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by Jill Waterman · Posted
As the B&H Photography Podcast wraps up its first decade of educating and inspiring the photo community, we’re honored to present you with our top five episodes from 2025. Featuring a diverse spectrum of voices and visions that define contemporary image-making, these conversations are at the cutting edge of photographic discourse.
From Mary Virginia Swanson & Rick Smolan’s comprehensive discussion about photo book publishing to Matt Payne & Sean Tucker’s introspective search for deeper meaning beyond the frame, our guest pairings
by M. Brett Smith · Posted
2025 was another banner year for B&H Explora, with more people visiting our blog than ever before. To celebrate (and say thank you to) our readership, we’re looking back at some of our most read articles, spotlighting the topics and trends that interested you most in 2025.
Filmmaking 101: Camera Shot Types
By Justin Dise
Our
by Todd Vorenkamp · Posted
There are many ingredients in the recipe that make a good photographic portrait—foreground, background, setting, pose, expression, color, lighting, and so on—but one element that can be as important to the result as the portrait sitter is the lens used to capture the portrait and help create the art.
Technically, any lens can be used to take a portrait with your camera, and there are traditional focal lengths for “portrait lenses” like 85mm and 105mm, but I asked my fellow B&H photographers, as well as our B&H Creative partners and
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For artists and photographers who make their art on paper, a key consideration is how it will be displayed later. In this B&H video, Barrie Lynn Bryant demonstrates viable options for artists and photographers to use for displaying their works with the art of framing.
0:00 - Introduction
1:30 - Bryant’s Intro
5:36 - Frame History
8:03 - Displaying Your Work with the Community
11:21 - Studying Framing
18:47 - Printing and Shrink Wrapping
21:10 - What Goes into Framing
29:50 - Printing on a Prism Jet Printer
32:02 - When to Use a Picture
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Professional photographer Mahesh Thapa shares what's in his travel camera backpack, including camera bodies, lenses, filters, a tripod, and other accessories. Plus, Thapa discusses the apps he uses to plan his photos, the composition rules he utilizes, and more. Whether you're capturing mountains or buildings, these travel photography tips will improve your images!
What's in your camera bag? Is there something you carry that we have not included in this video? Tell us what it might be, in the Comments section!
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Except for the new flagship OM SYSTEM OM-1 Mirrorless Camera (formerly Olympus), there haven’t been many major camera announcements thus far in 2022, so we thought for this episode of the B&H Photography Podcast we’d start an introductory conversation about photo accessories and the wide range of tools and toys available to improve your photography―or just make
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Conflict photography of the past twenty years is a subject we have discussed in previous episodes with photographers, psychologists, and scholars, but
by Todd Vorenkamp · Posted
For roughly 50 years, Manfrotto has been leading the way in delivering quality and capable camera and lighting supports to photographers and videographers around the globe.
Many years ago, I was traveling to visit family in my hometown of New Orleans. I was dabbling in night photography and my grandfather’s discount-store tripod was not making the grade. I went to a local camera store and bought my first “real” tripod. Excited about my new purchase, I called my
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This week’s episode of the B&H Photography Podcast provides a lesson we all can use: how to be better businesspeople while we are being better photographers. Much of this advice comes from our intriguing guest, photographer and educator Todd Bigelow.
A longtime pro, Bigelow has freelanced for the likes of Sports Illustrated and The Los Angeles Times, among many other editorial and commercial clients, and he is a
by Todd Vorenkamp · Posted
For many travel photographers and videographers, the superior protection afforded by the Nanuk hard case makes it a most essential accessory. Regardless of the amount of gear you are carrying, Nanuk’s hard cases can protect from impacts, water, dust, and more. Although the Canadian tourism board may shiver at the thought that our “neighbor to the north” is our neighbor to the always-frozen north, Nanuk’s cases are designed and built near (if not in) some of the world’s most
by Linda LeNoir · Posted
Welcome to Part 2 of this three-part series on information for African photographic safaris. In Part 1, we discussed choosing a safari and the preparation for that trip. Here, in Part 2, we will look at how to prepare for the safari, photographically.
Depending upon where you are visiting, your needs may vary. Your safari company will give you advice on what you will need for imaging, but do not be shy about inquiring—after all, you are likely going on a photo safari to get great photos.
Above photograph: Lion of Ndutu (Ngorongoro Conservation
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This is a wonderful conversation for fans of mirrorless cameras, of classic lens design, of the venerable M-mount, and, really, of photography. The joy that our host Allan Weitz exudes while discussing a few of his current favorite lenses is as contagious as it is educational. And I feel that this episode provides a bolt of creative curiosity that might infuse my own photography.
For this week’s episode of the B&H Photography Podcast, we asked Weitz to draw up a list of 10
by Jill Waterman · Posted
The prospect of an Antarctic journey is sure to conjure an inescapable sense of adventure in even the most seasoned traveler. Award-winning photographer and journalist Caryn B. Davis knows this feeling well, because her travel bug runs deep. A former producer, writer, and cameraperson for television documentaries, Davis shifted cameras and careers, in 2000, to specialize in architectural and travel photography.
“My dream has always been to travel the world and take pictures and write about it,” she says. “And that seems to be happening with
by Paige and Corey Denton · Posted
When we finally hit the wide open fields of Big Sky Country, my husband and I both felt the excitement. We had traveled to California, Colorado, and the Pacific Northwest, but this was new territory for us. Corey’s affinity for Theodore Roosevelt only added to his excitement, and we started our adventure through Montana.
Glacier National Park
We all have a bucket list, whether we admit it or not. Mine is mostly full of places to which I’d love to travel. High on my list was Glacier National Park, and we were finally going there, after so
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On today’s episode of the B&H Photography Podcast, we welcome photojournalist and sports photographer Nick Didlick to our show. Didlick has been a freelance shooter, a staff photographer, an agency photographer for Reuters and UPI and, while covering the world news, was nominated for two Pulitzer Prizes. He also is an accomplished videographer, editor, and producer, and has served as Photo Chief for the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics and as