The Bright Side of the Disaster

The most popular articles on the Internet always seem to be downers. Just notice how little good news there is on a typical news website. It’s mostly celebrity gossip and death. So, to radically increase the views on my articles, let me tell you about a time that things went wrong.
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Big Fuji Announcements: X-H2 Camera, 2 Lenses, & Grip

Fujifilm just announced perhaps its most anticipated camera of the year, the 40-megapixel X-H2. With 20 FPS stills, 8K video, and subject-detection autofocus, the Fuji X-H2 aims to be a serious APS-C alternative to cameras like the Nikon Z9 and Sony A1 — but for $ 2000 instead of $ 5500+. Alongside the X-H2, Fuji also announced two lenses (one for X-mount cameras like the X-H2, and one for G-mount medium format cameras) and a vertical file transmitter grip for the X-H2 and X-H2S cameras.
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Cheap Underwater Camera Setups I Recommend

What is the best cheap underwater camera setup? Today, underwater photography is more accessible than ever before, with several affordable waterproof cameras, GoPros, soft housings, and even waterproof phone cases available on the market. Unsurprisingly, the best underwater camera rigs are also the most expensive. But there are many affordable options which still produce high-quality images. In this article, I will go through some of the cheapest options that allow you to take good underwater photos.
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Please Welcome Libor Vaicenbacher to the Photography Life Team!

For many months now, we’ve worked with wildlife photographer Libor Vaicenbacher here at Photography Life, and you’ve already seen his weekly news articles and his great work on the Nikon Z9 review. Today I’m happy to welcome him as the first member of the Photography Life team to be working full-time, alongside Spencer and myself!
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London in November… Concept to Completion Workshop!

London…one of my favorite places. Wonderful friends and colleagues, and a trip that I don’t take for granted (or any trip for that matter) given the rollercoaster of the past three years. Excited to be working once again with Nikon School UK this November 24th, and introducing a brand new, two-day portrait intensive workshop. We’ll be at a terrific location in London, with terrific talent, such as the globe trotting Amber Tutton, above, in the banner photo. Wanted to offer folks a chance to experiment more with preplanning, lighting and working with models. A two-day format frees you up to experiment and then change things on the following day and have a lot more time crafting location solutions, both interior and exterior. Spots are going fast since we’ll have a small class. Registration link.

Designated as a master class, we’ll start actually before getting on location via a zoom chat session. The whole class will gather virtually for a meetup, and we’ll plan objectives, go over existing portfolios, and fully describe the intentions of the two-day master class. The broad strokes of lighting will be under discussion and put into practice, as well as the nuances and details.

A small class allows for Individual attention – the watchword of the workshop. A two-day experience gives all the participants time to edit, and then show the first day’s work at the beginning of day two. A critique session will start the second day of the workshop, and then we engage in another full day of photography. Goal is to really raise the bar on the creative and technical front, and two days allows that to happen.

I love going to the UK, it’s very special to me because it’s the place where I decided to become a photographer. I was in London as a student, photographing street fairs, kids and the like. A great beginning, in an astonishing city. I never forget that and embrace any chance I can to be there.

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