MasterClass has announced the launch of a new course from master photographer Annie Leibovitz. The course is composed of 14 video lessons from Leibovitz herself, as well as a workbook with things like lesson recaps, resources and assignments. As part of the MasterClass, Leibovitz will offer office hours via video and participate in Q&A with students.
This is the first time Leibovitz has offered an online course, which is priced at $90 for just the course itself or under an all-access pass for all MasterClass courses at $180/year. Class lessons include topics like "Working With Light," "Portrait Photography," "Working With Your Subject," and "Creating Concepts," among others.
The MasterClass introductory lesson will introduce students to Leibovitz and her more than 40 years as a photographer. Over the course of her career, Leibovitz has established herself as one of the world's most iconic photographers, her work having appeared in many notable publications, including Rolling Stone and Vanity. She has received numerous honors throughout her career, including a Library of Congress "Living Legend" designation, an International Center of Photography Lifetime Achievement Award, and more.
More information about the Annie Leibovitz MasterClass is available here.
My family in NYC are friends with Annie Leibovitz & her family. I took photography classes in High school & College both film & digital. I love taking photos with my cameras My ma bought me her class as a gift. After completing her class I was disappointed in the class. I felt she could have taught me things like the way she used the light, how she used the shutter speed in her photos and other camera things. I felt it was just her bragging/name dropping & telling stories. If I was new to photography and just got a camera her Class it wouldn't t help me learn anything nor inspire me to want to be a photographer. Some of the best at any talent job or skill may not be good at teaching. Because you know how to do something or do it well doesn't mean you are cut out to teach.
I have watched now eight of the fourteen classes. It strikes me that this is more of a documentary (admittedly, a good one), rather than a "course", or "class". I can understand why people start asking for their money back. Do understand those that say this is not about the basics of photography, but sometimes it is interesting to revisit those, and see how a "master" interprets the fundamentals, let alone show the workflow, etc. Did a yearly subscription because I am equally interested in the film/writing classes for story-telling purposes, but cannot feel but being disappointed by this one. Had expected more.
I've admired Annie's work for many years. I can't see how anyone wouldn't learn something from a masterclass from her. No matter how much we think we know, there is always something to learn from watching the best photographers at work.
I'm not really sure if there would be anything useful from her classes, but if you young and have the cash then do it. See if you can extra credit if you're at art school from a prof. I've been around for 20+ years shooting professionally and I thought here work was inspiring when I has in school and a photographers assistant and when I went out on my own. But after a while I just felt her work was bla or dull or her style was just played out. The are always students and others shooting trying to mimic her style just to learn, which is good in the long run to create your own style and creative process. When I was an assistant, a photog I worked for worked for her as an assistant. He told me she works with three assistants; 1st assistant held the stobe, 2nd assistant loaded film/timed Polaroids/hand her gear while shooting the subject, and 3rd assistant did everything thing else.
Annie got her start at Rolling Stone Magazine which I read weekly when I was younger. Her work was exemplary as some of her work is still admired after all these years. She learned on the job after being a street photographer. I will always admire her early work as that is when I was most exposed to it. I do believe there is something to be gained by her teachings. Happy Holidays to all you readers!
This course is mostly the "why" in her process and a description in detail what her entire process actually is. It's an advanced photography course for people who are past learning about cameras, lenses, lights, processing, composition, etc. After that, what people are interested in are learning about is the creative process for specific successful artists. People take these kinds of courses so they can pick up on her non-conventional routine, that you're not doing but she does, that makes her creatively unique/better. And if you're looking for this, you will definitely appreciate every morsel of detail that she is generously revealing.
But for people who are still learning the technical aspects of photography, it might come off as romanticized storytelling for details you might not have built the acuity to see yet. If you are looking for how she lights a particular shot, what gear she uses, and what shutter speed/aperture to use, there are better videos on YouTube for it.
I haven't really paid much attention to Annie Leibovitz since the 80s, but back then she was controversial then for how little actual technical knowledge she possessed, looks like almost 40 years later she's still a great photographer and still lacks any desire to learn any technical aspects of her craft, and it still hasn't hurt her.
