Bjorn Petersen is a photographer based in Brooklyn, New York. He has exhibited his work in the USA and internationally, and has also self-published several books of his photographs.
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In a world where photographers are being asked to capture video and filmmakers need to shoot photos, having one tool that can do both is a major asset—especially in the world of wedding photography where it’s often the same team putting together both the photographs and the video. For this type of scenario, Sony’s latest camera solutions offer some of the best options for hybrid shooting.…
6 days ago
Appealing to wildlife, bird, and sports photographers, along with creative landscape shooters and really anyone looking for a very narrow and focused field of view, super-telephoto lenses are some of the most fun and distinct-looking lenses around. Differing from lenses on the wide and normal end of the focal length spectrum, these longest of long lenses bring distant subjects closer and force…
1 week ago
Using a digital back with a film-era camera body forces you to stand in two different generations with regard to photography and design. Hasselblad makes this contradiction a reality with their CFV 100C digital back, which is natively compatible with all of…
1 week ago
Travel photography is a broad, catch-all genre that can encompass anything and everything from portraiture to landscapes to interiors to even wildlife and sports. One unifying aspect of the travel genre, though, is efficiency and a desire to have a kit that provides you with the most versatility and capability in the smallest package possible.…
3 weeks ago
A thoughtful gift goes a long way, and one gift my mother always appreciated from me was a photograph of some kind, or at least something personalized or something that I created. With this in mind, here are some tips and ideas on how you can gift and share your photography with Mom for this Mother’s Day.
Give Her a Print
We’ll start with the obvious one first—but it’s an obvious choice because…
1 month ago
While best known around B&H as one of the leading camera and photography brands, Nikon is, first and foremost, an optics manufacturer. Looking beyond camera lenses, though, Nikon's other optical pursuits lie in the sport optics realm, including binoculars, spotting scopes, and laser rangefinders. A subsection of the laser rangefinder category is golf laser rangefinders—palm-sized monoculars…
2 months ago
With medium format shedding many of its niche associations and becoming a more viable and mainstream format, now might just be the time to begin incorporating this larger format into your working repertoire. When film was still king among working photographers, medium format cameras, particularly 645, was seen as an ideal balance between image quality, weight, speed, and number of frames per roll…
2 months ago
There is undeniable appeal in vintage gear and Thypoch is proving this point with their Eureka 50mm f/2 lens—a vintage-styled lens that’s still quite modern in performance. Classic cameras, retro lenses, photo gear that evokes the past … it’s been a trend…
2 months ago
You might hear it all the time: "Protect your prints by storing them archivally" or "This paper is archival-rated for X years" or "Keep your film safe by storing it in an archival box." Whatever it is, it's easy to gather what you need to store your tangible photographic media in archival conditions to prolong its lifespan to the fullest and to ensure it looks just as good in several years as it…
4 months ago
Whether you call yourself a vlogger, a content creator, or a secret third thing, Nikon has a camera for you. In this article, we’ll be looking at some of the key components of the Nikon Z camera and lens system, which offer a wide a range of features that are especially appealing to vloggers and…
4 months ago
On many levels, Nikon is focused on the cutting edge. Their cameras and lenses are some of the most forward-thinking around, sporting unique features, speedy recording, top-tier autofocus, and the most up-to-date feature sets that appeal to modern image-makers. In other ways, though, Nikon…
4 months ago
Hasselblad has been adding to and revamping their XCD lens lineup over the past few years, creating new series and offering more variety for different types of photographers to find their niche. Their newest lens, the XCD 75mm f/3.4 P, is part of the P series, which…
5 months ago
The bread and butter of sports and wildlife photography, super-telephoto lenses are a mainstay for shooters looking to both capture distant subjects and fill the frame with smaller subjects like birds. Super-…
5 months ago
Canon spent 2024 building up their RF lineup with a bevy of a new cameras and lenses, with a particular emphasis on the higher tiers of their system, adding four new professional-grade cameras and several top-tier L-series lenses. Compared to last year, where Canon focus on mid-tier and entry-level…
5 months ago
Over the past 12 months, Sony has had some massive camera announcements, along with a slew of important new lenses for their ever-expanding E-mount mirrorless system. Hot on the heels of late 2023’s announcement of the a9 III, Sony has ridden this wave of innovation throughout 2024, with a late year crescendo happening again via a new flagship and speedy new premier zoom. It’s been a year full of…
