Not all of us are seeing snow just yet, and some of us won’t see it at all this year, but in a number of places it’s already started to show up in the environment. This video from landscape photographer Andy Mumford brings us 7 tips for shooting beautiful wintery landscapes Minimalism – A snow-covered scene presents unique opportunities for minimalism due to the mostly white landscapeTexture – Look for textures caused by the wind and patterns in the snowUse bad weather – Bad weather with dull soft light can add a lot of drama to your sceneExpose to the right – Snow is very bright, your camera may want to underexpose it to 18% greyLook after your batteries – Battery life decreases as batteries get cold – keep spares warm to swap regularlyKeep your hands warm – If you can’t feel your fingers you’re not going to make great imagesStay Warm – If you’re cold, you’re going to be miserable, it can ruin your trip and make you ill...

Early last week, 7Artisans teased a couple of new lenses on Chinese social media. Now, one of those lenses has been announced. It was initially assumed that this was going to be a lens designed for drones, due to the DJI Inspire in the background of the teaser photo, but it’s actually designed for use with APS-C (Sony E, Fuji X, Canon EF-M but no Nikon Z, apparently) and Micro Four Thirds cameras....

With all the talk of potential 8K Sony cameras recently, there have been a lot of cries of “Overkill!”, “Way too much”, “We’ll never need that!”. On the other hand, Japanese broadcaster NHK just launched the world’s first 8K TV channel. And it kicked off with Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey. Despite the fact that virtually nobody even has an 8K TV, the BBC reports that NHK have been developing what they call “Super-hi vision” since 1995....

Advertisements Regina made the pinhole camera in 2012, near the end of her MA in Fine Arts at the University of Hertfordshire. She used an aluminum beer can, some duct tape, and placed and light-sensitive photo paper inside. She attached her camera to one of the telescope domes at the university’s Bayfordbury Observatory. After exactly eight years and one month, the observatory’s Principal Technical officer David Campbell removed it from the dome, and the project was successful....

In 1993, while working in television, I taught select groups from our audiences to use small digital video (DV) cameras to tell their own personal stories for self-shot TV series. In 2007, the advent of the iPhone was another game-changer. It became apparent, at least to me, that mobile technology, like DV cameras, would redefine the way we produced TV, even the way we did investigative video journalism. It was a lightbulb moment....