Abrasive Reducer... She lost a good portion of her money because it wasn't yet legal for her and Susan Sontag to marry. Sontag split Her rather large (>$50m (mostly properties around New York state. Not much cash. That double brownstone in the village with the studio was 8mil that turned into income because they weren't "married")) estate between Leibowitz & her son. The slash & burn that occurred was to cover estate taxes on things she & her partner already owned (married ppl get that $$$/property tax free). Had Sontag been a man, none of the drama would have gone down. I'm definitely not crying for millionaires. But it's pretty crappy that she was practically wiped out because of discrimination & not by "being dumb about money". Though the stories about how she spent on shoots are CRAZY...
@AbrasiveReducer I wonder how that is going? I read of the financial arrangements that were made & the conditions reported sounded so onerous. I have conversations with a certain family member about dotting the i & crossing the t & being compliant with certain obligations. "Other people think differently to you" Ok sink in it & it has but gets bailed out. One does not need to look as rich & famous as you clients, have seen it before & end in tears.Love her work & it just doesn't happen she has imagination & talent obviously.
If you learn one thing that helps you make better portraits or a better way of working, it’s a bargain that will pay for itself many times over.
I have known working photographers, myself included, and advanced amateur photographers to pay much, much more and get far less value for the time and money invested.
Leibovitz is a very talented and successful photographer, I loved her seminal work for Rolling Stone. Being famous for who she photographs, rather than how she photographs, seems to be her particular niche these days. That's not to say she doesn't have a lot to offer students, but I'd be a lot more interested in learning her secrets for gaining such access to celebrities than in mastering her lighting techniques.
As for myself, I think it’s mostly just works really, really hard at what she does, that she’s had really strong mentors, and she is prepared to exploit the breaks she gets.
Artistic success and fame can be funny things, sometimes it's just being at the right place at the right time. Leibovitz's serendipitous personal relationship with Jann Wenner at an early age probably had a lot more to do with her easy access to the many famous people she captured on film than her photographic talent. Woody Allen observed, "80% of life is showing up." Obviously, Leibovitz "showed up" and made the most of her opportunities.
This is to class A, there are one or two lessons in her course that are awesome; one about the evolution of a photographer and one about those who influenced her. Those two are worth the money a hundred times over. This a a class for people who are interested in the process and the philosophy of being and becoming a photog. You will learn nothing about equipment, the technical aspects of photography and lighting, save take a camera with a 35mm prime lens and work with it and learn how to see. She is now an older person and shows you the processes she went through to be what she is as a photographer.
Annie is one of my favourite photographers. I was lucky enough to shoot her first assistants (Yorkshire boy) sisters wedding a few years ago. The Video is interesting and worth a looking at 6/10
"...I'm not a technical photographer...." ..please erase from your memory the next scene where she is sitting down with her personal photoshop-wizzard, requesting to photoshop natural light into the image.
So this is basically just a an advertisement for a Kick-me-in-the -a$$-starter project to bail out an aging photographer who cannot manage her money... Maybe DPReview needs to write articles of merit rather than push ads down our throats.
This is not a starter project at all and if you knew the details of why she had the financial problems she had, you would be ashamed to write what you wrote! This is a class for people who are way beyond the starter stage and are interested in the process of becoming a good photographer.
Learn how to rent equipment, hire an army of assistants, contract the best in hair/make-up/styling and adhere to the wants of the art director representing the client -- and press the shutter release. And then send the file off to 'post'. But for $90 -- it's a bargain. How much was tuition at Trump University? Can't wait to learn how to be an architect from Frank Gehry. Inspiration without perspiration.
You don't understand her history and work. Whether you think she is talented or not, she has experience and worthwhile things to share if you have interest in photography.
When she was starting out and shooting for Rolling Stone Magazine her photography was unique. It is not unique anymore. She is trying to get on the internet course bandwagon. Picasso would not be able to teach you how to paint like Picasso. Spend you money on a real photo course.
