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At its MAX conference in 2016, Adobe teased Project Nimbus, a new cloud-based Lightroom-style photo editor that distils complex photo editing features into simpler tools. An internal version of Project Nimbus leaked this...

Over the past two years, I’ve looked for guides and made lots of phone calls to faculty, alumni, and current students to find ways to increase the likelihood of being accepted into a top tier MFA program. Be it Yale, H...

Photographer Alessandro Barteletti had one of his photo featured on the cover of this month’s issue of National Geographic Italia. It’s a beautiful portrait of Italian astronaut Paolo Nespoli that was created thanks ...

Today is Nikon's 100th anniversary. Founded on this day in 1917 as Nippon Kogaku K.K., the Nikon Corporation has transformed from a manufacturer of precision optical glass into one of the most iconic photographic brands ...

The world is closing in on lawless drone operation, with Canada now following on from last week’s proposals by the UK. Transport Canada has proposed a draft of strict drone regulations — laws that drone company DJI i...

When was the last time you cleaned your sensor? Even with weather-sealed equipment, dust particles can eventually make their way inside your camera. Peter McKinnon runs through how to clean the sensor and lenses in this ...

Nikon turned 100 years old today. It’s a huge milestone for a company that was born back on July 25th, 1917, as an optics company based in Tokyo, Japan. One century later, the company has become one of the world’s do...

Phottix has just launched its new Premio Parabolic Umbrellas series, a replacement for its previous Para-Pro product lineup. The Premio series boasts an entirely new locking mechanism that is both simpler and stronger th...

Motorola has unveiled its 2017 flagship smartphone, the Moto Z2. Unsurprisingly the design is quite similar to the original Moto Z and comes with electronic contacts on the back, allowing for the attachment of Motorola's...

The monocentric lens (fore), Lytro Illum (center), and a conventional lens with similar FOV and resolution (back). Photo courtesy of Stanford Computational Imaging Lab Stanford University has unveiled a new 4D camera cre...

What makes a good tripod? This 5-minute video from Kai Wong looks at the ins and outs of a photographer’s three-legged friend. In his typical charismatic fashion, Kai makes a seemingly boring topic of tripods light up...

Hi everyone, Ahead of the coming busy season, we’re looking for a few new faces to add to our news team here at the Phoblographer. We’re looking specifically for freelancers based in a time zone ahead of our home bas...

Last year, Leica teamed with Chinese company Huawei to co-engineer the dual-lens camera found on the back of the Huawei P9 smartphone. That may be just the start of Leica's phone dabbling, though, based on comments made ...

We've spent some time with the new Rokinon 35mm f2.8 for Sony E mount cameras and are liking it in many ways.Rokinon's glass has long been underrated in the industry and they're somewhat overshadowed by the likes of Sigm...

Today, Motorola is working to reinvent themselves as a company and to start the initiative, they're launching the new Motorola Moto Z Force phone with compatibility for the Moto Mods that are apparently making the phones...

A sow and her cub walk across a log on a small creek in Yukon, Canada, searching for salmon. Photo © Peter Mather Wildlife and nature photographer Peter Mather had been photographing this creek in Yukon, Canada for year...

As years go by, it's easy to accrue an army of battery-powered devices that all require their own chargers, cables, and sockets to plug them into. The new Crank Juice Box is a versatile lightweight power bank that aims t...

Popular YouTube channel TastyTuts, which specializes in graphic design and digital art tutorials, has published a free course titled 'The Complete Beginner's Guide to Adobe Photoshop.' As the name suggests, this course t...

Nikon today officially confirmed the follow-up to the D810 by announcing the development of the D850 (referred to as the D820 in earlier rumors). It will be a “next generation full-frame, high-resolution, high-speed”...

Nikon today launched an exclusive content series in celebration of its 100th anniversary.

A new iOS app called Explorest wants to help photographers find new locations to shoot. The company behind Explorest describes the app as a database of photo locations, ones submitted by local photographers who get a cut...