Sometimes photographers are so busy looking out at the world that they forgot to look up, or down. Andreas Gefeller isn’t particular interested in what is overhead, but he’s totally tuned into what’s underfoot.     Above, for instance, you will see his picture of a room used by students in...

Here’s a nice review of Sony’s new HD prosumer camera, the HVR-Z5U. This camera replaces the Z1U, which is what I used during my time at the Express-News. Here’s some things that twitch my ears: ERGONOMICS Sony did a lot of customer research when designing this camera, bringing eng...

A shot of President and Mrs. Obama at once of yesterday's inauguration balls. I foundit while scanning Buzz Trend. Is this for real? --David Schonauer...

If you follow me on Twitter, watch my Flickr stream, read my recent post here, you know that a few days ago I acquired a new camera lens, the just-released AF-S Nikkor 50mm f/1.4G. This is the one that just premiered at Photokina a few months ago, and is still only available from a few retailers. I ...

How much do news crews impact news? Does the very presence of an official reporter notebook and pen, still camera, or video camera change what appears to be happening? Well, yeah - of course. At least in the case of the latter two. (Those sly reporters can be more low-key than their visual partners....

Film has gone the way of the tintype, at least in Japan. According to this report, hardly any film camera were made or bought in......

Using a tripod definitely makes a difference in one’s photography. And, over the last couple of months, I’ve been lusting after different types of tripods. Since I already have a basic one, I didn’t really want to look in to getting a really expensive one just yet. But, I wanted to...

Now that I have your attention, you know as well as any other photographer that digital storage devices are as essential as they are unsexy......