@MyReality Hogwash. Annie has developed a singular style that is instantly recognizable. If there are photographers doing similar work they copied her. Her early work for Rolling Stone was that of a young photographer who was in the process of finding her own way of seeing. Annie's primary skill in those days was her ability to gain the trust of her subjects and get access that most of us would die for these days. She continues to have the trust of celebrities, which is why she is able to get them to go along with her portrait ideas.
@lightandprayer - I might add that the masters (painters) of the past would be impressed. She puts every classic technique into it and the results speak for themselves.
Wow, didn't think people like her would tap into the market. But I must say that I believe she has lots to teach. Although much of the stuff she does needs giant budgets to begin with so it'd be hard to pick up.
Lots of negative comments as per usual. Personally I think she is a great Photographer and probably has a lot to teach others. Really don't understand the negative comments.
It would be interesting see a comparison between Annie's work and the work of the esteemed DPR forum poster.
Most of the comments are referring to her reason for doing the course (who cares?), the fact she uses expensive professional gear (obviously) and her personal financial situation (who cares?).
If someone has purchased the course and objectively comments or reviews the contents of it, then that's fair enough.
A lot of the comments are in no way referring to the course contents and have bitter undertones of jealously.
Richsnaps, this website is flooded with unsolicited comments on threads like this, relating to a very specific topic (in this case the AL course) by people who have absolutely no knowledge of the subject itself. If you want to understand the negative comments, then watch the course. If you are not prepared to do so, then perhaps hold your breath and refrain from commenting when clearly you dont have any knowledge of the subject
Sadly the cause of this is due to the polarization in society. Probably because of elections, much of this chaos can be traced to 'foreign actors' looking to destabilize western societies. The general mood has shifted to become less tolerant and more extreme lately.
My great Uncle was Man Ray, my grandmothers brother on my mothers side. When he went to Paris in the late 1920's and early 1930's. He went to Paris because he thought of his self as an artist. He did not sell any art and became a photographer to make money. He was self taught and famous people who came to Paris had his or her portrait photographed by Man Ray. He ran with all the artists of his time so he had some credentials by association. His Photography was exceptional because he was a creative intellect. He had succeeded as an artist after his death but his photography sustained him because he was creative and smart. Those are things you cannot teach but can tease out of a person if he or she has the goods. I am now a retired scientist and doubt that Annies videos will be much help to me as I am probably set in my ways. The most important thing is to grab your inner creativity and do it your way, not copy someone who is already made it.
Learning is much more than copying. An important part of learning photography or art is to master the basics so that you trust yourself, another part is inspiration and motivation. I think this is the domain of people like Annie Leibovitz and other skilled instructors. My understanding is that Man Ray was part of a intellectual community of artists, pushing and affecting each other, and before that he was often visiting art museums, etc. Seems to me like life long study together with with skilled inspirators.
And if the goal is to avoid doing the same that already have been done, learn your history of photography and art! ;-)
I consider art as “mutation”. But you have to be in somewhere to be mutated from. If you want to mutate yourself from a single cell bacteria, it would take billions of years. And in your “short life”, you want to creat an art that lasts “long”...
Lee Miller was an inspiration to his painting as I understand it. He loved her very much but as she became a force of her own she parted ways with Man. However they remained friends even though she married and moved to Scotland I believe. His painting of Lips in the Sky are Lees lips he painted from a photograph of her which I think sold fo 7 figures after his and her death in 1976.
I am 63, been photographing for over 40 years, 30 of those years widely-published PJ/editorial work along with commercial location gigs mainly for the pay-scale difference. I'm currently enduring a medically-induced semi-retirement but I hope to resume working in 2018. Many of my photography heroes worked until they croaked; I desired a career that I never wanted to "retire" from. . .
I'm still learning even with all my experience. . . Seeing as how photo tech is advancing so rapidly, I want to stay current and adopt skills that I can add to my toolkit. I simply enjoy the learning process. It keeps me in "Beginner's Mind" which I find stimulates my creative juices.
I'm considering taking Annie's course. I'd like to find some participant reviews before I jump in.
Thinking about signing up for the entire course just to see what these top end and talented people have to say and show us. Not such a big fan of Annie's huge high fashion productions but her personal stuff is gorgeous. A big Annie leibovitz admirer all together.
