I remember a thought I read years ago: “A scar is a tattoo with a better story.” Photographer Sophie Mayanne has created a wonderful personal project that reminded me of this thought. Her models are people with different types of scars, and they share the incredible stories behind them. These beautiful portraits, along with many sincere stories, create a project that won’t leave you indifferent. [Editor’s note: some photos contain nudity and/or graphic content, so viewer discretion is advised]...

TTArtisan has announced its manual focus 40mm f/2.8 Macro lens for APS-C mirrorless and Micro Four Thirds. Despite being an APS-C lens and only manual focus, there’s no EF-M or APS-C Z mount for this one (not yet anyway, although I hear EF-M might be on the way), just Fuji X and APS-C Sony E mounts. The lens offers a minimum focus distance of 17mm with 1:1 magnification. Update: October 25th – It’s now available in Nikon Z flavour....

Coronavirus has hit all of us, but artists and creators are among those who were hit really hard. UK Government decided to hit them even harder in a marketing campaign that completely devaluates their jobs. Not only does it mock artists, but it also uses free photos found on Unsplash, So, it’s no wonder that it faced a strong backlash and it was soon taken down. Choreographer and director Sir Matthew Bourne tweeted one of the campaign photos and wrote: “This has to be a joke?...

Often relegated to the realms of architectural, product photography and the occasional bit of timelapse, tilt-shift lenses aren’t typically found in a portrait photographer’s bag. But if “portrait photographer” describes you, then should you consider getting one? Eric Floberg things so, and regularly uses his Canon TS-E 45mm f/2.8 to create more interesting and unusual portraits on location. Tilt-shift lenses, as the name suggests, have two functions that make them different to normal lenses....

Advertisements 1. Body Shape and Angle 1. Body Shape and Angle With both men and women we are at our widest if we stand dead straight on to the camera so to avoid looking larger than we are simply angling the body slightly so it’s more of a side profile and then bring your face back to the camera. This is such a simple technique that can really make a huge difference not only in full sun or shade but if used during a window-lit portrait session combined with your in camera crop you can actually highlight areas of the body you want to draw the viewer attention to....