An image of a bird perched on a natural looking branch, with its eyes pin sharp, its feathers details clear, beautiful bright colors, and background bokeh that melts like Swiss cheese. No doubt you’ve seen images like that in wildlife magazines or on the internet. But what if you were to be told that many […]
Here’s a set of tricks you can use if you’re interested in double exposure photography. This genre that promises some really awe-inspiring images. The best thing is you don’t need any additional tools beyond what you already have. Photographer Philipp Reinhard demonstrates: Double Exposure Portrait Step one is to choose a vantage point. Step two […]
The final task after you’ve downloaded and culled your images is to edit them and make them look presentable. This is where photo editing tools like Photoshop and Lightroom come onto the scene. Phlearn demonstrates how you can expertly enhance your subject in Photoshop: How you process your images depends on the area you wish […]
Shooting products against a white background is popular these days, thanks to the boom in online shopping and marketplaces. But proper exposure and focusing become difficult when photographing white products against a white background. David Patino shares a few tips to overcome this challenge: Setup for Product Photography Patino uses a simple white reflector mounted […]
So you’ve heard of histograms and been told that they’re important. But why? Steve Perry explains: What’s a Histogram? The simplest way to explain a histogram is that it’s a graphical representation of the light levels in an image. The histogram chart that you see on the back of your camera is a luminosity histogram. […]
A number of elements go into making delicious food photos. Nisha from RainbowPlantLife shares her lighting secrets for great food photography: Understand Directional Light Directional light produces much better quality photos than light that comes from all different directions. Directional lighting can be of many different types. First, there is side lighting, where the food […]
The dreaded double chin. As a portrait photographer, it’s your duty to make your models look great in their portraits. Here are five surefire ways to reduce the appearance of a double chin in your portrait photos from the Koldunov Brothers: 1. Move the Head Forward Ask your subject to push their head slightly forward and […]
The gradient filter tool in Lightroom is pretty powerful. It works and behaves like the neutral density filters that we use in everyday photography. Using the Lightroom filters, however, requires a slightly different approach to what you might be used to. Joshua Cripps explains: First things first, the graduated filter can be easily accessed from the top right Develop […]
It’s easy to do long exposure photography at night. You just need a tripod and some moving lights. But shooting long exposures during the day is a different ball game. In this brief and informative video, Evan Ranft explains how you can take daytime long exposures: The Problem Daylight Long Exposures Too much light may […]
Everything you’ve ever heard about this phenomenon right from your childhood all of a sudden becomes hard fact. We’re talking about the first-ever image of a black hole: It took 10 years of planning, involving more than 200 scientists from across the globe and 50 million dollars in funding. For the astrophysicists that were involved […]
