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Jon Sienkiewicz  |  Nov 28, 2025

Do you own the copyright to your photos? By chance, did the contract you signed have a "work made for hire" clause? Do you get your legal advice from anonymous strangers online? The award-winning law firm DeWitt LLP offers an essential copyright guide that shows photographers how to lock down their ownership rights and legally fight theft. The downloadable PDF is free of cost or obligation. Read more to access the download link.

Jon Sienkiewicz  |  Nov 14, 2025  |  First Published: Nov 15, 2025

It snowed yesterday where I live, so it's time for a sleighride song. This ditty is sung to the tune of Jingle Bells and is called "Wannabe's Lament." It's a cheerful tune about the photographer I could have been, if only I'd had the right equipment. Sigh!

Jon Sienkiewicz  |  Nov 12, 2025  |  First Published: Nov 13, 2025

I was wrong. Bokeh is far more important, useful and beautiful than I'd thought. Let me explain.

Jon Sienkiewicz  |  Oct 23, 2025

When we consider the bonehead blunders photographers unwittingly commit, we usually think about gross mistakes that result in fuzzy or poorly exposed images. But the error in this story involves sharp images that we want to abort at all costs. The catastrophic bungle we're identifying is…

Shutterbug Staff  |  Oct 21, 2025

Zoner Studio, winner of the prestigious EISA Best Photo Software Award for 2025-26, has announced several exciting enhancements that are available now. The new features are being added to Zoner Studio license holders' apps automatically.

Shutterbug Staff  |  Oct 20, 2025

High-quality printing that speaks for itself—and says everything about you. That’s what Lumaprints is all about.

Jon Sienkiewicz  |  Oct 16, 2025

Fry potatoes, not computers.
Here are seven potentially catastrophic misunderstandings about surge protection.

Jon Sienkiewicz  |  Oct 09, 2025

Protect your rights and thwart picture pirates, the outright thieves who cash in on your photographic talent. Here's priceless advice from the founder of the company that has recovered more than $15 million from copyright infringements for photographers in 68 countries since 2014.

Jon Sienkiewicz  |  Sep 27, 2025

Love photography? Admire the fantastic photos taken by others? Get off the bench and into the game! Live the dream and earn cold cash at the same time. The Famous Fotographers School can teach you how to create mind-blowing images without ever leaving home! FFS is accepting a limited number of pecunious students looking to start a career in this exciting field.

Shutterbug Staff  |  Sep 16, 2025  |  First Published: Sep 17, 2025

Zoner Studio has been conferred the prestigious EISA Photo Software Award for 2025-2026 as the Best Product in the Photo Software category. This is the second time Zoner has been bestowed this esteemed honor. Here's more info about Zoner Studio.

Shutterbug Staff  |  Sep 16, 2025  |  First Published: Sep 17, 2025

Featuring video support, automatic focus checking, and other exciting new features, Excire Search 2026 plugin for Adobe Lightroom Classic makes its debut. Here's what's new.

Shutterbug Staff  |  Sep 04, 2025

In order to experience firsthand what Lumaprints customers experience, a Shutterbug staff writer uploaded a selection of images to the Lumaprints website for printing. Although this is a sponsored article, his narrative is a 100% objective report of the process and the results.

Jon Sienkiewicz  |  Aug 22, 2025

Peak Design just introduced a trio of professional tripods, co-developed with Nat Geo photographer and Emmy Award-winning filmmaker Jimmy Chin. Shutterbug was loaned a sample several weeks before their crowdfunding event concluded. Here's our hands-on review along with a crisp unmasking of the scurrilous tripod hobgoblins referenced in the title.

Jon Sienkiewicz  |  Jul 29, 2025

Adobe just announced the addition of five new beta release features to Photoshop, and three of them are absolute fire. Here's the rundown.

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