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• The Washington Post Employed About 35 Staff Photographers in 1996. Since February 4, 2026, It Has Employed None.

  10-11-2026 23:03 via Fstoppers
  
  In Miami in May 2023, Marvin Joseph asked Chris Evert and Martina Navratilova to put their heads together and lean on each other, and he made a portrait of two old rivals bound again by cancer. Joseph said it took off in a way he had not expected, pulling traffic and new subscriptions behind it. On February 4, 2026, The Washington Post eliminated the job that produced it, along with every other staff photographer position at the paper. [Read More]
  
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• The Problem With Trying to Make 'Serious' Photography

  10-11-2026 18:03 via Fstoppers
  
  At some point, many photographers encounter the pressure to make work that feels meaningful. It usually starts with an innocent realization that when you look at your catalog, it’s full of disconnected single frames. You have good photos, maybe even great ones, but none form a cohesive story. If you look online, the advice from the broader photo community typically offers a seemingly straightforward solution. Instead of taking one-off images, find a theme and shoot a project around it. [Read
  
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• Why the Best Photo From a Coronation Was a Man on a Bench

  10-11-2026 17:03 via Fstoppers
  
  Street photography runs on moments nobody schedules, which makes it hard to plan for and impossible to fake. How you think about luck shapes where you walk, how long you stay out, and whether you lift the camera when something small happens in front of you. [Read More]
  
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• Roadside Photography Might Be the Laziest Way to Take Good Photos

  10-11-2026 15:03 via Fstoppers
  
  Plenty of the scenes worth photographing on any given day slide past your car window at highway speed, and you get a couple of seconds to decide whether to pull over. Most people decide not to, and that small decision repeated over years adds up to a lot of missing frames. [Read More]
  
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• The Sony a7R VI's Slower Readout Never Showed Up at a Formula 1 Race

  10-11-2026 13:03 via Fstoppers
  
  Sony's a7R VI pairs a 67-megapixel stacked sensor with 30 fps blackout-free shooting and 8K video, yet a lot of the early talk has centered on its readout speed trailing Sony's dedicated speed bodies. If you shoot detailed work but also need a camera that holds up when things move fast, whether that gap ever shows up in your actual photos decides which body goes in your bag. [Read More]
  
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• Zoner Studio's Fall Update Adds 37 Stackable Presets and an AI Lab

  10-11-2026 12:33 via Fstoppers
  
  Zoner Studio's Fall Update replaces most of the editor's presets with 37 new ones built to be layered. You pick a color grade, add a texture or glow look on top, fix the light, and finish with sharpening or grain, and each step adds to the one before it instead of overwriting it. The update, free for subscribers, also brings an experimental AI Lab with generative tools and finer control over masking, tone curves, and split toning. [Read More]
  
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• 25 Truths About Being a Photographer in 2027

  10-11-2026 11:03 via Fstoppers
  
  Client budgets are tighter, gear and software keep getting pricier, and the playbook that filled a booking calendar in 2019 barely works anymore. If you earn any money from your camera, even a handful of print sales a year, the ground has shifted under how you price, market, and spend your time. [Read More]
  
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• Testing the Canon R6 Mark III in Real-World Conditions

  10-11-2026 10:03 via Fstoppers
  
  The Canon EOS R6 Mark III is the latest in the R6 lineup, with Canon having updated some photography features while also giving the video side a huge refresh. As somebody who is a heavy hybrid shooter, this camera definitely piqued my interest and had me wanting to give it a closer look. Even finding a rental to get my hands on was a little tricky, but eventually, I managed to scoop one up. Since then, I've had the opportunity to test this camera across the globe, shooting fashion campaigns, ev
  
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• Hands On With the WANDRD Magnetic Camera Strap

  10-11-2026 10:03 via Fstoppers
  
  Most camera straps follow the same general design, although in the past few years, companies have taken things a step further with the ability to quickly attach and remove a camera strap. WANDRD has recently taken that one step further with the release of its magnetic camera straps. At first, when I heard about this, I wondered how the magnet was going to work. I thought it might be the type of strap that was actually held together by a magnet, but the reality of the mechanism is actually smar
  
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