Most of us know that the golden hour is one of the best times for outdoor photography, but what happens when the light fades just a little too much? Do we call it a day? Not according to Jay P. Morgan. Just bring along a Speedlite or two and a Pocket Wizard, and you’ll find your window […]
Ever wonder what it would be like to be a food photographer for a top-end magazine? Spending a week in the life of food photographer Alex Lau might give you a taste of what’s involved. Just beware, you might gain a few pounds just watching it: Food photography is something just about everyone with a […]
If you’ve ever taken photos in low light, you’ve probably noticed a fair amount of noise in your photos. Luckily, there are a lot of filters out there that can help reduce it, including Photoshop’s own “Reduce Noise” filter. In the video below, photographer Aaron Nace from walks us through the basics: Noise can happen any […]
Timelapse videos are a dime a dozen, but every once in a while we come across one that’s truly well done—even stunning. This timelapse of the beauty of the Western states, made by Portland adventure photographer Leif Smith, might just be one of those: Shot mostly in the western United States and Canada, Smith’s “Vista” timelapse […]
We all know the difference that photographic perspective can give–how it can change the experience of the viewer. But how often do we think about how this is used in politics? Take, for example, this set of images called the “Illusion of Politics”: These photos, taken from a rally for British Parliament member George Osborne, […]
Sometimes when uploading an image to the web, the colors look off or the sharpening just isn’t right. If this has happened to you, chances are you haven’t been saving your images in a way that works best with the way that browsers render images. Luckily, optimizing your images for the web isn’t particularly difficult, as […]
Lighting and posing are two things that every successful portrait photographer has to learn. And though it may seem a bit complicated if you scan through tutorials, it doesn’t really need to be. In the video below, portrait photographer Daniel Norton gives us a super easy setup for casual portraits, a dramatic modeling type shot, and a […]
Creating in-studio dramatic portraits may seem daunting when you’re short on gear, but it’s actually pretty easy. In the video below, photographer Miguel Quiles shows us how simple it is to set up a shoot using just one strobe for his lighting: The setup is uncomplicated: an umbrella angled down at around 4 feet from the model, the […]
Do you ever get bored at work, start doodling, and then have a magnificent creation made out of wood, plastic, and duct tape 10 hours later? Well, that’s just what happened to tintype and film photographer Giles Clement. He built a 16×20 ambrotype in less than half a day and is getting some amazing results […]
Just hours before having to catch his flight to Indonesia, Canadian travel photographer Zac Turgeon decided to take his 35mm film camera along with him. Little did he know that combining his film photography with video would land him a staff pick award on Vimeo: These days the idea of traveling with a film camera […]
