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10 Best Leica R Lenses You Must Try In 2022
Nov 15, 2022

What does it truly mean to be a professional photographer It means to be constantly adaptable to shoot anything, anywhere in many styles. As we evolve in our art, and technology improves, one thing stays constant. Good glass.  This is where Leica R lenses come in.  Known as some of the most legendary lenses ever produced, the lenses in the Leica R system are great tools for photographers and videographers to produce high-quality results...

Best Vintage Polaroid Cameras: 2022 Buying Guide
Nov 7, 2022

Shooting with a vintage Polaroid camera brings the best of two worlds together; shooting with film and the instant gratification we’ve grown to love with digital. Being able to review your photos instantly. After years of shooting with vintage film cameras, the most frustrating part of the experience has been the wait. I would shoot incredible photos and get the film scanned weeks later. By the time I would get my scans I lost all the excitement...

How to do Vintage Portrait Photography with Examples
Nov 3, 2022

Adding vintage portraits to your portfolio is a wonderful way to diversify as a portrait photographer and stand out from your competition. Capturing vintage portraits is not much different from the kind of portraiture photography you’re used to taking, but rather a new medium or extension of your existing workflow and skills. Before diving into vintage portrait photography, it would be great to identify and decide what kind of vintage aesthetic...

7 Vintage Photo Editing Apps For the Perfect Retro Pictures
Oct 23, 2022

With new trends constantly taking over social media, one that doesn't seem to go is vintage photography. The rise in the use of vintage film cameras over the past few years has created what feels like an everlasting trend. While not everyone wants to or has the means to buy a film camera, they are interested in creating a vintage aesthetic in their photos. One way in achieving this is by using vintage photo editing apps. Lomograph 4.7⭐ and...

A Beginners Guide to Vintage Photography
Oct 23, 2022

The art form of photography has been around for almost 200 years. During this time, you could summarize the advancement of photography technology into 3 broad eras; vintage plate photography, vintage film photography and modern-day digital photography.  What is vintage photography? Vintage photography can be defined as any type of photography captured on film by an analog vintage camera that is at least 20 years old. A common characteristic of...

How to Capture a Vintage Aesthetic to your Photography
Oct 21, 2022

The rise in popularity of film photography has brought forth a new era of vintage film camera usage. Photographers and content creators alike have been chasing this trend of the vintage aesthetic in their photography. What is the vintage aesthetic in photography? The vintage retro aesthetic is a look that evokes a feeling of the past, where the fashion, styles and beauty of the last decades are embraced. Images are often shot on film to bring...

13 Best Vintage Film Cameras For Every Type of Shooter
Oct 21, 2022

I discovered an interest in vintage film cameras in 2018, a point in my photography career where I was already about 10 years deep. It all started when I worked for a tech startup in Toronto that built tech for photographers. A lot of my coworkers at the time were interested in photography and many of them shot with film cameras.  This sparked an innate curiosity in me to learn more about vintage cameras and purchase one of my very own. But it...

Vintage Digital Cameras: Are They Worth it & Which to Get
Oct 16, 2022

The year 1998 marked the first digital camera to hit the market, with the release of the FUJIX DS-1P in. Since then, many old digital cameras have now entered an age where they would be considered a vintage digital camera. A be considered a vintage, a camera would have had to be released more than 20 years ago. So at the time of writing this article would mean any digital camera released in 2002 or prior, would be considered a vintage digital...

How to Use Vintage Lenses for Sony Cameras
Oct 15, 2022

So you’ve recently found an interest in getting a vintage lens for your Sony E-mount camera? If so you’ve come to the right place, as in this article I cover everything you need to know to get started using your first-ever vintage lens on your Sony camera and help you pick out the best vintage lenses to try.  Should you buy vintage lenses for the Sony E mount? The Sony E mount is one of the most versatile and widely popular mounts in...