How do you create a perfectly white wall in your photos? Easy, just pull a few sliders in Photoshop. Now, here’s the challenge. How do you create a perfectly white wall without Photoshop? Beyond Photography shows you how: Using Studio Strobes You’ll need two studio strobes for this technique. Set the power to slightly higher […]
The iPhone X, the Samsung Galaxy Note 8, and the Google Pixel 2 are some of the latest and the greatest smartphone cameras out there. They handle pretty much all types of light and produce incredible images. But can they compete with “proper” cameras? Marques Brownlee compares smartphone camera portrait modes with the Hasselblad X1D: The […]
If you want to start shooting product photography but don’t yet have the right gear, all is not lost. This trick allows you to get a softbox effect for around $20. Leo Rosas demonstrates: You’ll need a single LED light—a common tube light that you can find at any home improvement store. The technique involves using […]
A room has five sides. Five sides? Yes. It actually has six, but since you’re not going to shoot a 360 degree perspective, for the point of this discussion there are only five sides. The purpose of this tutorial is to learn how to light up each of these five surfaces—the walls and the ceiling—so […]
What do you do when you’re short on time, but your client wants a number of unique images to choose from? Get creative! This wonderful video from SLR Lounge shares amazing insight into how you can set up your artificial light, combine it with the ambient lighting, and use your experience with different lenses, composition […]
A beauty dish creates harsh, directional light. It doesn’t actually produce beautiful light. And yet it’s called a beauty dish! I you haven’t yet mastered how to consistently create good light, a beauty dish will only accentuate your lack of knowledge and your subject’s skin flaws. So when and how should you use a beauty […]
Street photography is probably one of the most difficult genres of photography to get into. Just the getting into bit is difficult because of the inhibitions. The whole idea of having to stand in front of a complete stranger and taking a picture can be intimidating. Eduardo Pavez Goye has some ideas to make this […]
While a lot of people don’t mind posting photos of their kids online, photographer Marcin Lewandowski is against the idea of showing his child’s face on social media. But that doesn’t mean he doesn’t want to share photos at all. If you feel the same, you might be interested in his suggestions for other ways […]
The Canon versus Nikon battle is probably as old as the rivalry between Man United and Liverpool. There are die-hard fans on either side of the line. Any debate between the two is likely to end up in a stalemate, as both systems produce fantastic cameras. This discussion, though, isn’t about who makes the best […]
‘Tis the season for photographing holiday lights! While most photographers wait around for dusk, this amazing shot of Christmas decorations hanging in a shopping mall was shot in broad daylight: JaguarPF captured this photo using a Canon 1200D with a 50mm f/1.8 and no flash. He noticed the decorations hanging about two meters above a […]
