It looks like Nikon isn’t the only one dropping long-overdue new glass today. Photos and bits of info have been leaked over the last few days and now, as expected, it’s Panasonic’s turn. Yup, today, Panasonic has officially announced their new Lumix S 50mm f/1.8 full-frame lens for L mount. Coming in at around $450, this isn’t an inexpensive lens, given that it’s “just” a 50mm f/1.8 lens. With Canon & Sony still floating around at $200-250 for their 50mm f/1....

Advertisements Surreal composites brought Saad many prestigious awards. However, back in February, Photo Stealers reported about similarities between her work and images found all over the web. It turned out that Saad used images from other artists, including stock photos, which violated the rules of the contest she had won. After this was revealed, major organizations started revoking the awards, re-awarding them to other photographers. Wedding and Portrait Photographers International (WPPI) was the first....

Many wildlife photographers like to travel to photograph animals they can’t see in their home country. But Roie Galitz likes to push it a bit further. From the Arctic to Antarctica, Roie has traveled to the remote corners of the Earth to bring us photos of animals we rarely get to see. Roie was born in Israel, but he is currently based in New York City. He has been exploring and documenting our planet’s wildlife and nature for over a decade....

There is a persistent scam going around that is so pervasive, that you might think everyone has heard about it, and is immune to it. Yet, I often enough see this come up as a question in a Facebook group – where a photographer is unsure if an enquiry is a scam. Most often they are. This is how these advance-fee scams work, and how photographers are scammed: The scammer will overpay you, and you have to pay the difference to another vendor, whether the florist or model, or whatever....

I am amazed by the ideas creatives have come up with to keep shooting in isolation. Some have turned to self-portraits, some to macro photography experiments, some to online photo shoots, and so on. There are also those who have turned to video games, and when you think about it – it’s a perfect strategy if you shoot street photography. During quarantine, streets from video games have become the place where some folks take their photos, and to be honest – they look darn amazing!...