When shooting weddings, most photographers are tempted to stick to certain rules—wide shots of the venue, candids of the bridesmaids, quick captures of drunken dancing. But a lot of beauty, too, can be found in the details. This quick video crams a lot of different perspectives and ideas into four minutes, and is sure to inspire […]
How much does size matter? When it comes to cameras, quite a bit—at least, according to this cute short film, lampooning men’s egos on more than one level. Check it out: The film was directed by Dare Stevens, who knows a thing or two about cameras himself. This short, filmed on a Canon C300 Mark II, […]
Got any photographic New Year’s resolutions? The folks at DigitalRevTV have some suggestions—especially if you’ve been inadvertently bugging other photographers with bad habits. Check out the hilarious four-minute video here: Aside from avoiding bad habits such as, you know, setting your lenses on fire or using them as pint glasses, there are some real suggestions that are good to heed. […]
Balancing light ranks among the most essential tools for any photographer. But while a lot of Photoshop users head straight to the Curves adjustment tool for balancing tones in post-production, the folks at Phlearn have a better suggestion—the Shadows/Highlights adjustment: When balancing the light levels of an image, two tools come top mind: the Levels and Curves sliders. But if you […]
It’s one thing to capture an incredible wingsuit photograph, but it’s another to do it with external flash. The precision required is insane—you need to capture someone flying straight at you ceaselessly, predict their trajectory and still manage to pull off the basic fundamentals of composition. If you want to see how that’s done, watch this […]
Do you shoot portraits with umbrellas? Most professionals opt for softboxes instead—but to overlook the power of umbrellas is a huge oversight. At least that’s what Daniel Norton thinks. In this video, he explains why: Norton shoots six different 41″ umbrellas, keeping both his camera and model in the same positions to illustrate exactly how different each […]
Newborn bbaby photographers know all too well how difficult it is to take shots of kids. On top of that, add how hard it is to learn on the job when parents tend not to trust anyone inexperienced with their kids. The solution: equal parts creepy and utilitarian, the StandInBaby is coming soon: Despite the doll’s eerie uncanny-valley vibe, people are really getting […]
Famous New York-based camera store B&H occasionally hosts hour-long presentations, and they’ve begun condensing them into 15-minute highlight videos for the world to digest more quickly. One great example is this lecture by Canadian photographer Steve Simon, in which he establishes the 10 steps every budding photographer should take in order to get recognized: The 10 Steps to Photography Greatness […]
Modern technology makes star trail photography so simple. Take a shot like this one, for example—it may look complicated, but it’s actually incredibly easy to shoot: The photographer, Jason Watson, used a website called Dark Sky Finder to scope out the location near the Bodie Island Lighthouse in North Carolina, then simply showed up with the right gear: “I […]
This year’s National Geographic Photo Contest saw more than 13,000 images entered into three categories: people, places and nature. From that huge range of options, the judges selected three photos, including one grand prize winner. You can catch a glimpse into the logic behind their decisions in the video below: The winner of the Places category was Francisco Mingorance, whose […]
