Portrait Photography for Beginners: Settings, Lenses, and Posing Basics The fastest way to make better portraits is not to buy a flash, a softbox, and three light stands. It is to learn to see and shape the light you already have. Natural light is free, it is forgiving once you understand it, and it teaches you the fundamentals that... Published on 2026-07-02 As Seen On Fstoppers By Alex Cooke The countdown begins: DPReview's new website goes live next week Back in April, we shared some big news: for the first time since DPReview went live in 1998, we've been rebuilding the entire site from the ground up. This isn't just a cosmetic update or a new coat of paint, but a rebuilding of the entire codebase and migration to... Published on 2026-07-02 As Seen On DP Review Artemis II’s Nikon Z9 Was Way More Important for Science Than Expected Researchers at Tokyo City University just published a new paper in The Astrophysical Journal Letters based on photos the Artemis II astronauts captured in space during their lunar flyby using the Nikon Z9. The researchers analyzed the solar corona images captured by the Artemis II astronauts, yielding new insights into... Published on 2026-07-02 As Seen On Peta Pixel By Jeremy Gray Astronaut Captures Dazzling Aurora Dancing Above Earth ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot (@soph_astro) was recently treated to incredible, dazzling aurora displays in space while aboard the International Space Station (ISS). While Adenot and the ESA shared photos last month, Adenot just shared an incredible video of auroras from space on social media today. [Read More]... Published on 2026-07-02 As Seen On Peta Pixel By Jeremy Gray Insta360 CEO’s Dream Camera Is One You Won’t Even Think About At All Hot on the heels of Insta360's Luna and Luna Ultra launching, Insta360's founder JK Liu explained his long-term ambitions for cameras, namely that users will forget they even exist. [Read More]... Published on 2026-07-02 As Seen On Peta Pixel By Jeremy Gray Leica Was Never Really About Cameras Before anything else gets misread, I want to make one thing clear. [Read More]... Published on 2026-07-02 As Seen On Fstoppers By Alex Coghe Six Ways to Make Any Camera More Fun to Shoot With Choosing a camera is rarely just about specs. A camera can cost over $6,000, autofocus everything in front of it, shoot at 30 frames per second with pre-capture, and still leave you feeling completely disconnected from your own images. [Read More]... Published on 2026-07-02 As Seen On Fstoppers By Alex Cooke The Mira Dial Is a Physical Device Built to Keep You Productive and On-Task Staying focused is hard. Mira Dial is a new physical dial that promises to lock all of a user's screens to keep them on task, ensuring they get their photo and video editing and business management work done faster, leaving more time to do the things they actually want to... Published on 2026-07-02 As Seen On Peta Pixel By Jeremy Gray Chasing Golden Hour: Soft Light That Elevates Every Shot There are maybe 20 minutes in a day when the world looks like a painting. The sun hangs just above the horizon, light stretches long and lazy across every surface, and everything, a leaf, a face, a stretch of empty road, glows from within. Photographers call it golden hour photography.... Published on 2026-07-02 As Seen On 500 Pixels By 500px Blog Meet the bird photographer whose go-to camera is the Nikon P950 When you use DPReview links to buy products, the site may earn a commission. Rainbow Lorikeet eating a fig Nikon Coolpix P950 | 714mm (2000mm equiv.) | F6.5 | 1/400 sec | ISO 450Photo: Kathie Thomas Community member, Kathie Thomas, loves birds. She greatly enjoys getting that shot that shows... Published on 2026-07-02 As Seen On DP Review 7Artisans’ Affordable AF 135mm f/1.8 Prime Arrives on Full-Frame E- and L-Mount Cameras In May, 7Artisans announced the Max AF 135mm f/1.8 full-frame portrait prime, but only for Nikon Z mount. Now Sony E-mount and L-Mount cameras are getting some love. [Read More]... Published on 2026-07-02 As Seen On Peta Pixel By Jeremy Gray Shooting Street Photography in Heavy Rain Shooting street photography in the rain sounds miserable until you see what it actually produces. Hong Kong in a full thunderstorm gives you reflections, umbrellas, chaotic