Popular Photography Magazine - July - August 2016

In this issue

In this issue:Mythical Mayhem In Spartan Races, held all over the U.S., amateur athletes gather to throw spears, crawl under barbed wire, and jump over fire. And with
ready access for photographers, you’ll come back with amazing shots. Here’s how. By Stan Horaczek, Archive Intervention Chances are you could do a better job of preserving your precious digital images. We looked at four shooters’ approaches to backing up and archiving their pictures—and got expert advice on how to improve.
By Debbie Grossman, Golden Moments Photographing the Olympic Games is almost as intense as competing in them. Sports shooter Ezra Shaw tells what it’s like to work at the center of it all. Plus: How Getty Images will get pictures from the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro out of the camera and around the world in an instant.By Jack Crager, Lens Test TAMRON SP 85MM VC Di USD AF Adding image stabilization to a fast prime makes for one perfect lens, Your Turn Readers weigh in on their favorite national parks to photograph and much more...

You Can Do It - Milky Ways

Emphasize beauty with a milk bath portrait.

3 mins

Lake Views

Take big photos in a small town.

2 mins

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Popular Photography brings you step-by-step secrets of the pros for taking their most amazing shots. You’ll discover the best equipment at the best prices, get comprehensive comparative reports on cameras, lenses, film, digital equipment, printers, scanners, software, accessories and so much more.