This video could very well be titled “An Epic Struggle Between the Wind and a Photographer’s Assistant,” because that’s exactly what it was. German photographers Flash Bros. were trying to shoot some portraits when the elements decided to play spoilsport. The wind threatened to blow away both the assistant and softbox he was holding: Even […]
Second Lieutenant. Russell Gackenbach was an aircraft navigator aboard the Enola Gay. During the closing stages of World War II, he and the rest of the crew of his aircraft had to execute a mission that ultimately forced Japan to make an unconditional surrender. Their mission was to drop the first atomic bomb on the […]
For those who spend a significant amount of time retouching images in Photosho, keyboard shortcuts are life-savers. They not only reduce the use of the mouse or light pen but also make the whole process of editing images a good deal faster. In this video, Aaron Nace from Phlearn demonstrates five essential Photoshop keyboard shortcuts that every photographer should […]
You just bought a new DSLR and you just can’t wait to start shooting great images. But wait, there’s a problem. Your camera somehow can’t seem to lock focus where you want it to. You’ve selected the right AF point and you paid attention when the exposure was made, but your camera always seems to […]
Not many photographers find it easy to aim a camera at a complete stranger and walk away with a photograph. Street photography is the ultimate challenge for many photographers. Eric Kim shares with us seven tips on how to make great street photos. If you were always intrigued with street photography but never really understood […]
Tales by Light is a collaboration between Canon Australia and the National Geographic channel. Watch this breathtaking trailer full of images that say a thousand words in one frame, and listen as photographers share what they think makes a good photograph: “A great photograph needs to make you feel something. More importantly, you need to make your […]
Multiple flash exposure is a technique where the shutter remains open for a fairly long period of time while the flash pops several times. The resulting image looks like a composite of multiple exposures, but it’s actually just a single exposure with the movement frozen every time a flash pops: If you have a few strobes and a […]
In some weirdly satisfying way, this act of slicing a DSLR camera into two has always been on my personal bucket list of things to do. Not that you should attempt or even conceive such an act with a perfectly good DSLR, but if you have a non-functioning camera, why not put it under a […]
Have you ever wanted to create a photo of someone suspended in air? Well, this simple to replicate tutorial is probably what you’ve been waiting for. Just to spice things up a bit here’s a Star Wars perspective on levitation photography: Here’s what you’ll need. A Jedi knight. An enthusiastic Jedi knight can’t be that difficult to […]
You might think of neutral density filters as dinosaurs in the world of high dynamic range cameras and photo editing tools like Photoshop and Lightroom. But for purists looking to capture a higher dynamic range in-camera— or for those who don’t like to spend a lot of time processing their images—the graduated ND filter is […]
