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Astrophotography Lessons from Astronaut Donald Pettit
Life and Photography Mar 25, 2026

Astrophotography Lessons from Astronaut Donald Pettit

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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How to ruin (or save) a Wedding with your Camera?
Life and Photography Mar 21, 2026

How to ruin (or save) a Wedding with your Camera?

The Most Common Mistakes Wedding Photographers Make — and How to Avoid ThemThere's an uncomfortable truth in wedding photography: many photographers aren't creating images, they're simply documenting that something happened. There is a huge difference between both things, and that difference is noticeable in each galle...

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Instagram in 2026: Which image formats generate the most reach?
Life and Photography Mar 2, 2026

Instagram in 2026: Which image formats generate the most reach?

You shoot in landscape. You've been doing it for years. You compose carefully, you take care of the light, the framing is yours. And then you get to Instagram and the algorithm cuts out the best for you. It is not a minor problem: it is the central tension between photography as a discipline and social networks as a di...

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Why You Always End Up Buying The Wrong Camera 🤔
Life and Photography Mar 1, 2026

Why You Always End Up Buying The Wrong Camera 🤔

Buying a camera should be simple. You have a budget, you do a little research, you choose and that's it. But anyone who has been through that process knows that it doesn't work that way.The more we investigate, the more doubts appear. More reviews, more comparisons, more solid arguments that explain why one is better t...

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The Graflex K-4: When a War Relic Outgrows Your Digital Camera
Life and Photography Feb 27, 2026

The Graflex K-4: When a War Relic Outgrows Your Digital Camera

We live in an era where the most powerful camera in the world fits in your pants pocket. And then along comes the Graflex K-4, a military camera from the 1950s, and suddenly all that digital minimalism seems like a joke.A Metal Monster with a HistoryThe Graflex K-4 is not a camera. It is a declaration of intent. Design...

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The Audiovisual Crisis is a Model Crisis (Not of the Sector)
Life and Photography Feb 24, 2026

The Audiovisual Crisis is a Model Crisis (Not of the Sector)

Much of the current conversation about photography and video is based on confusion: real signs of wear and tear are observed in certain formats, services and professional paths, and from this it is concluded that audiovisual is dying. That logical leap is too fast.What is in crisis is not the need for visual content. W...

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The Price of a Perfect Photo
Life and Photography Feb 22, 2026

The Price of a Perfect Photo

There was a time when distance had to be measured. By hand. With an instrument.That was photography in 1925. Before pressing the shutter, the photographer mounted the Fodis — an external rangefinder designed by Oscar Barnack — to the camera. Look through the eyepiece. See two images of the same subject, slightly offset...

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