I wonder what's going to happen when technology will close the gap between photographer and knowing how to use equipment or light. Basically what photography is, 'here this is the piece of technology I know how to use well'
Give a noob a flagship camera and he will still takenoob shots. Giving someone a katana doesn’t automatically turn him into a samurai. Wearing LeBron’s shoes doesn’t make someone a certain HOFer.
I think you missed the reach of my point. Super advanced technology will eliminate the search for the composition or the light. You'd be able to crop and adjust light and focus and boke later, indestructibly.. We already see leaps in this direction with the multifocal length cameras and 360 cameras. Millimeter thin Micro Crystal lenses are already being tested that can bend light like big lenses, this will completely obliterate lens market. Also analogy with Katana doesn't apply and frankly irony is that advancement of technology i.e. firearms became the death of Katana as ultimate weapon in Japan. We're talking about change here, not using same equipment more skillfully.
I don't see how technology figures out good composition on its own, we're decades away from AI being that advanced... Even if it all shifts to post processing, someone still has to do that post processing to taste rather than some automated algorithm. Machines can create music on their own already, yet oddly they don't seem to be cranking out hits without the human element, go figure.
I like Joel Meyerowitz way better than Leibovitz. Unlike Ms Leibowitz, Joel is a thinker, vigilant, and a man with so well trained reflexes and experienced in street photography, documentary photography, landscape and portraits, colour and black and white, small and large formats, all of it.
Whoever chose Annie for the Masterclass series, knows little about photography. Annie's style and scope is very narrow, she cannot talk nor demonstrate a great number of subjects that Joel certainly can. Do you want this more bluntly? Joel is a superior photography teacher. Annie does not have diction, nor stamina to tell a story, and can't make a 2 min disclosure without breaking her sentences seven times. On the other hand, please watch this documentary about Joel Meyerowitz, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KDSGWy1CU78&t=101s
So what?? Joel Meyerowitz is an amazing street photographer, Annie Leibovitz is an amazing fashion-editorial photographer. Both are great in their own styles. Of course, watching Meyerowitz talking about his craft is a pleasure.
What a pointless point. I agree with ZeBebito. So what, indeed. Their subject matter and styles are so different, with very little overlap. They are both amazing and great. It's like saying, "My gym teacher is so much better, smarter and more skilled than your chemistry teacher". The question is, do you need a gym teacher or a chemistry teacher? If you need a chemistry teacher, then a gym teacher isn't going to help, and vice versa.
Thanks. Shame on me I have not known his work well. Love the way his captures life with his street photography. I will check him out more thoroughly over the next few days. To me his type of photos speak way more than Annie's.
Yake, zebebito, you do not "get" it. In addition to decades of street photography, which as real to life as anything real can get, Joel was shooting real portraits with Large Format (yes!), doing dynamic landscape with LF (his 'Cape Light' was turning point of the American colour photography, and he did many more), he was at the 9/11 scene with various formats (check his book 'Aftermath'), he did excellent reportage on New York ballet and other arts, the world of the 19th century painters and their subjects, and he did many editorials. Joel photographed real world, not the fake, staged and invented world of the celebrities, and his "sin" for not being publicised more is because he did not shot the naked bum of Yoko Ono.
Trip.... Maybe they have their own opinions.... Which just may happen to be different than yours.... Are you sure "they" are the ones that don't get it? I respect Annie's work... I like some of it... Some of it is so so... I'm not a fan of street photography... Using words like "fake, staged" are a bit of a disappointment in you from my point of view... In my world there is room for both types of photography... Without having to resort to inflammatory words... Maybe Joel is a better teacher... I prefer teachers over accomplished who can't teach... But your words detract from whatever he has to offer... They don't bode well for you... They don't bode well for Joel... At my photographic table there are seats for all types of photography... Without the need to use mean words for styles... That I'm just not into...
@Triplet Perar I'm well aware of Joel's work. I still say, So what? They are both amazing and great. You seem to have a very narrow view of what is good photography. Celebrity photography is real photography and a huge amount of skill and craft goes into it. It's so pointless to hold one photographer above the other. Really, why get so worked about it?
