether taken using a smartphone or a digital camera are sharper, clearer and better exposed. However, achieving technical correctness doesn’t always equate to quality images. Travel and adventure photographer James…
Mood boards: Your portrait photography blueprint
Julie Powell is a passionate photographer and educator, running online classes and workshops for still life, macro, food and portraits, based in Melbourne, Australia. Julie is also an award-winning digital artist and photographer who has a deep passion for fine art and conceptual photography, having exhibited in galleries in Europe,…
Using Kodachrome 64 film simulation recipe for Fujifilm cameras
Looking for the next film simulation recipe to try with your Fujifilm camera? How about an iconic look from Kodak, like Kodachrome 64? Film photographers and hybrid photographers would be familiar with this legendary film stock. So it’s not surprising why a lot of photographers like Tom Juggins have been interested in…