British photographer and filmmaker Geoff Tompkinson has worked for National Geographer and GEO, among other media companies. In recent years, he has been one of the pioneers who has been developing timelapse photography. Tompkinson has taken it even further and developed a technique he calls Hyperzoom. The technique is so … Read >
Category: Photography
If you still want instant prints of your travel photos, Polaroid may have a camera for you
Ten or fifteen years ago, when digital photography was something new, traditional film brands tried to convince us that only a printed photo was a real photo. Today, if you ask Instagram, Flickr, Snapchat and Twitter users if they believe it is true, the answer is “Why?”. There are, however, … Read >
The best photos of 2015 taken by a drone
Drones were hot products in 2015 and continue to be so in 2016. Taking good photos and capturing interesting videos with a drone is not easy, but it opens up a whole new world to travel photographers and everyone else interested in photography. Dronestagram is a site that only publishes … Read >
Solution for all of us who want an easy way for creating spectacular timelapse videos
Timelapse photography is so spectacular way of taking pictures that it drives many travel and landscape photographers to study the secrets of the technique. Once they discover how laborious it is, how much time it requires and what kind of equipment is needed, many simply forget it. French startup Enlaps … Read >
Manage your action camera photo and video shots remotely from the Apple Watch
GoPro action cameras are popular among adventure travelers, explorers and adrenaline junkies. GoPro is also the default add-on camera for many drone models that don’t come with a camera of their own. Controlling the camera can sometimes be difficult if it is attached, for instance, to a helmet and hands … Read >
Close-up photography on smartphone is fun and easy with an affordable clip-on macro lens
The image quality on smartphone cameras has developed so high that even professional photographers take pictures with their smartphones, because it is always at hand. Obvious limitations in camera phone photography – lack of manual controls and a fixed lens – simply have to be overcome through creativity. There are, … Read >
A camera that can film your movement on a surf board, horseback or ski slope like a cameraman
Travelers, selfie-photographers and hobbyist photographers have situations when they would like to be in the frame themselves, but there is no one around who could take the photo. Of course, camera’s self timer can be activated, but how about video recording? If the person who is being filmed moves around, … Read >
Flight Plan application for a drone lets you create a predetermined route for fascinating travel photography
Piloting a drone is more difficult than promotional videos filmed by manufacturers let you understand. Travel photographers who use drones in order to get new angles to places that have been photographed millions of times, should find the new feature in the Parrot Bepop drone useful. It is now possible … Read >
The best smartphones for serious photography according to lab tests
Every smartphone manufacturer believes the camera on the company’s high-end product is the best in the market. Image quality is, however, very difficult to prove. Countless camera tests among the top smartphone brands have been published, but because people tend to favor different attributes in images, tests conducted by asking … Read >
DJI Osmo is a camera that may change the way we shoot travel, outdoor and activity videos
DJI is a company that is renowned for its drones. Despite the wind and constant movement of the drones when they are flying, they can shoot stable video images because of gimbal image stabilization system DJI has developed for the drones. What if you took these image stabilization technologies and … Read >