PictureCorrect

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PictureCorrectReviews10 Habits of Photographers Who Always Get Sharp Photos Sharp photos aren’t just about expensive equipment. Experienced photographers develop simple habits that help them consistently capture crisp, detailed images.

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PictureCorrectReviewsChasing Auroras: Photography in Geomagnetic Storms Geomagnetic storms, often referred to as space weather, are caused by disturbances in Earth’s magnetosphere due to solar wind.

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PictureCorrectReviewsMasking: The Secret to Perfect Photos I think we can all agree that our goal is to make our photos as perfect as possible. Some of that process occurs within the camera.

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PictureCorrectReviewsThe Exact Point Where a Photo Edit Becomes Destructive Most photographers have heard the advice to edit non-destructively . But what does that actually mean? And at what point does an adjustment permanently damage the information in your photograph?

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PictureCorrectReviewsHow to Create Ghostly Figures Using Slow Shutter Speeds Street photography is usually about capturing a fleeting moment. But what if, instead of freezing people in motion, you let them blur into ghostly figures moving through the city?

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PictureCorrectReviewsTypes of Paper for Photo Printing Choosing the right type of paper to print your photos on can be a daunting task. There are several paper options available, each with its own unique characteristics that can affect the final result.

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PictureCorrectReviewsHow to Stack ND Filters Without Ruining Image Quality Neutral density (ND) filters are essential tools for long exposure photography. They allow you to slow down your shutter speed, smooth moving water, blur clouds, and create effects that aren’t…

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PictureCorrectReviewsDo This and Your Bad Weather Photos Will Shine Nothing is worse than going on vacation with your photo gear packed, and it rains the entire time! This quick tip comes from The Bad Weather Photography Guide which is currently 75% off if you want…

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PictureCorrectReviewsHow to Photograph Traffic Streaks Capturing the dynamic motion of traffic streaks can transform an ordinary cityscape into a vibrant, energetic scene.

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PictureCorrectReviewsThe 10-Second Smartphone Photo Editing Trick You don’t need expensive editing software or advanced photography skills to dramatically improve your smartphone photos.

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The small bracket on top of every camera, from a phone rig to an ARRI.

The hot shoe is where the flash goes, and the microphone, and the monitor, and whatever the next decade bolts on. Every camera has one and nobody photographs it. This magazine is named after it because that is where the whole business meets: the body, the glass, the light, the sound, and the person holding it.

I shot news in Gothenburg for nine years and documentary for hire after that, then stopped taking assignments to write about the tools. Since 2021 I live in Tokyo, ten minutes from the used-camera shops of Shinjuku, which is not an accident: Canon, Nikon, Sony, Fujifilm, Panasonic, Ricoh and Sigma make almost everything worth pointing at a subject, and their own press writes about it first, in Japanese. So this magazine reads it there, and in German, French, Italian and Spanish, and in English from the reviewers who actually put a card in the slot — around eighty sources and thirty channels, counted and plotted so you can see what is moving.

Bodies and lenses, cinema cameras and drones, film and the darkroom, firmware and the software that finishes the picture, the rumours before the launch and the reviews after it, and the photographers and shows the rest of it is for. I test what I write about on a job before a word goes down. I shoot film on Sundays and do not think that makes me interesting.

A story here is a headline, a short excerpt, one picture and the link to whoever reported it. We never reprint the article, and the picture belongs to the photographer or the maker. A story written in Japanese appears in Japanese, as its author set it down; the link goes to the original.

— Mara Lindqvist, Tokyo