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27 December 2022
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at 2022, Christmas trees, the Dolomites, the Arctic Circle, buying what you need, Pixel Shift, price increases and Apple Watch's camera control.
- In How the Guardian U.S. Saw 2022, Gail Fletcher curates a year's worth of images from the daily publication's photographers.
- In 21 Magical Photos of Christmas Trees, Jasenka Grujin shows there's more than one way to photograph a tree. "To capture truly memorable photographs of Christmas trees, you should focus on lighting, composition and background," she writes.
- In Condé Nast Traveller: Spain, Heidi Volpe talks to Diego Martínez about his cover shot of the Dolomites. "I always wanted to go to the Dolomites just because Is one of the best places for enjoying the amazing nature that involves the Alps," he says.
- Dave Williams is Chasing Lights in the Arctic Circle. In this Travel Tuesday piece, he drops in an hour-long video of the experience and a few photos of the northern lights.
- Derrick Story ends the year Investing in What You Need, Not What You Want. "This week I discuss my final equipment purchase of 2022," he writes. "And how it was what I truly needed. And how I was able to resist what I really wanted."
- Lloyd Chambers takes a stab at explaining Sony A7R vs. Pixel Shift vs. Demosaicing, Motion Correction, Etc. when a reader poses an insightful question.
- Welcome to More Price Increases, Thom Hogan predicts. Two supply chain factors are driving things, he writes. Fab space for sensors and processing chips is booked, and supplier reliability is low. And lower dSLR sales don't help.
- Dan Moren is impressed with The Apple Watch's Camera Control after trying to take a picture of his family in front of the Christmas tree. "A modern Apple Watch is now more than capable of showing a live, full-frame video stream with almost zero lag and the screen is large enough that you can actually use it to tell if everything's framed the way you want," he writes. "You can easily take a shot and quickly check it on the watch to make sure that everybody's eyes are open."
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