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Famous New York-based camera store B&H occasionally hosts hour-long presentations, and they’ve begun condensing them into 15-minute highlight videos for the world to digest more quickly. One great example is this lecture by Canadian photographer Steve Simon, in which he establishes the 10 steps every budding photographer should take in order to get recognized: The 10 Steps to Photography Greatness […]
There are moments and then there are moments. Moments that shape the course of history, alter lives, or permanently change those who were unfortunate to be caught in the wrong place at the wrong time. A timelapse of the 20th century might well have a disturbing several seconds dedicated to the great wars. But it’s definitely not […]
New to Photoshop and wondering how people make some of those stellar composite images you’re seeing all over the web? Or perhaps you’re an old hand at photo editing, but learning compositing has seemed a bit daunting? Well either way, if you’ve been wanting to try your hand at it, you’re in luck. Not only […]
We all do it on a daily basis. We aim our iPhones at our loved ones and click. How difficult can it be to make photos of our family, especially with a tool like the smartphone? Well, as Jack Hollingsworth puts it, family photography is either the toughest of assignments in the world or the […]
Perhaps more than any other photography genre, photojournalism is about telling stories. Photojournalists often tell hopeful tales of great human triumphs, long-awaited reunions, and love, but they are often also tasked with telling the hard stories that no one really wants to hear—the ones about sex slaves and slums and struggling amputees. Whatever the story, photojournalists have to […]
To coincide with the release of the new Nikon D5, director Corey Rich created the short film, INSPIRED, which is shot entirely on the D5 and explores the creative process of five of today’s most well-known professional photographers and filmmakers. Rich traveled around the U.S. for over a month to film these amazing artists, capturing the fast […]
Nature photographers are often required to brave the elements and take calculated but sizable risks (such as wading into a muddy pool where more than one hundred alligators float partially submerged before you) to make amazing landscape and wildlife photographs. Conservation photographer Mac Stone knows all about swimming with gators to get that perfect shot. He’s dedicated the past […]
This year’s National Geographic Photo Contest saw more than 13,000 images entered into three categories: people, places and nature. From that huge range of options, the judges selected three photos, including one grand prize winner. You can catch a glimpse into the logic behind their decisions in the video below: The winner of the Places category was Francisco Mingorance, whose […]
In this intriguing video of the history and science of lenses, Filmmaker IQ gives us a tour down history lane to the earliest days of the optics that made possible not just photography but various genres of science: The tour takes us through the development stages of lenses and right down to the present day, when […]
Lighting is one of the principal elements in portraiture. In order to produce quality photos it’s essential that you understand the very basics. An important aspect that you have to keep in mind is the direction of light. I would like to differentiate the types of light that a photographer can work with when shooting […]
