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Ron Leach  |  Oct 17, 2016  | 

When a team of gimbal engineers and aerial vehicle designers get together to create an intelligent smartphone stabilizer, you know it’s going to be special. And the inexpensive new SMOVE for iOS and Android devices looks like a winner.

Ron Leach  |  Aug 05, 2024  | 

This is an ideal time of year for capturing macro photos because insects, small reptiles, flowers, and other small subjects are just about everywhere you look. But what happens when you're strolling through a park or walking in the neighborhood and the only camera you have is the iPhone in your pocket?

Ron Leach  |  Jan 11, 2017  | 

Steadicam has been helping filmmakers tell their stories for over 50 years, and parent company Tiffen is now in production on the new Steadicam Volt—a compact and affordable gyro stabilizer that enables smartphone users to capture smooth, professional-looking videos with ease.

Ron Leach  |  Oct 31, 2023  | 

Whether you own a new iPhone 15, or use an older model running  iOS 14, the photos you shoot will be significantly better after watching the comprehensive tutorial below. This "ultimate guide" from the Mount Media YouTube channel was designed for beginning and intermediate users alike.

Barry Tanenbaum  |  Nov 04, 2016  | 

About five years ago, travel photographer Jack Hollingsworth was on a resort shoot in the Caribbean. There’d be stills and video, lots of locations, and the client keeping an eye on everything. Nine cases of gear loaded on the plane.

Ron Leach  |  Mar 24, 2016  | 

You still have one week to pull your best images together and enter the 2016 iPhone Photography Awards (IPPAWARDS).  The competition, launched in 2007, is the first and the longest running iPhone photography competition and has engaged the creativity of iPhone users worldwide. In the past competitions entries were received from photographers living in over 120 countries.

Ron Leach  |  Aug 15, 2017  | 

The Samsung Galaxy S5 smartphone may be a few generations old, but it’s a rugged little device and shoots some decent video under turbulent conditions as you can see in the insane two-minute clip below.

Dan Havlik  |  Dec 10, 2020  | 

What if there was one app that could fix the worst case of blur in a photo with just the click of a button? Well, there's a much-talked-about new piece of image software that promises to do just that and, according to a recent test by software guru Unmesh Dinda of PiXimperfect, it's surprisingly effective.

Jon Sienkiewicz  |  Jan 20, 2023  | 

The SnapGrip Creator Kit from ShiftCam lets you hold your smartphone like a camera, charges the battery, lights up the scene and provides a stable tabletop support. It’s very well made and practically attaches itself.

George Schaub  |  Aug 29, 2014  | 

The Technical Image Press Association (TIPA) member magazines recently convened for their General Assembly to vote for the best photo and imaging products launched by the industry in the last 12 months. The voting took place during the General Assembly that was held in spring, 2014, in Vancouver, Canada.

Ron Leach  |  May 09, 2025  | 

Adobe's long-awaited Photoshop for iPhone is finally here and today's tutorial from the popular PHLEARN YouTube channel demonstrates the broad range of available tools and demonstrates how to employ them for quick and effective adjustments on the go.

Ron Leach  |  Mar 20, 2024  | 

If you've never captured photos at night we're going to help you change that today with a quick tutorial on using the iPhone's Night Mode to shoot dramatic long-exposure images when your "real" camera is at home.

Ron Leach  |  Aug 17, 2022  | 

Vanguard has unveiled the competitively priced VEO ED 8420M Digiscoping Kit that makes it easier than ever to capture sharp close-up photos and videos of distant subjects with a smartphone.

Ron Leach  |  Jun 01, 2022  | 

Easy-to-carry travel tripods are more popular than ever, as photographers have turned to mirrorless cameras and correspondingly small lenses to lighten their load. The challenge is finding an appropriately robust model that doesn’t sacrifice stability, quality and features—just to be small.

Cynthia Boylan  |  Jan 07, 2016  | 

Zeiss and the Fellowes’ ExoLens brand have joined forces to create a new line of premium accessory lenses for mobile phones. The new attachable smartphone lenses feature a snazy design with smooth surfaces made of black anodized aluminum with white labeling. More importantly, they will offer quality optics from the respected Zeiss brand.

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