Some reddit users gave this course a less than favorable rating. It would appear to be wise to try and find out whether this course is what one expects before buying.
For those that do not know any better than to place people as gods (photographers) best let the hard lessons sink in its part of the learning process. Even gods get it wrong when they maybe bankrupt (sadly). Annie has been in and out of the waste and ringer over the last 10 years.
Celebrity is a strange thing, difficult to pin down. It seems that you acquire it, and suddenly your every utterance and gesture are valuable. Go figure, shame really...
Maybe a more fundamental question. Our imagination and our vision is directly driven from our brain and experience, so could photography be self taught? I would say partly yes. Technique requires some trials and errors and thus some experience (call it teaching or lessons). As time goes, we develop our own knowledge and tastes when it comes to photography. To each her/his own I guess. For me photography is a fun moment, and a rather personal approach to life. I have never taken any lessons when it comes to photography. Not the our photos are not perfectible, but I'd rather seek that approach on my own, it is more fun that way.
I've been doing photography for 40+ years. In the 80s I decided to try and make a go at doing it for a living. I wound up doing editorial, photojournalism and location commercial gigs for 30 years.
I hear what you are saying and I learned much on my own, read a lot of books (still have a decent photo library) and shot a lot of film. But nothing came easy and I struggled with the more advanced skills. Fill-flash was one stumbling point. (This was before TTL and auto systems.)
Then I needed to really learn how to use AC strobes, light modifiers and similar skills. This wasn't for studio work, I wanted to be able to work in any location and under any conditions. So I wound up taking 3 multi-day workshops, two of them taught by Will Crockett. I could not believe how much I came away with after those seminars! The TA who was assisting one of the Brooks workshops told me that we covered more in three days than they covered in an entire term in his lighting course.
@lightandaprayer. I hear you. I think the lighting may be concerned with the technique rather than the vision/imagination. I agree with you, the technique needs to be learned somehow, either from someone else or from trial error (books, our own experience). Creativity on the other hand is much harder to teach, if not impossible. Personally, I think it is inherent to our own characters.
There is doubt that photography can be self taught. I would guess that majority of photographers today have learned the art from online tutorials both written and video. There is also so much content online that through emulation, many learn the skills to be great photographers.
@moimoi Your reply made it clearer to me that you are differentiating between artistic vision and photographic skills.
I think that unless you have sufficient grounding in whatever craft you want to use to express your vision, you will be unable to fully realize that vision. How you obtain those skills is up to the individual. . .
I found that it took me a lot of time to "teach myself" everything. Granted, most of it was pre-Internet. I also wasted money buying gear that turned out to be less than ideal, not to mention the cost of consumables.
An excellent teacher, mentor, friend, etc. can save a person a LOT of time and money in the long-run. The return on the investment in a good workshop can be considerable in my experience. If you can find good free instruction via YouTube, etc. more power to you. I wish it had been around 35 years ago.
My impression is that Annie will provide much more than $90 worth of her considerable expertise to the workshop participants.
Anything can be self taught.... but sometimes it's nice to study. You don't really know what you'll gain until you study and you might find what you learn very useful.
If you're a creative person, you don't really have to worry about loosing any of your own original style if you study with someone else, because your style is going to be built from everything that you learn...
There are definitely things that you can learn about the creative/art part of it from teachers and not just technique. If you learn how other folks approach their work (from a creative standpoint) you might just learn some things that you can apply. I really believe that the notion that anything regarding the creative can only be conjured from within and can never be taught, is a very naive...
Yeah I found it rather ironic that the next shot was of her using the Hasselblad. Still mostly true though. Gear matters, but not as much as people who don't practice photography think.
She uses the Hasselblad because she can afford it and probably benefits greatly from the medium format for prints and commercial productions.
That isn't at all the point of her quote -- from another perspective, she really means that if your first question, when looking at someone else's picture, is "what camera are you using?" then you're not actually looking at the content of their picture, are you? This carries onto the principle of taking your own photos, and prioritizing dynamic range and pixel density over composition and storytelling.
