[embedded content] 360-degree VR photography and videography is really starting to pick up steam in the media world, and while some people are eager to write it off as a novelty, it is capable of some truly interesting things. Recently, the New York Times tapped noted climbing photographer and Natio...

Knowledge is power and a great thing to brag about to your friends on the inte et. We're giving all your photography enthusiasts a chance to do just that. This is the first edition of the Pop Quiz with eight questions spa ing a variety of photographic topics from technical to historical. We're going...

Today's Photo of the Day was captured by Geoff Coelhou200e at Bass Harbor Head Light in Acadia National Park with a Nikon D750 at 1/250 sec, f/7.1 and ISO 400. "I arrived before sunrise. It was wet and misty. As the sun began to clear the horizon, the clouds began to break and I was able to get a fe...

You can mount an action camera to pretty much anything, including your pet, but Polaroid has created an official shot glass mount for the Cube to encourage maximum shenanigans. There doesn’t seem to be any sample footage available on the Polaroid site, but this isn’t the firs time someone has though...

[embedded content] Even if you’re not big on landscape photography, the genius of Ansel Adams is undeniable. This 20-minute documentary provides a rather fascinating look into how he worked and even what gear he was using way back in the late ‘50s. You even get a look into his notebook that he used ...

Color can be both a great friend and a tremendous enemy for a photographer. Sometimes you get amazing colorful backdrops that make your subjects pop and other times a guy in a red hat creates an impossibly distracting blob in your photo of an otherwise aesthetically-pleasing scene. But there’s one c...

Many people know DxO for their camera testing procedures, which we use here at Popular Photography as part of our test lab. But, DxO has long been making a high-quality image editing program called OpticsPro and today they’re upgrading it to version 11. One of the big draws for OpticsPro has been th...

Gear A substantial upgrade comes to this spherical 360 VR camera The 360fly panoramic virtual reality camera adds 4K video and a heap of new features to its arsenal…

There are so many places in Japan to photograph cherry blossoms, it can be difficult to know where to start. My personal recommendation would be Shinjuku Gyoen, in the heart of Tokyo, where I took this image. With a hundreds of blossoms and lots of space, it's a fantastic spot to take in the scenery...

[embedded content] Being able to straighten an image in Photoshop has always been pretty handy, especially for people like me who aren’t very good at holding a camera straight. Rotating the image, however, has always meant having to go to a tighter crop, which can leave objects cut off or too close ...

Olympus has been a leader in the traditional rugged compact market for some time, but with the new TG-Tracker the company hopes to appeal to action cam fans. Waterproof down to 100 feet, dustproof, shockproof for falls up to seven feet, and able to operate in temperatures down to 14 degrees Fahrenhe...

[embedded content] Some of the best YouTube cha els are dedicated to one specific and entertaining thing. The Hydraulic Press Cha el has absolutely nailed this concept, dedicating every video to crushing random objects with a piece of heavy industrial machinery. In the latest video, the hydraulic pr...

Often, when a camera company reaches a milestone, it will release a limited edition camera to celebrate. Hasselblad did just that for its 50th a iversary in 1998, issuing 500 limited 503CW Gold Supreme cameras, one of which has been customized and is now up for sale on eBay with a Buy It Now price o...

Filling a gap in its DSLR-heavy lineup, Rokinon has been producing manual-focus lenses for interchangeable-lens compacts (ILCs). The company’s new wide-angle 21mm f/1.4 ED AS UMC ships in Canon M, Fujifilm X, Micro Four Thirds, and Sony E-mount (APS-C-format) variations, for $499, street. As with mo...

Dubrovnik's imposing fortress overlooks the Adriatic Sea from Croatia’s rocky coast, and Mentor Series participant Carolyn T. Davis remembers the view well. As she walked this famously walled city, she stopped to look behind her and admire the view again. While the architecture was heart-stopping, c...

[embedded content] As photographers, we have a ton of complex and specific knowledge. And while video capture seems so similar to our precious still photography, it has seemingly infinite new things to lea about, including our old friend bitrate. This clever video by Tom Scott gives a quick explanat...

The battery-powered monolight scene is getting to be a pretty crowded one, so companies need to do something to really stand out. Broncolor appears to have chosen the raw power route, offering the Siros L monolights in a standard 400 Ws option as well as a powerful 800 Ws model. The form factor clos...

By now, most of us have seen photographs of tons of famous paintings, so we feel like we have “experienced” them. But, experiencing a painting up close reveals so many incredible details like textures and brush strokes that don’t translate from a typical photograph, especially if you’re the average ...

By now, you’re probably familiar with Ona’s emphasis on stylish camera bags and its latest release, The Madison, is one of their best-looking yet. The bag itself is actually built a lot like a large purse, with a shower, firmer strap to each side of the central opening. The bag is made from “rich sa...

As you walk through a local garage sale, your eyes bounce from a pile of ugly jackets, to a bin full of well-wo romance novels, to a toaster oven that’s missing a knob. Then, you get a little shot of adrenaline as you notice the brightly-colored patte of a vintage camera strap sticking out of a leat...