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Want to capture the perfect snowfall in your photos? For clear, crisp snow that falls around your subject, rather than intruding and creating blotches over the model’s face or over the beautiful scenery, you might want to consider adding it in in post-production: Aaron Nace offers us another great tutorial that is incredibly helpful. It’s […]
Improving your photography doesn’t have to be complicated. Sometimes it can be as simple as going on a diet–a photographer’s diet. Below, street photographer Craig Semetko explains each of the essential ingredients of the photographer’s diet, guaranteed to improve your photography (if not your waist line): Each photograph we take–whether carefully composed or just a […]
If you ever feel uninspired or can’t think of how to change up your photography, look no further. Peter McKinnon offers his viewers some advice on how to pay attention and instantly improve their photography. His tips are aimed toward setting yourself apart in your work instead of following the work of others. In doing so, you can create […]
Ok, this is quite a bold statement and may not be entirely true, but it could do a lot for your photography and maybe even get you out of that slump you’re currently in. Firstly, I want to just say that I love zooms. As a photographer, I’ve used them extensively both for photo and […]
The beauty dish is a studio photographer’s dream come true. Producing a soft yet direct light, the results of this modifier prove that its name is not unwarranted. Here, photographer Miguel Quiles shows off some basic setups that best illustrate the capabilities of this tool: There are two ways of employing the beauty dish—with and without a grid. Believe […]
Lying beneath the water’s surface is a world of opportunity that photographers are only just beginning to explore. The images produced by submerged cameras appeal to sports photojournalists and fine artists alike, who can experiment with suspending subjects in gravity defying poses and positions. With the right set of tools, techniques, and creative ideas, underwater […]
It’s likely that you’ve seen Jeff Widener‘s most iconic image. Featuring a single man staring down a street filled with armed military tanks, it’s been praised by people around the world as a symbol of strength and defiance in the face of oppression. Though the themes within the photograph resonate universally, few people consider just […]
In their quest to find inexpensive ways to improve their photography, The Koldunov Brothers made this video to demonstrate a technique that portrait photographers can use to create a simple diffuser for the pop-up flash on their camera. In order to do so, they filled a white balloon with air and attached it to the flash. […]
Who doesn’t love photographing kids? With a subject so full of energy and life, it’s difficult to get a bad shot of a happy child. Nevertheless, as Aaron Nace proves in this tutorial, there’s always room for improvement: Though the image that Nace started with was adequate, applying a few tweaks to the image details ultimately made […]
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 […]
