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Like many photographers, I love using 500px. It’s a great source of inspiration and the community is very active. But not every photographer knows about…

Founded by Tracy Foster, ONA (pronounced ō’na) is a stylish brand of handcrafted camera bags, which started a revolution in quality design back in 2010. With…

Need some creative ideas to inject a little spice into your photography? Here’s 20 great ideas to get you started. 1. Play with bubbles (I…

I say goodbye to one of my favourite cameras of all time the Ricoh GR and talk about what will replace it. The Fujifilm X-Pro…

Hi, I’m a procrastinator. I’ve always sort of known I have a propensity to put things off. I delay, I make excuses, I come up…

Java, 2013 Following on from last weeks Photo Tip about vignetting, I thought it would be interesting to look at how skin tones translate from…

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“Man, I suck.” There. I said it. I’ve said something that’s entered my mind hundreds or even thousands of times since I first picked up…

In this episode I take a look at the Pentax S1. Made in 1960 this simple but high quality camera was designed as a budget…

Banda Naira, Indonesia. M-Monochrom, 75mm Summicron. Even though lens designers go to considerable lengths to make lenses with very little edge fall-off, vignetting a shot…

The reason why you’re here is because you cherish your photos, be it personal family shots or those from your professional portfolio. The last thing…

F Stop Lounge contributors Varina & Jay Patel are pleased to announce the launch of their Behind the Lens course. This course takes an in-depth look at…

Ahh, the dreaded creative rut! How much we photographers hate you. You sap our energy, take away our motivation, destroy our will to press the…

We’re excited to launch a new section of F Stop Lounge called –  ‘What’s In Your Bag‘. This new section of the site means you’ll be…

Are you finding your landscape, wedding, sports or wildlife photos are a bit blurry? If that’s the case you may need to rethink the way…

I have had the X-T1 for a while now since my first impressions went up about it, it is time to sit down and write-up a…

Whenever I receive a product to test I tend to give it a real world beating to see if it holds true to it’s name.…

When you’re focused on your gorgeous surroundings and with getting that PERFECT shot, there may be consequences to your preoccupation. Jay’s short video addresses this…

Hey you fantastic F Stop Loungers! In the first part of this trilogy, we looked at a few creative ways to play with flash. We then…