Feeling Stuck? Here's How to Jumpstart Your Creativity in Photography
Have you felt burned out? Stuck? Lacked motivation? Had a fear of failure or felt silly? I will discuss several approaches for creating opportunities for creativity to flourish. You never know, but for some, this might be one of the most influential photography articles they ever read.
7 Travel Items That Make Life on the Road Easier With a Camera
You stand at the baggage carousel for an hour, the belt stops, and your suitcase is nowhere in sight. When your camera, laptop, and a week of unbacked files are part of that trip, the small things you pack around your gear decide whether a bad travel day turns into a lost shoot.
Lighting Chrome Golf Clubs Is Harder Than It Looks
Polished golf clubs reflect everything around them, so a light that flatters one club can leave the one beside it flat and glaring. Shiny, curved metal is one of the hardest subjects to light, and the decisions that solve it carry over to watches, jewelry, cutlery, and anything else with a chrome finish.
Black And White Back Alley Photo Wins 'Photo Of The Week'
A black and white street photograph titled 'Back Alley Blues', shot by PeterDavidson, has won our 'Photo of the Week' (POTW) award.
The low angle works well, with a crushed can and other litter close to the camera and a man walking at the far end of the narrow alley. The brick walls add depth, and the black and white treatment brings out the textures of the brickwork and ground. The timing and composition are excellent, making this a very good example of street photography.
Every Photo of the Week (POTW) winner will be rewarded with a Samsung 128GB PRO Plus microSDXC memory card with SD adapter, providing top-tier storage for all your creative needs across multiple devices. But that's not all! In January 2027, we'll crown our 2026 Photo of the Year winner, who will take home the ultimate prize of a Samsung Portable 1TB SSD T7 Shield, courtesy of Samsung. See the terms & conditions and prize procedure for more information.
It’s time to shoot, submit, and showcase your best work for a chance to win these incredible rewards! Want to be our next POTW winner? Just upload an image to our gallery where you'll also find all of our past POTW winners.
Is the Lumix S 20mm f/2.5 Worth $498 if You Already Own the 20-60mm?
Panasonic's new Lumix S 20mm f/2.5 is a tiny full frame prime for L-mount bodies, and it shares its focal length with the kit zoom that ships with a lot of Lumix cameras. That overlap, plus a $498 price, puts real pressure on what a dedicated 20mm prime has to deliver.
Have Cameras Finally Peaked in 2026?
Every new camera announcement still promises a reason to upgrade, yet plenty of people are shooting the same bodies they bought years ago and feel no pull to move on. If you shoot landscapes or buildings on a hobby budget, whether new gear still earns its price decides how you spend the next few thousand dollars.
Learn How To Improve Your Landscapes Instantly With Mood
How To Capture Mood In Your Images
To capture dark and dramatic mood successfully, be prepared to wait for breaks in the weather, sometimes you just have to sit out the rainy spells – in the car if you're lucky; but when the weather breaks you can be rewarded with a few minutes really exciting lighting.
When the light does come, be prepared to work quickly. Good lighting doesn't wait for the photographer, and often its over just as quickly as it arrived, so think in advance whether you are going to need a graduated ND filter, or if you need to bracket the shot to put together an HDR (High Dynamic Range) picture. Don't wait for the light before considering that you need a filter or need to bracket exposures to cope with the contrast range, as when the light's gone – it's gone. Checking your histogram after the event to find that your exposure is wrong it's too late – you can't bring it back.
For misty, early morning moody images, again the weather forecast is an essential pre-planner – there is no point sleeping in to find that you've just missed a delicate, moody sunrise. Similarly, there is little point getting up early to find the weather isn't ideal.
The key to capturing mood is to pick the right day and location – as is all landscape photography, but the real secret is to be fully prepared for when the "mood" arrives.
The Strange Story of the Kodak Disc, the Worst Camera Kodak Ever Shipped
In 1982, Kodak sold roughly 8 million disc cameras in a single year, and its president told shareholders the disc system would be "the new engine that will drive this industry forward." Inside those flat little bodies sat a genuine engineering triumph, including the first mass-produced molded glass aspheric lens element the camera industry had ever seen. It still became one of the quietest disasters in the company's history, and the small negative everyone blames was only part of the reason.
Night Photography: Turn Everyday Places Into Art
We have all driven past the same location a hundred times during the day and never once pulled over to reach for the camera: the gas station, the empty parking lots, a small business on Main Street. Travel through there at night, and these locations stop us in our tracks. Daylight documents a place; night light transforms it. Same place, different photograph.
