One of the most popular visual effects used in music videos at the moment is a reimagining of one of the more unusual tools in a cinematographer’s bag. While you wouldn’t be able to create the intended use of it in post, you can mimic the creative version rather easily. [ Read More ]
On one chilly December morning a few years ago, the photographer Sam Brockway retraced Ernest Hemingway’s well-worn footsteps at Idaho’s Silver Creek, free to roam the 851-acre preserve with only the sounds of nature—crunching ice, echoing water, and flapping Coots—to keep him company. As he traveled through the landscape, he identified a diverse array of …
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Here’s a really simple, yet really effective trick I use to make sure in a portrait my subject’s face is the brightest thing in the image. Here’s how to do it (it’s just two steps and takes all of 30-seconds). Above: here’s our original portrait, lit with one Westcott FJ400 strobe with a 5′ Rapid …
Who doesn’t love a new Sigma lens? The popular company, known for its varied lines of quality, affordable lenses looks to be readying to announce their next lens in just a few days, and it will likely be a popular choice for a wide range of photographers and filmmakers. [ Read More ]
At the age of twelve, Taya Iv first discovered photography. But at the time, she was shy about asking people to model for her. Still, she remained undeterred, immersing herself in the art of self-portraiture. She studied different kinds of light and framing, all while making do with a simple camera phone. She connected with …
In this case, our subject has a trademark mole just to the right of her chin. Should you remove it, or… This is a tricky retouching question I get asked a lot (the question is tricky, not the technique itself, which is simple), and the question is: “When I’m retouching a portrait, and the subject …
Posing is something a lot of photographers struggle with, particularly since it is not something you can just learn objective values for like you can with camera settings. If that is something you are struggling with a bit, check out this fantastic video tutorial that will show you five tips for posing couples. [ Read …
Today, Panasonic introduced their latest full-frame L-mount lens. The Lumix S 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6 Macro O.I.S. is a telephoto zoom lens that opens up possibilities in a wide range of shooting situations. [ Read More ]
For some photographers, a mere fifteen minutes of sunset is worth a lifetime of traveling. Take, for example, Paul Reiffer, a UK-based photographer who spent years journeying across the globe to capture sunsets over Bonsai Rock, the Empire State Building, the Moeraki Boulders, Pulpit Rock, the Tokyo Tower, and beyond. In Torres del Paine, Patagonia, …
The UK’s “Digital Camera World” site is one of my favorite photography sites, and this past week I ran across this post from a Lightroom user who had switched from Classic to LR ‘cloud’ and came running back to Classic. His subhead, “Lightroom CC [cloud] just doesn’t do the right things in the right way” …
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