By stripping away the distraction of color, black and white photography forces us to focus on textures, contrasts, and the soul of the subject.—ShotKit

One of the thing that I like to do is customize my cameras. In scouring the Web for gadgets and gizmos I sometimes stumble across other kinds of interesting photographic items, such as the Skink Pinhole Pancake lens

After  FUJIFILM announced that its GFX 100 II Medium-Format Camera would have a 102 megapixel imaging sensor, I had to dust off and update one of my old posts that addresses the question of “How many megapixels is enough?” So here goes…

The focal length of any optical system is a measure of how strongly the system converges or diverges light; it is the inverse of the system’s optical power.

My advice: Don’t let other other people, especially other photographers, determine how you spend your money. Having too much money tied up in cameras, lenses and lights or worse, debt for all that gear will sink a new portrait photographer faster than anything else.