Most photographers tend to ask the wrong questions when looking for lighting advice. Rather than matching their shooting style with the type of light that can handle those requirements, they go about choosing a light and then trying to make it work. In this video, photographer Joe Edelman addresses some myths and answers some basic […]
If you’re a wedding photographer, individual portraits of the bride and the groom in their wedding attire are some of your must-have shots. In this video, photographer Vanessa Joy demonstrates some easy posing techniques for grooms to guarantee your clients look their very best in their wedding portraits: “Men want to look more powerful, as […]
Pure white backgrounds are essential to most portrait, food, and product photography. You’d think setting up a pure white background is as easy as setting up a white screen or cloth behind the subject. That’s until you review your shots. Your white background all of sudden doesn’t look that white at all. Gavin Hoey has […]
Stuck at home on a rainy day? Lost for ideas as what to shoot? Or lamenting that you can’t seem to take your smartphone experience to the next level? Matthew Rycroft shows some really cool things you can do with your smartphone in this video tutorial: 1. Extra Options in the Hyperlapse App Open the […]
Jeff Rojas is a fashion and portrait photographer who believes in a minimalistic approach. Often, that entails using just one light. For those of you who love shooting with a single light, this is an inspiring video to continue shooting with what you already have: Rojas’s go to light is the Phottix Indra 360, which […]
Does the camera really add ten pounds? This episode of the SciShow attempts to clear up that myth. Or is it a myth? The answer may not be that easy to answer. To understand it, you need to first understand how the camera sees a scene vis-à-vis the human eye and how that information is processed: The most obvious […]
Have you ever seen strange beams of light emanating from the ground and going skyward? Perhaps you’ve wondered what this strange phenomenon might be. Aurora Borealis? Or maybe even laser beams fired by visitors from another planet? The answer is they are neither. Timmy Joe has an explanation: Earlier this month Joe was awakened in the middle […]
Life as a pro photographer can be hard. It’s probably best described as a mixture of a profound sense of freedom and an acute sense of uncertainty. But it can be a deeply satisfying pursuit provided you’re driven by a will to succeed. Much like in any other business, the success of your endeavor depends […]
In this second part of a three part series on the laws of light, Jay P Morgan demonstrates the correct ways of lighting a cube. The world isn’t a flat square or a flat circle or for that matter a flat rectangle. It’s composed of spheres, cubes, and cuboids. In other words, the world is filled […]
This is a fun little shoot that you can do with very little equipment: a DSLR, a lens, and an eager volunteer. Oh, yes, you also need a broomstick! This project is all about capturing a subject flying on a broom. And just in case you’re wondering if Wingardium Leviosa actually works—it doesn’t, and there’s no actual […]