traffic, and strangers too focused on staying dry to notice a camera in their face. [Read More]... Published on 2026-07-02 As Seen On Fstoppers By Alex Cooke The DJI Pocket 4P’s Sensor Is So Good, Footage Looks Nearly Identical to Full Frame’s Best While the DJI Osmo Pocket 4P has only been officially unveiled in China, PetaPixel has been testing the device ahead of embargo and can exclusively share some key details about the dual-lens gimbal camera, including its brand-new, cutting-edge LOFIC image sensor. [Read More]... Published on 2026-07-02 As Seen On Peta Pixel By Jeremy Gray Why Capture One is Finally Supporting Hasselblad, and What It Means for Phocus After many years of requests, Capture One has finally added support for Hasselblad .3RF RAW images. While support is limited to Hasselblad's 100-megapixel medium-format cameras for now, this is a massive shift for Capture One that addresses years of user requests. [Read More]... Published on 2026-07-02 As Seen On Peta Pixel By Jeremy Gray Hasselblad Files Now Open Natively in Capture One For years, the workflow gap between Hasselblad and Capture One was one of those quietly frustrating facts of professional life. If you shot medium format on a Hasselblad but preferred to edit in Capture One, you were stuck converting your raw files first, and every conversion chipped away at the... Published on 2026-07-02 As Seen On Fstoppers By Alex Cooke Capture One Now Supports Hasselblad Photos, With Tethering Coming Soon Capture One and Hasselblad have announced a partnership, finally bringing the two brands together after years of division. Starting with Capture One version 16.8.3, photographers can now import, organize, and develop Hasselblad RAW files (.3FR) directly in Capture One. [Read More]... Published on 2026-07-02 As Seen On Peta Pixel By Jaron Schneider Two industry titans have buried the hatchet Image: Capture One / Hasselblad Capture One and Hasselblad are partnering up: a new update is adding support for editing Raw files from some of the camera-maker's medium format models. At launch, Capture One will support Raw files from the X2D II 100C, the X2D 100C and the CFV 100C... Published on 2026-07-02 As Seen On DP Review A $35 Film Camera Went to Maui. Here's What Came Back. Shooting a rocket launch at 1:30 a.m. from Morro Bay, photographing a trip to Maui with a $35 underwater film camera, and spending a week with a Lotus Emira press car on a dry lake bed: Willem Verbeeck packed a lot into the last couple of months, and this video... Published on 2026-07-02 As Seen On Fstoppers By Alex Cooke Review Of The New T1 Cinema Lens: The Zhongyi Zone T1 Today I'll have a look at an exciting new lens option for filmmakers, the Zhongyi Zone T1 cinema lens. [Read More]... Published on 2026-07-02 As Seen On Fstoppers By Christopher Malcolm DJI Upcoming Products Late 2026: Air 4, Avata 3 and More DJI has already delivered an impressive wave of its product announcements globally till July 2026, but now what next? In this article, we are going to discuss the next set of announcements from DJI. Yes, we do know that DJI is facing some limitations and bans in the United States... Published on 2026-07-02 As Seen On The New Camera By admin The Experience of Shooting Daily Life on Film Shooting film and actually sitting down to review what you got are two very different experiences, and watching someone do it honestly, including the frames that didn't quite land, is one of the more useful things you can find on camera YouTube right now. [Read More]... Published on 2026-07-02 As Seen On Fstoppers By Alex Cooke Manfrotto’s ‘Uncover’ Bag Series Is Unabashedly Gen Z Focused Manfrotto has announced the Uncover bag series, which it refers to as a range of carry solutions designed for creators and urban travelers whose daily routines are in constant motion between work, content creation, and weekend trips. [Read More]... Published on 2026-07-01 As Seen On Peta Pixel By Jaron Schneider Bracketing Explained: Exposure, Focus, and White Balance Most photographers meet bracketing exactly once, in a tutorial about high dynamic range landscapes, and walk away thinking it means "shoot three exposures and merge them." That is one kind of bracketing. There may be two more sitting in your camera's menu right now, and most people never touch