Panoramas can provide a very different perspective to a scene than a traditional single-shot image. And also a super-high-resolution one. Traditional best practices for shooting panoramas involve using a solid tripod and a specialized panorama head. But you don't always need fancy and cumbersome equipment to shoot eye-catching panoramas, and quite often it can actually be an advantage.
I don't do movie reviews or review TV shows. And I'm not going to start now. But I do want to talk about Ripley, a stylish new limited series on Netflix. Because it's like a masterclass in black and white photography.
The Nikon Zf isn't just for single frames. With its compact size and excellent stabilization, it is a surprisingly capable tool for shooting high-resolution panoramas on the go. Here is the setup I use to capture them without a tripod.
There is nothing more frustrating than shooting a beautiful multi-frame landscape, only to get home and find dark, blotchy bands ruining the sky when you try to stitch it together. If you shoot panoramas, you've likely run into this issue. Here is a practical look at exactly why circular polarizers and stitched panoramas don't mix well, along with a few examples from my archive and the workarounds I rely on instead.
Scanning decades of old negatives often means staring at cryptic numbers like "5053" or "GA" on the film strip. I compiled this reference guide to help you (and me!) cross-reference those edge codes with the actual film types to make your archiving and editing easier.
The Nikon D3500 has no interval timer and no accessory port, so hardware intervalometers won't work with it. There is still a way to shoot timelapse: a free software app over USB, and I cover how it works and where it falls short.
The Pacific Image PowerSlideX is designed to automatically scan batches of up to 50 slides at once. After using it, here's my take.
Finding a practical way to digitize boxes of old slides and film negatives without spending a fortune at a lab can be a challenge. I recently put the entry-level Wolverine F2D Titan film scanner to the test to see how it handles a real-world archiving project. Here is a hands-on look at the standalone workflow, the hardware's quirks, and a gallery of completely unedited sample scans.
Sending a shoebox full of old family negatives to a lab can get expensive fast, and pro-level desktop scanners are often overkill. The Kodak Mini Digital Film Scanner offers a cheap, dead-simple alternative. I ran a batch of vintage slides and film through one to see how it actually performs in practice. Here is a hands-on look at the workflow, the hardware quirks I ran into, and a gallery of completely unedited scans.
I've been reviewing a bunch of books on macro photography. Here are my favorites so far.
Here's a quick guide to using the free Hugin panorama stitching software to create a basic high-resolution panorama from a sequence of individual images.
Instagram has a built-in feature that will create a seamless transition from panorama tiles. The key is to prep the individual tiles properly. Here's how to do it.
Here's my updated roundup of some of the best photo stitching apps for making panoramas, from free and simple to paid and powerful.
The Ricoh Theta S offers a simple and inexpensive way to shoot 360° virtual tours. So how well does it work for architectural and real estate virtual tours?
Youtube is one of the few big players that support 360° video so far. Here's how to upload and share the video footage you've shot with a Ricoh Theta S on the service.
So far there are only a few options for sharing the 360° videos you've shot with your Ricoh Theta S. Here's how to upload and share them with Facebook.
Need to scan something that's larger than your scanner's window? Here's how to do it with any flatbed scanner and panorama stitching software.
A step-by-step guide to using Time Lapse Assembler to create timelapse video footage from a sequence of timelapse photos.
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