Classic Cameras: Photographing Floyd Bennett Field with the Leica M3
My father was an aviation buff. As a teenager in Coney Island, in the mid-1930s, he would often ride his bike to Floyd Bennett Field, a nearby naval base where he befriended many of the aircraft...
View ArticleViewpoint and Perspective in Photographic Composition
Today’s cameras can do almost everything automatically. The one thing they cannot do is tell you where to stand and where to point the lens and when to take the photograph. These are the sole...
View ArticleUse Your Nikon F Lens on a Sony E-Mount Camera with this Vello Adapter
Gone are the days of limiting yourself to one system, especially when you can take advantage of the new Vello Auto Lens Adapter, available at the beginning of May 2016. Whether you shoot with...
View ArticleAquaTech BASE Underwater Sport Housings for Dry DSLR and Mirrorless Cameras
Begin your adventures in water-based photo or video shooting with AquaTech's new, entry-level BASE Underwater Sport Housings for DSLR and mirrorless cameras—now in stock at B&H. Rated for...
View ArticleThe Importance of Focal Points in Photographic Composition
Defined in the fine arts as a point of interest that makes an art work unique, in the realm of optics the term “focal point” also refers to the site where parallel rays of light meet after...
View ArticleHands-On Review: Sony 85mm + 24-70mm G Master Lenses Deliver Superb IQ
The G Masters have finally arrived, and definitely deliver on their promises of outstanding sharpness, creamy bokeh, and durable, ergonomic construction. Starting off this new high-end series are...
View ArticlePodcast: Greatest Hits, Volume I
The B&H Photography Podcast has been streaming for almost six months now. We have had some incredible guests and have discussed aspects of photography, from gear to technique to art to...
View ArticleHands-on Review: The GigaPan EPIC Robotic Camera Mount
GigaPan technology first made a big splash during President Obama’s inauguration in 2009, where it was used to capture a rather phenomenal photograph of the crowds that gathered in the Washington...
View ArticleVideo: Light Illuminates, Shadows Define
In this B&H Event Space video, Canon Explorer of Light Chas Glatzer shares his thought process behind the making of an image and the techniques he uses to produce consistently successful...
View ArticleAnnouncement: Panasonic GX85 Camera
Panasonic has just made its rangefinder style more affordable, with the Lumix DMC-GX85 Mirrorless Micro Four Thirds Digital Camera. This compact camera packs a 16MP Live MOS sensor that omits the...
View ArticleFraming in Photographic Composition
In a sense, every act of creating a photograph is an act of framing. We frame a scene with our camera and capture it with a photograph. The camera and lens determine the field of view and,...
View ArticleGet Quality LED Lighting in the Studio or on Location with Bescor AL-576 Kits
Start your LED lighting adventures right with a complete AL-576 Kit from Bescor, which features two daylight-balanced panels along with a variety of accessories. These fixtures use 576 LEDs to...
View ArticleB&H Prospectives: Aerial Photography with Vincent Laforet
Vincent LaForet says, “It’s increasingly difficult to find something different these days,” and he should know well, because he has created a series of aerial photographs that are completely...
View ArticleUnveiled: Hasselblad H6D DSLR Brings 100MP Stills and 4K Video to Medium Format
Astounding megapixel counts have always been the domain of medium format digital, and Hasselblad has stepped it up a notch with the release of the H6D-100c and H6D-50c DSLR cameras, featuring...
View ArticlePodcast: On "AIR", an Interview with Vincent LaForet
Pulitzer Prize and Cannes Lions award winner Vincent LaForet has accomplished so much in still and motion photography, yet he continues to push himself to create images he has “never seen before”...
View ArticleThe Pros and Cons of Watermarks on Photographs
Canon versus Nikon. Full frame versus APS-C versus Micro Four Thirds. Sony versus Everyone Else. Original Equipment Manufacturer versus Third Party. We all know the world of photography generates...
View ArticleUnveiled: Create a Swirl of Bokeh with the Lensbaby Twist 60
Designed for the portrait and still-life photographer or the enthusiast who enjoys experimentation, Lensbaby’s Twist 60 gives photographers the ability to separate subjects from the background by...
View ArticleVideo: Traveling the World with Mylio
In this B&H Event Space video, photographer Matthew Jordan Smith shares the joy of photography while working with Mylio. A prolific shooter and veteran pro with almost three decades of...
View ArticleVideo: Instagram Photography Tips for Foodies from @EatingNYC
In this B&H video, Alexa Mehraban (@EatingNYC) takes us around New York City and shows us some Instagram photography tips for foodies! Follow Mehraban as she shows us some delicious tacos,...
View ArticleVideo: Strolling Through Bushwick, Brooklyn with the Panasonic Lumix DMC- ZS100
B &H took the new Panasonic DMC-ZS100 out for a New York City photo adventure to some of our favorite spots in Bushwick, a neighborhood in Brooklyn known for walls of colorful graffiti and...
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