Have you ever seen those awesome photos that have a blurry background? It’s a very popular effect in the photography community, and it has long been associated with expensive cameras with specialized ...

I'm sick of carrying multiple bags whenever I go on a big camping or hiking trip. Being a pro photographer, I carry several cameras and lenses with me everywhere, so I always end up with a normal ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Digital Camera World Even if you've never manually adjusted the f-stop on your lens or ...

Photographic emulsions, on film and paper, are sensitive to the amount of light falling on them, and to achieve the correct exposure that amount must be carefully controlled. Emulsions respond to the ...

Every photographer has had a moment when they wished their eye was a camera. It seems that no matter how hard we try, there are always some images and experiences that just look better through our own ...

When it comes to photo gear, there's not much to the model names for cameras—each manufacturer has its own line with relatively simple, short model numbers. But the lenses that work with ...

Q-I am a student in media production at a vocational-technical center. Could you tell me what the letter ”f” stands for in f-stops? Someone told me it stands for a Latin word. A-As far as I know, the ...

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Nick Stoppard is a fashion photographer. Only he sucks. He can't take a picture in focus and can rarely keep his subjects in frame. Yet Nick is a dreamer, believing that one day he will be great. Nick ...