When it’s pouring rain, taking outdoor portraits is not the first thing most of us would do. But Japan-based photographer Ilko Alexandroff uses the rain to his advantage. He takes amazing backlit portraits in the rain, and they make it worth getting wet. In his latest video, he shares plenty of his gorgeous backlit rainy portraits. He will give you a tutorial on how to take them, from light position to camera settings....

Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize is a prestigious portrait photography contest. While it allows “‘portrait’ to be interpreted in its widest sense,” the rules state that the photo must involve humans. But this year, for the first time, one of the main prizes went to a portrait of a human-like robot. Finnish photographer Maija Tammi won the third place and £2,000 for a portrait of a Japanese android named Erica. And while the judges admit it breaks the rules, they decided to “expand” the rules and accept the photo....

There are quite a few Santa Tracking apps available in the Play Store, but not many of them are good. In fact, only a handful of them are worth taking a look at, and most of you probably know only one, Google’s. Well, Google’s Santa Tracking application is arguably the best one, but there are several other choices worth noting. That’s what we’re here for, to present you some other Santa Tracking app choices, in addition to Google’s option....

Bricked Pixel 7 Pro prototype revealed some new details Bricked Pixel 7 Pro prototype revealed some new details Well, one owner of such a prototype decided to provide some additional news via a Telegram group. His device has been bricked by Google, just like all the other devices that went on sale ahead of time. He did manage to pull some information from the device logs, though. Thanks to that info, now we know more about the Pixel 7 Pro display and processor....

DxO has announced DxO PureRAW, their new software to… Well, I suppose “pre-process” is the best term to describe it. It pre-processes your raw files before you load them into Lightroom, Adobe Camera Raw, Capture One or whatever raw software you happen to use. Its goal is to help improve your starting point with increased sharpness and reduced noise. DxO PureRAW is not a plugin. It’s a standalone application through which you run your raw files before your usual editing workflow....