In my previous Photography Snapshot, I discussed the importance of light and how it bounces to create images. We discovered that the most primitive form of photography was the camera obscura, which ...

How to select the best focal length; Why wide-angle lenses?; Zoom or Prime?; Telephoto lenses; Focal length analysis; All the information you need to select the right lens for landscapes. A focal ...

Many photographers have the impression that wide-angle lenses produce a different perspective from, say, telephoto lenses. But in fact lens focal length has no influence upon perspective as such; ...

If you're getting started with portrait photography, one of the biggest questions is: what lens should I use for portraits? With the best portrait lenses coming in so many options – from affordable ...

Whether you want to shoot a tennis match or take a close-up of a butterfly, you will need the right lens for the job. The primary differentiators among lenses are focal length (the distance at which ...

Back in the days of yesteryear, when I bought my first single-len reflex, cameras came with single-focal-length lenses. Usually you started out with a lens of about 50 millimeters, because that was ...

When most of us talk digital cameras, we talk megapixels, ISO, image noise, shot-per-second speed and image processing. We’re tech geeks. But really, none of that ...

Popular prime lenses for astrophotography often come in at 24mm or wider to allow for capturing a much wider view of the sky with little ground interest, which makes sense. But when you're ...