What Separates a $2,500 Wedding Photographer From a $25,000 One?
A $2,500 wedding photographer and a $25,000 one are separated by a tenfold price gap, and most people assume that tracks a tenfold gap in talent. If you want to raise your rates at any level, from $500 to $2,000 or well beyond, knowing what that gap is actually made of tells you where to spend your effort.
Why Raising the Blacks Can Make a Lightroom Sunset Glow
Sunset photos often come out of the camera with crushed shadows and a sky that looks cooler than the moment felt. Lightroom can fix both, and how you lift the dark areas decides whether the scene ends up soft and glowing or just muddy.
Photoshop, Capture One, or Evoto: Which Handles Blemishes Best?
Photoshop, Capture One, and Evoto can now all remove blemishes with a slider, so the first pass of portrait skin cleanup no longer has to happen one spot at a time. Which one you trust on a client's face comes down to how each app decides what counts as a blemish and how much real skin it leaves alone.
How to Tell a Beauty Dish From a Softbox Just by Looking at the Photo
Every portrait carries evidence of how it was lit, from the edge of the shadow under the chin to the bright spot on the tip of the nose, and once you can read that evidence, you can tell a beauty dish from a softbox without ever seeing the set. That skill turns any image you admire into a lighting diagram you can rebuild in your own studio, garage, or spare room.
How To Ensure Your Zoom Compact Shots Are Sharp
The zoom lengths on compact cameras keep growing and even though this makes more photographic subjects accessible to compact users, it does bring one problem and that's camera shake.
Manufacturers do install modes and features to help combat the issue, such as the shake reduction, but there are still a number of things that you can do to ensure your images are sharp every time.
1. Use A Support
When you think of a camera that sits on a tripod your first thoughts will probably be of a DSLR but just because you're using a camera with a body much smaller than a DSLR doesn't mean you shouldn't use a support. This can be a tripod, monopod, something smaller such as a Gorilla Pod or even a beanbag.
2. Use Your Camera's Self-Timer
Even when you're using a support the small action of pressing the shutter button can still move the camera slightly and cause shake. As a result, when shooting a static subject you can use your camera's self-timer function so there's a delay between you pressing the shutter button and the exposure beginning.
As longer shutter speeds mean the camera has to be held still for longer periods of time, shake can be a problem, particularly when working hand-held. To increase the shutter speed you can switch to a higher ISO but do take care when increasing ISOs as noise will be introduced at some levels. Where possible, try to stay below ISO400. If long shutter speeds are a must, always use a support as working without one will just result in shake spoiling your shots.
As images can be previewed on the built-in LCD screens available on compact cameras it means that shots can be checked for sharpness before leaving the location you're shooting in. However, it's not always that easy to tell if a shot is sharp by just checking the screen so if your camera has the option, it's always worth using the zoom magnifier when previewing to get a closer look at the shot.
You can slightly sharpen images in various pieces of editing software but don't overdo it as the shot won't look right. Boosting the contrast a little can help as well, but again don't go too mad with it. There are ways to reduce noise, too if high noise is a problem.
How the Bayer Filter Works, and Why Your Camera Sensor Is Colorblind
Every photosite on your camera's sensor is colorblind. A 61-megapixel full frame sensor is a grid of roughly 61 million tiny light meters, and each one reports a single number: how much light it collected during the exposure. It records the brightness and nothing about the color. Left alone, your sensor would only ever hand you a grayscale image.
Datacolor Expands SpyderPro with Deep Calibration Mode for Ultimate Color Accuracy
Datacolor continues to invest in the ongoing development and enhancement of its SpyderPro software. Following the major feature upgrade introduced last year, its flagship display calibration solution now receives another significant enhancement: Deep Calibration mode. This new technology delivers an even higher level of color accuracy and elevates display calibration to a standard previously associated primarily with professional reference and proofing solutions.
In November of last year, Datacolor introduced the largest software update in SpyderPro's history. Key additions included 3D LUT export for calibrating external video monitors, support for modern display technologies such as OLED, QD-OLED, Mini-LED, and Apple XDR displays, the introduction of Device Preview Plus for simulating content appearance on smartphones, tablets, printers, and other output devices, as well as the integration of Content Credentials to increase transparency in digital content.
