This month, Ondřej Hruška made his fourth trip to the Ukraine and is sending us his photographic travel diary from the trip. His destination? The Exclusion Zone around Chernobyl, a place that has become a synonym for global catastrophe—a place that has influenced the lives of us all. In this, the first article in his series, he presents Ukraine as a whole, his previous experience with this country, and his upcoming plans.
Photos and DPI
One thing that I run into a lot as a photo software developer is people worrying too much about what DPI their camera uses, or setting DPI for their photos in an editor with the feeling that this will give them better pictures. There are several myths out there around DPI and photos, and I’d like to try to clear up some of them today.
News Roundup: A Taste of History
This week on News Roundup, we have a review of the blog, an extremely wide-angle fisheye weighing over 10 pounds, World Pinhole Photography Day, and two historical photograph collections, from Sydney and New York.
Topi’s Tips: Airport—Photography Permitted
Airports are bordered in barbed wire and guarded by dozens or hundreds of cameras and security guards, and somewhere deep down we have it in our heads that taking pictures there is forbidden. In many airports, that’s true. But Prague’s Ruzyně airport fortunately is not among them.
News Roundup: Keyboards of Light
In this News Roundup, we take a look at the last week on our blog, fashion photography in Paris, adrenaline sports photography, virtual lighting on the Internet, and photos in anticipation of Earth Day.
It’s Not Black and White
Color photography has existed for about a hundred and fifty years, if we count from its earliest beginnings. For all of this rather long time, a considerable number of photographers have remained, or at least returned, at the side of black-and-white photography. The arrival of digital cameras has done nothing to change this. Except to make it simpler. Now you can turn a color digital image into black and white with just a click of a mouse. But it is not always a good idea.
A Panoramic Autumn in St. Petersburg
At the end of last year, I headed out, like several times before, to support our brand and our product at Photofair in St. Petersburg, Russia. I also took this business trip as an opportunity to test out my newly gained photographic knowledge and experience.
News Roundup: A Naked World Below
In this week’s News Roundup: a recap of the last week on this blog, a bird’s eye view of nudes and a historical view of the Titanic, and—if you will—a time-lapse Alfred Hitchcock.




