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Tips From a Pro: Photographing a Wedding

Professional wedding photographer Christian Oth let's us in on the secrets to making incredible wedding photos

By Debbie Grossman on May 28, 2011

If you’re a photographer, sooner or later you’ll be tapped by friends or family to shoot a wedding. But how do you get amazing photos? We asked renowned wedding shooter Christian Oth to tell us how he does it, and to give us hints on how to handle the most challenging parts of the wedding day.

Memorial Day Assignment: Beautiful Barbecue

Your Memorial Day meal could win you a new camera bag

By Popphoto.com Staff on May 27, 2011

Memorial Day means a lot of things to a lot of people, but for many, it's the official start of summer. And that means it's time to barbecue. Since we don't want anyone slouching on their photographic pursuits this weekend, we're giving you an assignment to get out there and capture that barbecue as best you can. The winner will receive a Lowepro SlingShot 200 AW camera bag worth $110.

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How To: Use a Touch of Curves to Create a Stronger Image

Sometimes less is more when it comes to fixing one's photo

By Debbie Grossman & Dan Richards on May 27, 2011

You’ll notice very little difference between the Before and After versions of this photo because it needed very little fixing. The composition and exposure of this shot by Jessie Hoye of Berkeley, CA, are right on the money. But the picture looked slightly flat in the water and sky, and we felt that these could use a little boost.

Canon Announces Delayed Release Dates, Pricing for Upcoming Lenses

You have a little more time to save up for Canon's upcoming fisheye zoom and fast, super-telephoto lenses

By Stan Horaczek on May 26, 2011

At last year's Photokina trade show, we got a chance to go hands-on with some of Canon's upcoming lenses. Unfortunately, their respective releases were hit with delays even before the natural disasters in Japan. Now, however, Canon has officially announced availability and pricing information for five new lenses slated to start clicking into EOS bodies in 2011. Here's a rundown:Canon EF 8-15mm f/4L Fisheye USM: late July - $1,399Canon EF 300mm f/2.8L IS II USM: late August - $6,599

How To: Color Correct for a Stronger Image

Take the chill out of a cold winter night

By Debbie Grossman & Dan Richards on May 26, 2011

The interplay of the gold against blue in Sharon Gallentine’s shore scenic makes for striking contrast, but the Fix-It team thought the blues were too electric. The color is typical of shadows on snow, and is amplified early and late in the day.

Getty Image Photojo Teams Up with Human Rights Watch to Offer Breathtaking iPad App

Photographer Brent Stirtton’s work documenting hardships at the Porgera gold mine is showcased in the first of many apps to be launched by HRW

By Dan Bracaglia on May 26, 2011

Getty Image photographer Brent Stirton has teamed up with the Human Rights Watch to produce a breathtaking new FREE issue-based iPad app that showcases Brent’s work documenting the immense hardships of workers at the Porgera gold mine located in Papua New Guinea. Brent’s photographic and video work presented in the app is all part of a comprehensive report backed by Human Rights Watch titled “Gold’s Costly Dividend.”

New Gear: Leica's V-Lux 30 Compact

Leica's latest pocket camera has GPS and, gasp, 3D mode

By Stan Horaczek on May 26, 2011

The $650 V-Lux 20 was a good, if expensive, little compact camera. But, it's days in the current Leica line-up making room for the V-Lux 30 and all of its fancy new features.

Datacolor's SpyderGallery App Brings True Color Management to the iPad

Make images on your iPad look just like they do on your monitor

By Stan Horaczek on May 25, 2011

The iPad is a great way to show off images, but the lack of true color management capabilities can be frustrating to say the least. However, with the release of this app, Datacolor is expanding it's Sypder line of calibration tools to include our beloved tablets. That means moving an image over to your iPad will no longer counteract all of that tweaking you did in post production.

Hasselblad's H4D-200MS Is Ready to Start Spitting Out 200 Megapixel Files

Is your computer ready for Hasselblad's latest medium format digital behemoth?

By Stan Horaczek on May 25, 2011

It has been a while since anyone made a big deal about megapixels, but this week it seems resolution has become a bit of a hot topic once again.

How To: Lighten Up those Shadows to Produce a Stronger Image

Balancing the artificial with the natural

By Debbie Grossman & Dan Richards on May 25, 2011

Usually when we run a photo by Ben Cooper, it’s of a rocket launch (he’s a NASA photographer), but he’s also an avid nature shooter. He had the right idea, while in Yosemite, of using a flashlight to add fill light to the grass hummocks in the foreground, but the whole picture remains too flat and dark.