With the introduction of Deep Calibration, Datacolor takes the next important step forward in display calibration technology.
A New Standard for Color Accuracy
SpyderPro's existing Standard Calibration already delivers outstanding color accuracy, achieving an average Delta E00 of 1.26. A Delta E value between 1 and 2 is widely recognized throughout professional image editing, photography, and graphic design as the benchmark for color-critical applications.
The new Deep Calibration mode improves this result to an average Delta E00 of 0.83. This enables SpyderPro to surpass the Delta E00 1.0 threshold, below which color differences become virtually imperceptible to the human eye. Such performance is typically associated with high-end reference displays and professional proofing workflows.
How Does Deep Calibration Work?
The new calibration mode utilizes a significantly higher number of measurement points across the entire grayscale range. This allows color deviations to be detected and corrected with much greater precision.
Key benefits include:
- Improved red-green neutrality
- Reduced blue-yellow color casts
- Higher white point accuracy
- Enhanced grayscale precision
- Cleaner shadow detail
- A more comprehensive calibration report
In extensive comparison tests across a wide variety of displays, including OLED, Mini-LED, XDR, and traditional LED-LCD monitors on both Windows and macOS systems, Deep Calibration delivered measurable improvements on every display tested. On average, grayscale accuracy improved by 30%, while some displays achieved improvements of more than 50%.
Speed or Maximum Precision? The Choice Is Yours.
With the introduction of Deep Calibration, SpyderPro now offers two calibration modes designed to meet different workflow requirements.
Standard Calibration
- Professional color accuracy
- Average Delta E00 of 1.26
- Fast calibration process
Deep Calibration
- Advanced measurement methodology with significantly more measurement points
- Average Delta E00 of 0.83
- Approximately 30% higher accuracy
Users can now choose whether they prefer to achieve excellent calibration results quickly or require the highest possible level of color precision for the most demanding workflows.
Free Upgrade for Existing SpyderPro Customers
The new Deep Calibration mode is provided free of charge to existing SpyderPro owners as part of the latest software upgrade. Users of Spyder, SpyderX, or SpyderExpress can upgrade to SpyderPro via the Datacolor website and take advantage of these advanced calibration capabilities.
With the introduction of Deep Calibration, Datacolor once again demonstrates its commitment to continuously enhancing its products and delivering meaningful value to customers long after purchase through powerful software updates. For photographers, videographers, content creators, designers, and prepress professionals, this new feature unlocks a level of color precision that until now has only been achievable with significantly more expensive reference-grade solutions.
About Datacolor
Datacolor, a global leader in color management solutions, provides software, instruments, and services that ensure the accurate reproduction of colors in materials, products, and images. Leading brands, manufacturers, and creative professionals around the world have trusted Datacolor's innovative solutions for more than 50 years to consistently achieve the right color. The company provides sales, service, and support in more than 100 countries throughout Europe, the Americas, and Asia. For more information, visit www.datacolor.com.
Best Video Recovery Software for Mac: 5 Picks for 2026
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macOS 27 Golden Gate has just arrived in September, but recovery software has not moved at the same pace. If camera footage, project clips or exported videos disappear from a Mac or memory card, these five tools cover very different recovery jobs — from simple deleted-file scans to fragmented camera video and unfamiliar file formats.
Losing video is rarely a small problem. A single deleted MOV may contain an entire interview, while one formatted SD card can wipe out a day's shoot. The best video recovery software for Mac should therefore do more than find files: it needs to work with current Macs, recognise common camera storage, preview results where possible and give you a safe way to recover to another drive.
macOS 27 Has Changed the Mac Recovery Picture
Apple released macOS 27 Golden Gate on 14 September 2026. Golden Gate is available only for Macs with Apple silicon, while Intel Macs remain on earlier macOS versions. That means older utilities need a closer compatibility check before you depend on them.
There is another change worth knowing about. Apple's macOS 27 release notes say that if Rosetta was already installed, it is not automatically restored after the upgrade. Rosetta itself is still available, but an older Intel-only utility may not launch until the translation layer is installed again. That is relevant to free tools such as PhotoRec, whose official macOS download is still offered as an Intel 64-bit build.
For MacBook data recovery, the storage device matters just as much as the operating system. Deleted footage on an SD card or external hard drive may still be recoverable if its blocks have not been overwritten. Deleted data on an internal Mac SSD is a harder case because TRIM can make those blocks unavailable to recovery software.
