Understanding How Soft Boxes Work

Sure, you know what a soft box is, and you may already own one, but it’s helpful to take a step back and get a fresh look at the world’s favorite lighting accessory.

PHOTONews Product Spotlight Autumn 2011

PHOTONews Links – Autumn 2011

The comprehensive list of links from the Autumn 2010 edition of PHOTONews magazine

PHOTONews Challenge Autumn 2011

Moonset and Black Clouds Val West, of Ridgetown, Ontario, went to the beach to photograph the setting moon with her Pentax K10D, but the black clouds cut the night a bit short.

PHOTONews Flickr Readers Gallery Autumn 2011

PHOTONews Magazine is delighted to recognize the work of the following Canadian photographers, whose vision and creativity brightens our Reader’s Gallery this issue.

PHOTONews Summer 2011 Challenge Winners

Congratulations to the winners of the quarterly PHOTONews Challenge! 

Freezing Action with the TritonFlash

      Mission Impossible? Take a sharp photo of action that’s so incredibly fast, the human eye can’t see it. That’s the assignment photographer Ben Clay gave himself.

Breathing Color's Go Lyve Photo on Canvas Contest

    Award-winning inkjet paper and canvas manufacturer Breathing Color is looking for the best Photo on Canvas and is offering a $10,000 reward to find it.

Two-Way Fluid Head For Birders & Digiscopers

Long before dawn I drove through the little town, its lone traffic light at the main intersection blinking orange. A few kilometres further on I turned into a pasture and eased down a narrow lane alongside a forest, following the headlights and mindful that deer and other animals would be active.

Recreating Loft Style Lighting by Paul Markow

Simple is good. Paul Markow shows us why as he revisits classic high key lighting reminiscent of Irving Penn’s series of Vogue Magazine covers from 1943.