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Florestine Perrault was fourteen when she started earning money in photography, hired as a clerk, photo finisher, stationery embosser, and developer by white-owned studios in New Orleans and by the Eastman Kodak Company. She got that work by letting her employers assume she was white. She was Creole of color, and in Jim Crow New Orleans, that fact would have kept her away from the picture-making end of the business.
SIRUI has announced the launch of its new Swift series, a lineup of ultra-compact, full frame autofocus lenses tailored for photographers and content creators seeking lightweight glass without sacrificing optical integrity. This launch offers two lenses: a 20mm f/2.4 and a 40mm f/2.2.
Peakto has been around for several years. As a Mac-only media manager, it was one of the first to use AI for finding photographs. I've reviewed earlier versions and found it reliable and powerful.
Sirui just added two new additions to its full frame autofocus Aurora lens lineup: the Aurora 15mm f/1.6 ultra-wide lens and the Aurora 24mm f/1.4 wide angle lens. Living up to the Aurora foundation, both lenses combine bright maximum apertures, STM autofocus performance, and dedicated video-friendly ergonomics for hybrid creators.
A few weeks ago, Profoto challenged me to do a full photo shoot using their new Essential Hybrid Kit. I told them to send it over, and I would use it on a real shoot. In this article and the video above, I'm going to show you exactly how I used this kit and take you behind the scenes on how I mixed constant light with flash to create the final images.
Does dividing photographers into portrait, landscape, wedding photographers, and so on really describe professional specialization? Probably not. Specialization looks like a classification of photographic skills, but in fact it mixes personal traits, working conditions, and accumulated knowledge of the subject.