Conversely, people who believe that the camera and tech don't matter should not be worrying about what camera Annie uses.
No one thinks about what camera he is using when taking photograph. Everyone who buys camera thinks 'what camera' when purchasing decision is made. Now if someone thinks that camera doesn't matter he won't go and buy a blad, he would pick anything.
The Hasselblad is no show-off from her. I guess she's using Hasselblad from the analog era and had a bunch of lenses since then. Using one brand since ages is nice because you can handle it in the dark in every aspect. I could imagine that she sometimes even uses the old 500 with a roll of TriX.
That's what some people don't learn. And it's luck for lazy Canon, as I started with Canon back in filmdays ;)
@vscd, agreed with you, all of the photographers at her level or majority of professional photographers on the field won't ever try show off gears. They are just tool.
She probably rents a Hasselblad/P1 system for the shoots like many pros. No camera hassle, firmware updates, dealing with dealers. Rentals still run strong with Hasselblad and take care of everything as well as the assistants. Probably uses something smaller for the day to day stuff.
I've known many creative and accomplished artists who weren't good with money. The two things require different mind sets and skills. While I don't think that you need to be poor to be an artist, there is some truth to the stereotype about artists and money.
Ansel Adams was a great photographer but a lousy businessman. At one point in his career Ansel was in dire straits. He charged too little for assignments, sold his prints for a pittance ("Moonrise" for $45!) and had a backlog of orders that would require over a year of darkroom work to fulfill. Fortunately, a family friend took over managing the business side, Ansel began charging what his work was really worth, he took on corporate consulting gigs for companies such as Polaroid and he eventually dug his way out of his print order backlog. The last 30 years or so of his life Ansel did well.
Instead of dissing Annie for her money woes, why don't you compare your work to hers to see if you might learn something from her?
Agreed. The association of money to success is one of the issues we face as a society today. Art and uncompromising go hand and hand the latter and business, not so much.
@ dmartin92: What difference does that make? A lot of camera owners spend thousands and thousands on gear, but not much to improve their knowledge about photography as a medium.
When a great photographer, an international star, offer her time to share from a lifetime of experience, those do not even enjoy the others the pleasure of taking this course! Just sad!
New lens comes out $2000, let's buy it. New camera comes out $3000, let's buy it. New accessories come out, let's buy it.
A new class from one of the best photographers comes out $90 which for sure will improve our photography skills than all above items , let's NOT buy it.
I think this is a great idea and very valuable class for $90.
To be honest, I am a retired pro so the photography class won't attract me much but I would love to take a class with Gary Kasparov to beat the crap out of my neighbors or friends online LOL
The best money I ever spent on my photography was for several multi-day workshops taught by accomplished pros at the Brooks Institute in Santa Barbara. I returned home with new skills and the self confidence to tackle assignments I wouldn't have dreamed of doing previously. All the fancy photo gear in the world isn't worth much if you don't know how to put it to good use,
Creativity comes in many forms. I would think this is a good opportunity for anyone wanting to do the kind of work Ms. Leibovitz does. She is a master of the editorial/fashion field.
Also Stephen Curry, Gordon Ramsay, Marc Jacobs, James Patterson (who makes more than $100M per year selling books) etc. All dirt poor last time I checked.
Her personal financial problems (if any) hardly explains this: The business of selling "tips for success" has been an industry of its own- especially in US. If you want to criticize that, I'm with you. I think this is, for the most part, selling dreams, and nothing more. There are tons of exceptionally good teachers and without them we would be lost. But I see this as using celebrities for quick success...for the MasterClass business owners. I doubt that the "teacher" is the primary beneficiary here.
Street creds? When was that? Early 1970s - when she was doing work for Rollingstone? She's been selling her body and soul to Wall Street and corporations for at least three decades and hasn't done anything of purpose or novelty for at least as much. Street creds...LOL!
@KubeKube Your comment is cynical, uninformed and just plain rude. Presumably you never work for any corporations. And presumably your work is a constant fountain of purpose and novelty. Somehow I doubt it. Never mind that Rolling Stone is a corporation too. Just never mind.
