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"I absolutely love a pano," remarks photographer Thomas Heaton in the introduction to a recent video. "You know what I love more than a pano? A film pano," he continues. The video below is part love letter to panoramic film photography and part review of Noble Design's new 6x17 and 6x12 lightweight film cameras. The ND...
Long exposure images can be a bit tricky to capture. Panoramas? They're even more challenging. What if you want to combine the two photographic techniques to create long exposure panorama photos? Photographer Attilio Ruffo is here to help with his latest video.
Long exposure photography is a great way to capture...
There are times when a wide-angle lens can't capture the full image you envision. This is when a panorama image can save the day. Just what is a panorama? It's an image comprised of multiple images that have been stitched together. By combining multiple images, you can create a final photo that is wider and includes more...
Capture One is working on adding a pair of highly requested features to its flagship photo editing software. After a long wait, Capture One is receiving HDR merging and panorama stitching tools.
When added, the two tools, which have long been available in competing software like Adobe Lightroom, will make Capture One a...
Last week, we kicked off this new weekly series, 'In Other News.' The series highlights interesting stories from around the photo world. This week, Adorama has a new contest with a great prize package. Nikon might be in trouble. Joe Biden's official photographer gives a great interview. Facebook improves its photo...
Just outside of El Chalten in Patagonia, photographer Thomas Heaton wanted to capture a panorama of a beautiful mountain range. In the video below, we go behind the scenes with Heaton as he sets up his shot and captures the necessary images for a stitched panorama.
The first step is ensuring that your tripod is level....
Canon Explorer of Light Joel Grimes recently shot a portrait session with the new mirrorless Canon EOS R camera and adapted Canon tilt-shift lenses. In the video below, we get to go behind the scenes with Grimes as he shoots beauty portraits with the camera and processes photos for printing.
Grimes opted to use the...
When shooting with a wide-angle lens, what you gain in field of view, you often lose in background blur. However, photographer Ryan Brenizer popularized a panoramic stitching technique which allowed you to produce a final image with a wide field of view and a shallow depth of field, a very distinct look. You can read...
While on a trip to the Faroe Islands, photographer Nigel Danson had an equipment malfunction with his wide-angle lens. As a landscape photographer, it's an oft-used lens, so what was Danson to do?
To replicate the field of view of his broken wide-angle lens, Danson utilized a simple and elegant solution, shooting...
Photographer Nick Carver utilizes many different types of cameras in his work, including both analog and digital cameras. Based in California, Carver recently came across an "unmaintained" liquor store in Santa Barbara County, California, and returned to photograph it with his Polaroid SX-70 and then later with a...
In addition to being able to greatly reduce distortion, tilt-shift lenses are also excellent for capturing images to stitch together into panoramas. Photographer Adam Karnacz headed into the British Lake District to capture panorama images with Canon's 24mm TS-E Mark II lens.
To create a panorama with a TS-E lens,...
Photographer Mike Ver Sprill is an experienced photographer who has dubbed himself “Milky Way Mike.” If his nickname doesn’t give it away, he specializes in night sky photography. If you have ever wanted to make a beautiful night sky panorama featuring the Milky Way, Milky Way Mike’s latest video tutorial is perfect for...
Scott Kelby of KelbyOne wants to help you create better HDR panoramas in Adobe Lightroom. Of course, you need to make sure that you have good files to work with in Lightroom if you want to get good final results. When shooting images for an HDR panorama, you want to use your camera in a bracketed exposure mode. Scott...
If you have never used a tilt-shift lens, it can be confusing to understand how they work. Lens Pro To Go has made a video detailing different available tilt-shift lenses and how they are used.
One of the appeals of a tilt-shift lens is how its tilt function allows you to shoot in a distinct way. Traditional lenses...
Mathieu Stern, a photographer we typically feature for his videos of unusual and "cheap" lenses, has made a new video covering how to use the Brenizer Method photographic technique for wildlife photography. Sometimes referred to as "Bokeh Panorama," the method involves stitching together images taken with a fast lens,...
Hahnemühle recently announced new panoramic format photographic papers. These come in 8.27" x 23.386" size sheets (21 x 59.4 cm), enabling straightforward printing of panoramic images. With a width of only 8.27", these papers will be compatible with many fine art printers.
Two fine art papers will be available in this...
At this years Google I/O conference, the company unveiled Jump, a new platform designed to standardize the processing and sharing of fully immersive virtual reality video. During the demonstrations, Google showed off Odyssey, a ridiculous rig designed in collaboration with GoPro that can record full 360º video using sixteen vertically-mounted GoPro...
Adobe Unveils Lightroom CC: Speed Boost, RAW HDR and Pano, Face Finding, and More
Adobe has announced the release of its latest version of Adobe Lightroom. This time around, they’ve split the exact same program into two different iterations, one for its subscription-based Creative Cloud service and a standalone...
Panoramas have become all but automated in the world of digital photography and ‘dry’ darkrooms. Thanks to Photoshop, it’s easier than ever to import a batch of images and have an automated script spit out an almost-perfect panorama.
There are times though when Photoshop doesn’t get the entire job done, or there are a...
Last July, you may remember, we told you about a new entry in the 360-degree video market, Florida-based VSN.Mobil. The company's first imaging product is the V.360, an unusual camera that uses contoured mirrors to capture a 360-degree view of the world around it. Now, that product has officially hit the market with an...