The history of Leica

Leica is a company that invented street photography — and saved people during the war

How the Lens Affects Portraits

The lens is one of the most important parts of a camera. It determines how wide or narrow the field of view will be, how the perspective will look, how much you can zoom in on the subject, and how the background will be blurred.

Photographer’s Cheat Sheet: ISO, Shutter Speed, Aperture

The exposure triangle is the foundation of any photograph. It consists of three parameters that together control the amount of light (exposure), the artistic look, and the sharpness of your image: Aperture (f): Controls the amount of light and depth of field (background blur). Shutter Speed: Controls the duration of light exposure and the rendering of movement (“freezing” or blurring). ISO: Controls the sensor’s sensitivity to light and the level of digital noise (“grain”).

Color Photography. 100 Years from Experiment to Recognition

In 1861, Maxwell proved the principle. A practical method appeared only in 1907 — the Lumière brothers’ Autochrome, slow and fragile. Then came twenty years of failures: Kromogram, Joly, Colorsnap. Eventually, everything was changed by two amateur musicians, frustrated with the quality of color film — and Kodachrome was born. Even then, color remained “unserious” — associated with advertising, magazines, and family albums. It was recognized as art only in 1976, at Eggleston’s exhibition at MoMA, which critics initially tore apart.

Hasselblad – the camera that photographed the Moon

Cinema as a Textbook of Composition. 8 Techniques Every Photographer Should Know

The most popular photographers in the world

Six geniuses, six different directions, one common passion - to stop time and reveal the truth. Their photographs hang in museums, appear on magazine covers, and are preserved in the memory of humanity. These are their stories.