them. ... Published on 2026-07-01 As Seen On Fstoppers By Alex Cooke Sigma 200mm f/2 vs. Nikon 200mm f/2 AF-S: The Heavyweight Championship There are lenses that photographers buy because they need them, and there are lenses photographers buy because they can't stop thinking about them.The 200mm f/2 sits firmly in the latter category. [Read More]... Published on 2026-07-01 As Seen On Fstoppers By CS Muncy Apple Brings New Masking Tools to Final Cut Pro Amid Creator Studio Update Apple has introduced a series of new updates to Apple Creator Studio, the collection of creative apps the company unveiled earlier this year. [Read More]... Published on 2026-07-01 As Seen On Peta Pixel By Jeremy Gray Flickr x BWP Photographer Spotlight with Aeysa Nixon-Bright Flickr: Can you introduce yourself and share a little bit about your background as a photographer? Aeysa: I am Aeysa Nixon-Bright, and I’m a photographer born and raised in the Hampton Roads area of Virginia, also known as the 757. My journey with photography began early, with seeds planted by... Published on 2026-07-01 As Seen On Flickr By MacKenzie Joslin Godox Made a WEIRD Camera and Adobe Buys Topaz | The PetaPixel Podcast This week on The PetaPixel Podcast, Godox became a camera manufacturer with the introduction of the C100, a very weird, screen-less point and shoot camera. Also, Adobe acquired Topaz, Samyang finished its "holy trinity," and Nikon did something it has never done before. [Read More]... Published on 2026-07-01 As Seen On Peta Pixel By Jaron Schneider Sony FX5 has three base ISO and X-OCN internal RAW Three sources confirmed the Sony FX5 has a triple base ISO which is a first on Sony cameras. It also records internal RAW. Sony FX5 specs summary: Open Gate 5k 3:2 Triple Base ISO X-OCN internal RAW announcement second half of July Hope to soon get the sensor specs as... Published on 2026-07-01 As Seen On Sony Camera By SonyAlpha Admin Baby Hitler Photo Makes It Into Middle School Yearbook A New Jersey middle school has recalled its yearbook after a photo of Adolf Hitler snuck into the student baby photos section. [Read More]... Published on 2026-07-01 As Seen On Peta Pixel By Matt Growcoot Reflx Lab’s New Experimental Film Turns the World Into a Red and Orange Hellscape Reflx Lab, makers of analog film and camera accessories like light meters, has launched a new experimental color film, Diablo 100 redscale film. [Read More]... Published on 2026-07-01 As Seen On Peta Pixel By Jeremy Gray Lightroom Classic Tips That Actually Change How Your Photos Look Three Lightroom Classic editing tricks can quietly transform a photo from flat to finished. These are the kind of layered, mask-based techniques that separate a polished edit from one that just looks "processed." [Read More]... Published on 2026-07-01 As Seen On Fstoppers By Alex Cooke Delkin Valor Pro CFe Memory Card Is Assembled in the US and Looks Like It Delkin has announced the Valor Pro CFexpress Type B memory card, a 1TB capacity high-speed option that is designed, assembled, and tested in the United States and is emblazoned with the American flag. [Read More]... Published on 2026-07-01 As Seen On Peta Pixel By Jaron Schneider Annie Leibovitz Criticized for Using the Mexico Filter Perhaps no photographer in the world gets their work critiqued quite like Annie Leibovitz, and yesterday's Instagram post showing images from her latest exhibition was no exception. [Read More]... Published on 2026-07-01 As Seen On Peta Pixel By Matt Growcoot Getty Plans to Terminate Shutterstock Merger Because of UK Regulations Just over four months after a UK watchdog raised concerns about the merger between US photo agencies Getty Images and Shutterstock, Getty Images announced plans to terminate the $3.7 billion merger agreement. [Read More]... Published on 2026-07-01 As Seen On Peta Pixel By Jeremy Gray Big Canon Rumors July 2026: DS126973 Registration Explained – Canon R8 II, R10 II, or PowerShot? Canon is about to announce two new cameras in 2026, and now it has been confirmed with the latest registration of another entry-level model. The model code is DS126973 (registered June 2, 2026) and the earlier DS126947. Based on the initial investigation of both registered cameras, we have found that... 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