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For those of you interested in macro or nature photography, it’s worth your time to check out the video below which chronicles the work of award wining photographer, Barbara Leven and her series of nature photographs, Enchanted Earth. The video, filmed at photography superstore, B&H, features Leven herself as she shares with viewers some of her best work and, as an added bonus, describes the process she took behind making the photographs. There’s certainly a lot to be learned from the seminar, so you may want to block out some time to watch it here.

Take a couple minutes to go on a behind the scenes tour of a photoshoot with automobile photographer, Daniel Linnet, as he takes some shots of the super sleek Porsche Carerra 911 S and BMW M-series for Top Gear Magazine. Thinking outside the box, Linnet decided to light the cars using lasers which were operated by a laser show artist. Linnet says working with the lasers created a challenge, but by the looks of the above image, it sure paid off.

We’re pretty big fans of Google+ over here at PictureCorrect–find us and follow us here–so, needless to say, we were pretty excited to see the social network put together a seminar with best selling photography author, Scott Kelby. The well-known author has made a name for himself by teaching photographers at all levels to break away from the typical “rules of thirds, leading lines, repeating pattern” approach. Kelby instead insists upon the importance of working a scene to get exactly what you want out of it.

Commercial photographer, Dean Bradshaw, recently photographed an assortment of athletes for the 2012 Startrac ad campaign. In a short film documenting the shoot, filmmaker, Charles Thi, captures some of the equipment Bradshaw uses along with a few of his shooting techniques. The video takes viewers on a behind the scenes tour of the various sets used throughout the shoot. For the photoshoot Bradshaw utilizes HDR processing techniques with excellent studio lighting.

Admittedly, it’s easy to sit back and take our digital cameras for granted. They are easy to use, fast, and convenient. Then you come across something that makes you remember just how easy it we have it sometimes. For example, Afghan street photographers–there are reportedly only two of them–go about taking photographers in a much different way. Using what they refer to as a kamra-e-faoree, which roughly translates to instant camera, the process of creating a photograph takes place entirely inside the large wooden box camera.

If you’ve never heard of Atlanta based photographer, Alex Koloskov, you may want to do a quick Google search of him. In terms of thinking outside of the box, Koloskov basically epitomizes it. Watching him perform his art during a commercial photoshoot is pretty entertaining. He likes to makes messes. Big messes. And it usually involves throwing liquids–sometimes at people– to photograph it mid-air. By the way, speaking of Google and throwing messy liquids in front of cameras, it turns out Koloskov is the genius behind the popular Google Splash logo.

When most people hear the name Moby, the automatically think of him as a musician, but, as it turns out, he’s not just a one trick pony. The electronic music artist is also an avid photographer and has been so since he was 10 years old. Moby’s most recent photography focuses on the weird and unique architecture of an expansive Los Angeles, California. Follow along with this short interview as he discusses his interest in architecture and shares a few of works with us.

What happens when you get 116 of Hollywood’s hottest celebrities together on historic stage 18? The answer: One challenging and stressful group photo. That’s what film industry giants, Paramount Pictures commissioned photographer Art Streiber to capture this for their 100th anniversary.

The name Jonathan Mannion has nearly become a household name in the world of hip hop and urban culture, as he has built a reputation for himself as one of the most influential photographers known to the genre. Having photographed some of rap’s biggest names, his photography has become as famous as his subject’s have. Mannion got his start as an assistant in New York City and his big break came when Jay-Z asked him to shoot the cover for his debut album in 1996.

The man behind Photobooth, a tintype portrait studio in San Francisco, has made a couple of interesting videos revealing the historic process he uses to create the 4 x 5 works of art. Photobooth co-founder, Michael Shindler, says that though the process dates back to 1800’s, it’s still very much alive and growing. The entire tintype process–from preparing the tin for exposure to developing the photograph–is done entirely in Shindlers strorefront and takes about 20 minutes from start to finish.