Photography Life

This week brought what may be the biggest and most important announcement in a long time, at least from the perspective of our Photography Life team. After months of meticulous searching for the best papers, fine-tuning and calibrating the printer to perfection, and carefully preparing the online store, we’ve launched our new project, the Photography Life Print Lab. I know you m...

I remember driving through Death Valley a few years ago, talking to a couple of my friends about a project that I was working on: fine art printing with the greatest possible color reproduction. It was just going to be for my personal photos at first, but I'd hoped to offer the same service to Photography Life's readers if I managed to perfect the process one day. I'm happy to s...

Just a few years ago, it looked as though the days of compact fixed-lens cameras were numbered and that smartphones with increasingly sophisticated cameras would soon run them over. But then the 40-megapixel Fujifilm X100VI appeared and unleashed an avalanche that is still rolling down the valley today. With its retro design and advanced features, it managed to hit exactly the r...

This week, I got so lost in my archives of photographs taken with various DSLRs that I nearly succumbed to nostalgia. I even started browsing used camera gear websites to see if a nice, well-preserved Nikon D4 might pop up. But then there are moments when you ask yourself, “How on earth would I have been able to photograph this with a DSLR?” Like the super-low-light photo below,...

According to a frequently cited analysis published a few years ago, people around the world take 93 million selfies and portraits every day. Other estimates are as high as 500 to 900 million! Unsurprisingly, 85mm lenses are among the best-selling prime lenses. And, of course, every smartphone today comes with a mandatory “Portrait” mode that mimics the bokeh of classic fast lens...