Before You Install Any Recovery Software
Recovery software cannot undo new data written over the old footage. Before choosing an app, stop using the storage device that held the missing video. If it is a memory card, remove it from the camera. If it is an external drive, disconnect it until you are ready to scan.
On a Mac, check Trash and any backup before starting a full recovery scan. Videos managed through Photos may also have another copy in iCloud or another synced library. If Time Machine was enabled, check the relevant backup or local snapshot. If the file is no longer available through any of those routes, this guide to recover permanently deleted videos covers the broader options across Mac and other devices.
Avoid installing the recovery app onto the same drive that contained the missing files, and never save recovered footage back to that source during the first pass. Both actions create new writes. For a failing or unstable drive, a byte-for-byte image or clone is preferable because it lets you work from a copy rather than repeatedly reading the original hardware.
If the footage came from a camera card, there is no need to repeat every SD-card recovery step here. ePHOTOzine already has a dedicated guide on how to recover deleted videos from SD card.
How We Chose These Mac Video Recovery Tools
We compared current Mac recovery tools on the things that decide whether footage comes back, rather than on feature-list length: product documentation, Mac compatibility, free-tier limits, video-specific features, disk-imaging options, file-system support and pricing.
Video recovery also needs a slightly different test from ordinary document recovery. Large camera files are often fragmented, so finding a MOV or MP4 signature is not always enough to rebuild a playable clip. Preview matters, as does the ability to work from an image when the source drive is questionable. And for photographers using newer cameras, support for an unusual file type can matter more than the total number of formats printed on a product page.
For a wider comparison beyond video, this current round-up of mac recovery software covers more general Mac data-loss scenarios.
Best Video Recovery Software for Mac: Five Picks
Tool Best For Latest macOs publicly listed Free recovery Starting paid price Disk Drill 6 Camera, drone and fragmented video macOS 27 Golden Gate Scan, preview and protected-file recovery; standard deleted-file recovery requires PRO $89/year PhotoRec Completely free signature-based recovery macOS 27 via Homebrew; official Mac download is Intel 64-bit Unlimited Free R-Studio for Mac Advanced scans, disk images and complex storage macOS 26 Tahoe on current download/help pages Demo has recovery limits $79.99 DMDE Low-cost recovery and disk imaging Not stated by version Up to 4,000 files from one selected directory per request $20/year Data Rescue 6 Unusual or unsupported file types Mac version available; check current OS compatibility before use Up to 1 GB for new users $79 for 30 days
1. Disk Drill 6 — Best for Camera and Drone Footage
Disk Drill 6 is the most video-focused general recovery app in this group. CleverFiles lists full support for macOS 27 Golden Gate, and the Mac version works on current Apple silicon hardware. Its normal scan can recover deleted files from APFS, HFS+, exFAT, FAT and other file systems, but the more relevant feature for ePHOTOzine readers is Advanced Camera Recovery.
That mode is designed for video recorded by cameras, drones and action cameras, where a large clip may be split across non-contiguous areas of a memory card. Instead of treating the file as one simple block, the software attempts to reconstruct the fragmented recording. That is particularly useful when a conventional raw scan finds an MP4 or MOV but produces a file that will not play correctly.
Disk Drill also lets you create a disk image of a memory card or drive before scanning it, so you can work from a copy rather than repeatedly accessing the original storage device. On Mac, the free edition can scan and preview recoverable files, and it can restore data protected in advance by its recovery-protection features. The important catch is that recovery of ordinary unprotected deleted files requires PRO on macOS.
Ideal for: photographers and videographers recovering footage from SD cards, action cameras and drones, especially when fragmented video is a concern.
Platforms and pricing: Mac and Windows. On Mac, scanning and preview are free; full recovery of standard lost files requires a paid licence.
2. PhotoRec — Best Free Option
PhotoRec is the answer if the budget is zero. It is open-source, has no recovery-volume limit and uses file signatures rather than depending on a healthy file system. That makes it useful when a card has been reformatted or its directory information is badly damaged.
The trade-off is usability. PhotoRec runs in a text-based interface, and signature recovery does not normally preserve the original filenames or folder structure. A card with hundreds of clips can therefore come back as a large collection of generically named files that you need to inspect afterwards. There is also no polished preview workflow comparable with the commercial apps above.
macOS 27 adds a compatibility wrinkle: CGSecurity's current 7.3-WIP Mac download is labelled Intel 64-bit, although the page notes that M1 Macs can run it. On Apple silicon, the cleaner route is Homebrew: brew install testdisk installs PhotoRec and TestDisk, and Homebrew currently provides a Golden Gate bottle for Apple silicon. This makes PhotoRec a viable free Mac video recovery option on the newest OS without relying on the vendor's Intel archive.
