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The instax mini Link+ is a small shift in how you move from a screen to a physical print, and it’s aimed at the moments when a phone image feels too disposable. If you care about handing someone a real Instax Mini print at an event, or building a wall of tiny proof prints from a shoot, the tradeoffs in this printer are worth knowing before you buy.  [Read More] Original link(Originally posted by Alex Cooke)

Your iPhone is a powerful creative tool—but the right apps can take your photos even further. In this week’s new class, Susan Sammon shares her favorite iPhone photography apps for transforming everyday images into polished, creative results. Rather than overwhelming you with endless options, she focuses on a curated set of “one-trick” apps—each designed to do one specific thing exceptionally well. You’ll learn how to enhance reflections, blur backgrounds, remove distractions, and apply artistic filters with ease. Susan also shows how combining these apps gives you greater creative control and a smoother editing workflow, helping you bring your photographic vision to life directly from your phone. If you want to elevate your mobile photo editing without making it complicated, this class...

AI in photo editing went from thrilling to unsettling to flat in a short window. If editing speed, legal risk, and long-term control over your work matter, this shift affects how much you can trust the tools you use every day.  [Read More] Original link(Originally posted by Alex Cooke)

The L-Mount Alliance was first unveiled at Photokina 2018. It was positioned as a long-term ecosystem play—one that harmonized multiple brands and prioritized system longevity over short-term competition. For years, the alliance remained relatively compact, dominated mainly by lens options that often leaned toward the premium end of the market, produced by brands that pioneered the alliance, such as Leica, Panasonic, and Sigma.   [Read More] Original linkOriginal author: Zhen Siang Yang

A 50mm lens can cost $50 or it can cost over $2,000, and both can take photos you’d happily keep. The real question is what you’re paying for when the focal length stays the same, and whether any of it changes what you can shoot tomorrow.  [Read More] Original link(Originally posted by Alex Cooke)

A fisheye zoom is one of those tools that can either sit untouched for years or quietly become the reason your images look nothing like everyone else’s. The question isn’t whether distortion is “good,” it’s whether you can control it when the shot has real constraints like space, speed, and framing.  [Read More] Original linkOriginal author: Alex Cooke

Canon just dropped a new ultra wide prime that aims straight at night skies, tight interiors, and fast-moving video, and the price puts it in serious territory. If you’ve been waiting for a 14mm that doesn’t feel like a special-purpose brick, this one raises a few questions worth watching play out.  [Read More] Original link(Originally posted by Alex Cooke)

We tend to mistake technological adaptation for professional maturity. As cameras grow more “helpful,” they quietly relocate our attention from seeing to supervision. We stop making decisions and start managing a system.  Here, I do not look at a camera as an instrument, a set of specifications, or a lifestyle object. To me, a camera is a working environment. It is a space that shapes attention and assigns responsibility. [Read More] Original linkOriginal author: Alvin Greis

Big landscape scenes fall apart fast if the foreground, light, and framing are not controlled together. When you’re working near water and mountains at sunrise, small choices decide whether the scene feels intentional or scattered.  [Read More] Original link(Originally posted by Alex Cooke)

Valentine’s Day photos tend to bring out the same problem over and over: hands feel useless, bodies feel stiff, and everything starts to feel forced. The video focuses on simple couples poses that reduce that awkwardness, whether you’re working with a pro camera setup or just a phone.  [Read More] Original link(Originally posted by Alex Cooke)

There's a particular joy in slinging a mirrorless camera over your shoulder and realizing it barely tugs at the strap. That feeling multiplies when you glance down and see the lens sitting almost flush with the body, transforming what should be a serious photographic tool into something that looks more like an oversized point-and-shoot. Welcome to the world of pancake lenses, where compactness isn't a compromise but a deliberate design philosophy.  [Read More] Original link(Originally posted by Alex Cooke)

Canon cameras ship with defaults that look fine but quietly work against you in real shooting. Change a few early settings and you get more honest exposure previews, cleaner files, and fewer missed shots without buying anything new.  [Read More] Original link(Originally posted by Alex Cooke)

The post Prompt: RAW Vs EDITS appeared first on Digital Photography School. It was authored by Sime. A quick challenge for you! Think of a photograph you’ve taken that you edited, that you loved the final result, and go find that edited photo and post it, and the original (export the raw before edits) and either share in the comments on this post, or share them in our facebook group… Join and share in the dPS FB Group HERE Here’s my original… Here’s my edit… Can you spot all the changes? Join and share in the dPS FB Group HERE Bonus question! Leave a comment…. what are you using for editing your photographs? The post Prompt: RAW Vs EDITS appeared first...

Strong photographs of trees rarely come from technique alone. They come from paying attention to what happened in that place before you arrived, and from staying long enough to feel it rather than smoothing it over.  [Read More] Original link(Originally posted by Alex Cooke)

Gear comes and goes, but a few pieces end up shaping most of your best work. This video lays out five lenses he says he will not sell, then hints at a pattern between one specific lens and his strongest images.  [Read More] Original linkOriginal author: Alex Cooke

The head of the tripod that you use can greatly affect your efficiency in shooting, which can indirectly affect your creative output. Geared heads often seem too complicated and cumbersome, but this one from Leofoto might be worth a try.  [Read More] Original link(Originally posted by Nicco Valenzuela)

You can get a striking, modern poster look in Photoshop without fancy plug-ins, but only if you stop guessing and start building the effect in a logical order. The video focuses on a specific recipe: a clean silhouette, controlled motion blur, and color that behaves like light instead of paint.  [Read More] Original linkOriginal author: Alex Cooke

Chasing that painted look usually breaks down in post or gets derailed by gimmicks, especially when you’re trying to balance mood with detail in Lightroom and Photoshop. The video focuses on a handful of choices that change the feel fast, without wrecking the file or turning everything into mush.  [Read More] Original link(Originally posted by Alex Cooke)

Being a landscape photographer usually consists of a set routine: check the weather apps, check PhotoPills, arrive an hour before golden hour to find your compositions, and shoot until the end of blue hour.  [Read More] Original linkOriginal author: Neil Arthurs

You can hustle for more bookings and still feel broke, especially when every job expands to fill your calendar. This video is about raising your Average Booking Price (ABP) so the same number of shoots can pay like a real business instead of a grind.  [Read More] Original link(Originally posted by Alex Cooke)