Should The Media Use Official Portraits When Reporting Misconduct

Two police officers in Georgia were fired after videos showing them brutally beating a motorist spread like a wildfire on social media. A criminal investigation has been initiated over their conduct, and photos of the two officers have emerged in the media. The official police portraits from the Gwinnett County Police paint a radically different personae than the actions of Sgt. Michael Bongiovanni and Officer Robert McDonald caught on video. The smiling faces of civil servants in uniform posing in front of the American flag create a cognitive dissonance in light of the assault....

May 26, 2023 · 3 min · 475 words · Brandi Harrell

Sunburn Won T Be A Problem For Your Photos This Summer With This Quick Photoshop Technique

Summer’s here, and with it comes sunburn and redness. This redness becomes particularly obvious in photographs. Sometimes, if it’s photographs of our friends, we’ll leave them looking like a lobster so we can make fun of them. But often it’s a client, or other subject that we actually want to be pleased with the way they look in the photograph. Nathaniel Dodson of Tutvid is here with a very quick technique to help reduce or even completely remove the redness from such photographs....

May 26, 2023 · 2 min · 421 words · Bill Howard

The 47 3 Megapixel Leica Sl2 Is Now Official And It Shoots 10 Bit 5K Video

Rumours of the Leica SL2 have been out for a while now. We saw photos and a list of specs leaked two months ago. But now, Leica has officially announced the Leica SL2; A 47.3-megapixel full-frame L mount mirrorless camera capable of shooting stills at up to 20fps, 4K video at 60fps, and 1080p HD slow motion at up to 180fps. The Leica SL2 shows some significant upgrades over its predecessor, the original Leica SL....

May 26, 2023 · 3 min · 450 words · Katelyn Mann

The Megapixel Count How Much Does It Really Matter

If you remember the beginnings of digital photography, then you probably remember that it was all about the megapixel count. Today, the market still offers us cameras with 10 MP, but there are those with 50 – 100MP, too. And how much does it really matter? In this video from B&H, David Flores discusses how important the megapixel count really is, and why there can be some advantages even to lower-resolution cameras....

May 26, 2023 · 3 min · 474 words · Debra Ortiz

The Truth About Photography Gear 9 Things You Need To Know

But there’s always a fair amount of BS circulating. There are opinions masquerading as fact. We’re constantly told to buy new gear… while also hearing that gear doesn’t matter. So I’ve decided to lay out the truth about camera gear as I see it: 1) Don’t Trust Camera Reviewers… and Not Just Because of Affiliate Links and Free Trips to Hawaii 1) Don’t Trust Camera Reviewers… and Not Just Because of Affiliate Links and Free Trips to Hawaii...

May 26, 2023 · 8 min · 1599 words · Susan Smith
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