There is a part of photography that often stays out of the conversation. It is not the camera. It is not the lens. It is the moment when we get home, open the photos and have to turn a good intention into a finished image.The video that accompanies this post starts from that point. It is not only about the launch of a...
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There are outings where the photo does not appear right away. You arrive with a vague idea, look at the place, try a path and realize that the image was not where it seemed to be. It was hidden in an angle, in a sound, in a distance or in a small detail that did not draw attention at first.That was the most interesting...
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The phone is no longer an emergency camera. For many photos, it is the main camera. It is always with us, processes quickly and delivers images that are ready to share.That point does not need defending. A modern phone can handle travel, family, social media, visual notes, memories and even simple jobs. The problem app...
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Some images stop you in your tracks. You look at them for a few seconds and something hooks you, even if you can't quite explain what it is. The curious thing is that they're often not the most technically complex photos, nor the ones taken with the most expensive camera, nor the ones showing the most spectacular lands...
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A few weeks ago I launched NDPix, a photo editor designed from the photographer's perspective. In that initial version the focus was to present it and hear what the community thought. I have to say that the response exceeded all my expectations: something I had my doubts about generated an overwhelming reaction.There w...
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For years I used Lightroom and Photoshop as part of my photography workflow. They are powerful, well-known and very complete tools. But over time I started to feel that, for many of my real needs, I was paying too much for something I no longer used as much.From there it was born NDPix, a simpler, more direct photo edi...
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Yosemite Valley, California · Nikon D40x · 18-70mm f/3.5-5.6 · July 2008Some photos remind you why you started shooting in the first place. Not because of the technical details. Because of what you felt when you pressed the shutter.The author of this story arrived at Yosemite one July day in 2008 carrying a Nikon D40x...
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There's something about photographs from the '80s that's hard to ignore. Those warm tones, the soft shadows, that almost tactile feeling of the image. It's not just nostalgia — there's something technical behind it that's worth understanding.The key is in the photographic film. Unlike digital sensors, film responded to...
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When the NASA confirmed that the main camera of the Artemis II mission would be a Nikon D5 —released in 2016, when iPods still existed—, the reaction in the photography community was one of genuine perplexity. How is it possible that the most advanced space agency in the world sends its astronauts to the Moon with an a...
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For most photographers, dealing with harsh weather conditions or low light on Earth already represents a considerable challenge. But how does a photographer adapt when his studio is the International Space Station (ISS), moving at dizzying orbital speeds, and his window is the limit between our planet and the vacuum of...
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