Ideal for: technically comfortable users who need free video recovery software for Mac with no recovery-size cap.
Platforms and pricing: macOS, Windows and Linux. Free and open-source.
3. R-Studio for Mac — Best for Advanced Recovery
R-Studio is less friendly than Disk Drill, but it gives experienced users far more control over how a scan is performed. The Mac edition supports APFS, HFS+, HFSX, exFAT, NTFS and several Linux and Unix file systems, and it can work with disk images, damaged partitions and RAID layouts. For a mixed studio environment, that breadth can be useful.
Its raw-file search can also be extended with user-defined known file types, which helps when a standard signature database does not cover a format you need. That said, this is still general-purpose Mac data recovery software rather than a dedicated camera-video reconstruction tool. If the main problem is a fragmented action-camera clip, a specialised camera mode may be the better first attempt.
Compatibility deserves a note this year. R-Studio's current download page and system-requirements documentation list macOS 26 Tahoe, while its main product information has not yet been fully updated to macOS 27 Golden Gate. The application is a native Apple Silicon build, so this looks like a documentation lag rather than a technical barrier — but if you have already upgraded, run the demo before you buy.
Ideal for: advanced users dealing with disk images, complex partitions, RAID or several file systems rather than one straightforward deleted clip.
Platforms and pricing: separate Mac, Windows and Linux editions. R-Studio for Mac starts at $79.99 for a permanent licence.
4. DMDE — Best Low-Cost Recovery Option
DMDE sits in an unusual place between free recovery utilities and expensive professional software. Its interface is dense, but the free edition is much less restrictive than many commercial trials: it can recover up to 4,000 files from one selected directory per request, and DMDE says there is no limit on how many times you repeat that operation.
For video work, that can be enough when a card contains one shoot folder and you only need a manageable set of clips. DMDE supports APFS, HFS+, exFAT and FAT among other file systems, offers raw signature recovery, and includes free disk-imaging and cloning tools. That last feature is useful when you want to preserve a card or questionable external drive before experimenting with scans.
The catch is the interface. DMDE exposes low-level disk and partition tools alongside recovery functions, so if you are not sure what an option does, do not randomly click it. Express is $20 for one year and Standard is $48 for a perpetual licence. For users comparing low-cost data recovery software for Mac, it offers more actual free recovery than most scan-only trials.
Ideal for: users who want a capable free tier, disk imaging and low-cost paid recovery, and do not mind a technical interface.
Platforms and pricing: macOS, Windows, Linux and DOS. Free edition available; paid options start at $20.
5. Data Rescue 6 — Best for Unusual Camera File Types
Data Rescue 6 earns its place for a FileIQ feature. If Deep Scan does not recognise a particular file type, FileIQ can analyse several healthy samples of that same type and look for a repeatable pattern that Data Rescue can use as a custom file module. The documentation recommends at least three sample files.
That can be useful with less common camera outputs, proprietary containers or a new workflow that is not yet in a recovery tool's built-in signature database. It is not magic — FileIQ does not work with every file type, and a learned signature cannot restore data that has already been overwritten — but it gives you another route when the problem is recognition rather than the storage device itself.
Data Rescue also includes a clone workflow, which fits the safer approach of working from a copy when the source drive is unstable. Its current Mac pricing gives new users up to 1 GB of recovery for free. The Standard licence is $79 and provides unlimited recovery for 30 days, while the Professional tier is sold annually.
Ideal for: photographers dealing with an unsupported or unusual file type for which they can provide healthy sample files from the same camera workflow.
Platforms and pricing: Mac and Windows versions are available. New Mac users can recover up to 1 GB free; Standard costs $79 for 30 days of unlimited recovery.
What "Free Video Recovery for Mac" Really Means
The word “free” is unusually slippery in this category. Some apps are free to download but charge before they write a recovered file to disk. Others let you restore a small amount of data, which may be fine for documents but almost useless for a 4K video clip.
PhotoRec is the clearest example of genuinely free Mac video recovery: there is no paid edition and no recovery-size cap. The cost is time and convenience. You work in a text interface and may lose original names and folder structure.
