Advertisements The Nature Photographer of the Year competition is an initiative of Nature Talks. This year’s contest received record-breaking 19,547 entries, coming from over 95 countries all over the globe. Photographers sent their images for 12 categories, plus the special category Fred Hazelhoff portfolio award. The overall winner, as well as the Mammals category winner, is Roberto Marchegiani. He took his stunning image, titled Jurassic Park, in Nakuru National Park, Kenya....

We seem to have gone from “The megapixal wars” to “The K wars” since video started to become more popular in DSLRs and mirrorless cameras. Even the D850 was promoted as an “8K” camera for shooting timelapse, and now we’re starting to see more and more video cameras with a native 8K resolution. And we’ve seen 12K timelapse from the Phase One XF IQ3 100MP. Well, move aside, because filmmaker Martin Lisius has now created Prairie Wind, a 16K HDR timelapse....

Famous travel bloggers and Instagram influencers have hundreds of thousands, even millions of followers. But Argentinian travel blogger Tupi Saravia seems to even have the same clouds following her on her travels. She was recently called out for posting photos from different locations – but most of them having the exact same clouds. Social-media industry commentator Matt Navarra recently tweeted a few of Saravia’s photos side-by-side, writing “This travel ‘influencer’ spookily has the same clouds in every photo....

Landscape photography, especially when you’re having to travel any kind of distance, requires some planning. You need to make sure that you pack what you need, but not so much that you can’t manage carrying it with you all day. In this video from British landscape photographer Thomas Heaton, we’re given some advice and suggestions on how to plan, pack, and prepare for such a journey, as he gets ready for a trip to the Alps....

In a statement posted to their website, New Jersey-based lighting company, DynaLite, founded in 1970 has closed its doors and filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy. They say that they find it “difficult to remain competitive” and have decided to close the company. Unlike when Bowens filed for bankruptcy, DynaLite isn’t blaming the innovations by its competitors for its downfall, instead placing the blame squarely at the feet of “the current decline in the photography market”....