@kube kube. Remember her doing an assignment with Keith Richard.It was paid for by one of the famous bags etc. manufactures and the shots were fantastic.Who cares who paid for the gig.
Even if she's done nothing of note since the Rolling Stone years, she'd still have a pretty impressive body of work, no? Seems like someone like that probably has enough experience to be able to impart some wisdom on those who are receptive to it...
I really hope that all of these negative comments are not fueled by misogyny. That’s my first thought. Second is if any of you think that you could hold a candle to Annie’s work, and moreover that you really think you couldn’t learn anything from her, come on and prove it. You are unknown nobodies, she has a stellar body of work. Get over yourselves.
Some of the commentators are drawing wide conclusions. My initial comment was in regard only to AL "street cred" of which she has ZERO. In the early 1970's she was hungry, inquisitive and experimental, her best work from that period certainly bestows solid street cred. But as the years went by AL went down the well-established path of good intentions and bad executions. I for one wouldn't give a flying f**k for all her VF and other royal and corporate photography. As for whether AL is a good photography instructor - that has to be seen.
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Dr. Adrian Smith is back with a new video showcasing what it looks like when seven species of moth are filmed at 6,000 frames per second as they take flight.
Apple has rolled out a trio of new GPU configuration options for its Mac Pro computer, with upgrade prices ranging from $2,400 to $11,600 and memory ranging from 32GB to 128GB.
We took the Tamron 35mm F2.8 Di III OSD M1:2 to the Deschutes County Fair and Rodeo. Take a trip to Oregon's high desert country to see everything from rodeo clowns to roller coasters.
H&Y Filters has announced a new Black Mist filter in its Revoring series. The Revoring series features an adjustable filter, eliminating the need for step-up adapter rings.
By allowing users to mount Sony E-mount lenses on compatible Nikon Z-mount cameras, Techart's TZE-01 adapter brings us one step closer to that distant dream of universally interchangeable lens–camera combinations – but the key word is 'compatible.'
After speaking with a photo editor working with files captured at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, DPReview has confirmed that the native resolution of the Canon is 24MP.
Razer's Blade laptops have always been marketed as premium gaming PCs. But the company's unflappable focus on build quality, a bloatware-free operating system, and the most powerful hardware on the market makes these laptops a phenomenal option for photo and video editing.
The FLM CP34-L4 II is the latest in a line of well-respected premium tripods from this European brand. How does it compare against its peers? Read our in-depth review to find out.
With smoke from forest fires keeping them out of the Alberta countryside, Chris and Jordan take to the streets of Calgary to test out Tamron's ultra-wide 11-20mm F2.8 lens for Sony APS-C cameras.
Chris and Jordan from DPReview TV just wrapped up their review of the Tamron 11-20mm F2.8 Di III-A RXD for Sony E-mount. Check out their sample gallery and judge image quality for yourself.
This week marked the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 15 mission. The 9th crewed Apollo mission was the fourth to land on the Moon and the first to use a lunar roving vehicle (LRV), affectionately known as a 'moon buggy.' Join us as we look back at the historic Apollo 15 mission and the first lunar rover.
Curious about film photography? Don't know where to begin? We've got you covered! Parts 1-10 of our absolute beginner's guide to film photography cover all the basics of the medium, from film and camera types to advice on choosing the best camera for you.
A few photographers are testing the upcoming Canon EOS R3 mirrorless camera at the Tokyo 2020 games, including Atiba Jefferson, who has published an animation showing the R3 shooting at 30 frames per second.
The The SIrui SR-3204 is an affordable 'Systematic' tripod that offers attractive features. So how does it compare to other models in its class? Read our in-depth review to find out.
The Tamron 11-20mm F2.8 Di III-A RXD is a compact ultra-wide zoom for Sony APS-C E-mount bodies. See how it performed in a variety of situations in our sample gallery.
A government registration filing for a pair of unannounced (and unnamed) Nikon cameras states that one of the models will include Bluetooth, Wi-Fi and GNSS. It would be the first camera to use GNSS instead of GPS.
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