DMDE takes a different approach. Its free edition limits each recovery request to 4,000 files from the active directory rather than imposing a small gigabyte allowance. For a memory card with a few hundred clips, that can be surprisingly practical.
Data Rescue 6 gives new users up to 1 GB, which is enough to test the recovery path or retrieve shorter clips but can disappear quickly with high-bitrate footage. Disk Drill's free Mac edition is strongest as a diagnostic tool for unprotected deleted files: scan, filter and preview first, then decide whether the files are worth paying to restore. R-Studio also offers a demo, but its restrictions make it more useful for evaluating what the software can see than for recovering a full video archive.
So if you are searching for Mac video recovery software free of charge, look past the download button. The useful question is how much data the app will actually write back, whether preview is available before payment, and whether the free tool can handle the file system and camera format involved.
Why a Recovered Video Sometimes Won't Play
Finding the filename is only half the job. Video files are large, and cameras often write them across multiple areas of a card as recording continues. A basic raw recovery scan may recognise the beginning of an MP4 or MOV but fail to rebuild every fragment in the correct order. The result can have a plausible filename and file size yet still refuse to open, freeze after a few seconds or show damaged frames.
This is why trying another recovery engine can make sense. Different tools reconstruct files differently, and a camera-specific recovery mode may succeed where simple signature carving does not. If the source card is valuable, create an image first and run those experiments against the image rather than repeatedly scanning the physical card.
There is also a point where recovery ends and repair begins. If recovery itself worked but the MOV or MP4 still will not open, an open-source tool untrunc can use a healthy reference clip — ideally from the same camera — to rebuild parts of the damaged container. On macOS it is more technical than the five apps above and may need to be built with Homebrew dependencies, so it is not a general recovery pick. But it is a useful free option when the file exists and the remaining problem is playback rather than deletion.
When Mac Video Recovery Software Won't Help
There are two cases where continuing to scan is usually the wrong move.
The first is permanent deletion from an internal Mac SSD. Modern SSDs use TRIM to tell the drive which blocks are no longer needed. Once those blocks have been cleared or made unavailable, a recovery app cannot recreate the original video from nothing. Backups and local snapshots become much more important in that scenario. The same issue appears repeatedly in a recent Mac recovery discussion, where users point back to Time Machine, local snapshots and the limits imposed by TRIM. The thread is anecdotal rather than formal documentation, but the practical lesson is sound: internal SSD recovery is not the same as undeleting a file from an SD card.
The second is physical failure. If a hard drive clicks, repeatedly disconnects, disappears from Disk Utility, becomes unusually hot or produces severe read errors, repeated DIY scans can put more stress on it. If the footage is important enough to justify professional recovery, stop using the device and get the hardware assessed before it deteriorates further.
Which Mac Video Recovery Tool Should You Try First?
It depends on where the footage was and what you are willing to spend.
Deleted clips on an SD card or from a camera or drone: start with Disk Drill, which handles fragmented footage best of the five. No budget at all: PhotoRec, accepting the Terminal and the lost filenames. Somewhere in between, with a real free allowance: DMDE. Reformatted volumes, RAID or a drive you need to image first: R-Studio. A file type nothing seems to recognise: Data Rescue 6 and FileIQ.
And if the loss was on your Mac's internal SSD, check your backups and snapshots before you run a single scan.
What Happens When You Let Photoshop's AI Assisted Editor Edit Your Milky Way Photos? More Than You'd Expect
You write a prompt. Adobe edits your photo accordingly. The AI Assisted Editor, released August 31, 2026, as part of Photoshop 27.10, lets you edit images simply by describing what you want in plain English. Just type what you want, and the AI figures it out. You'll find out what happened when I let it loose on my Milky Way photos.
Is There Such a Thing as Bad Light in Street Photography?
Golden hour and blue hour can make almost any street corner look like a finished photograph, and that polish can hide whether anything is actually happening in the frame. If most of your keepers come from warm evening light or city glow after sunset, the gray months ahead are a good test of what you can find without that help.
Can Sigma's 50-120mm f/2.8 Replace Fujifilm's Pricey Telephoto Zoom?
If you shoot APS-C and want a bright telephoto zoom, your options have been thin, and on most mounts they haven't existed at all. Sigma's new 50-120mm f/2.8 arrives for Fujifilm X, Sony E, and Canon RF at a size and price that make it a realistic addition to a small kit.
