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Harsh, contrasty lighting works for edgy and highly-stylized portraits, but the majority of the general studio photographer’s portrait gigs call for soft, flattering, and evenly-distributed light. Soft studio lighting can be created in many different ways, but portrait photographer Daniel Norton prefers using large silks coupled with reflector panels. In the following video, Norton demonstrates his methodology […]
Shooting in direct sunlight is a real challenge for any photographer. You could come up with a million different excuses not to shoot in direct sunlight and you’d be right. It’s a different thing, though, when you have something that can overpower the sun and give you a balanced look even in direct sunlight. Jay […]
Successful underwater photography is usually done with specialized equipment and techniques. However, it offers exciting and rare opportunities. Animals such as fish and marine mammals are common subjects, but photographers also pursue shipwrecks, submerged cave systems, underwater “landscapes”, invertebrates, seaweed, geological features, and portraits of fellow divers. Here are some wonderful photos of life underwater: Are […]
What did you want to be when you were a kid? A firefighter? Scientist? President of the United States? A new photo project, “When I Grow Up,” tackles that very question—by letting kids bring their dreams to life: The project was shot by Georgia-based photographer Brandon Cawood, whose sister Malisa Cawood, a fifth-grade teacher, signed on to have […]
Drones are expensive, but balloons are cheap. That’s the moral of this video by BBC Earth Unplugged: if you don’t have a professional-grade drone, all you need are some balloons, a helium tank, some fishing wire, and a wide-open field: The camera itself—a smartphone—is strapped into the cut-off top of a two-liter plastic bottle. That way, if the […]
If you’re a hobbyist, they want to help you take better images, and really capture the important things in your life. This is probably the most important type of photography that can be created right now. Be stoked. If you’re a pro, they want to help you create a successful business that makes you happy. There […]
Requests for free work come in more ways than one. Would you agree to work for free? The visual art industry—including photography—is split into two with people on either side arguing vehemently on the virtues of whether or not we should ever do spec work. One way to think about it is to imagine the […]
Buildings and structures are more than just the materials of which they are made. They serve a purpose, whether industrial, ornamental, or pedestrian. Frankly, they are great subjects to photograph. Iconic structures can be a monument to an important event or even become a landmark and symbol of an entire city or country like the […]
With autumn in full bloom, now is the perfect time to go out and capture those fall colors. In this video, we see it’s possible to capture a diverse range of shots—in just 15 minutes: The video comes from Gavin Hoey, whose goal is to shoot exclusively with an Olympus OMD E-M5 Mark II and Olympus Zuiko Digital ED 12-40mm f/2.8 […]
Ready to give your images an entirely new feel? For those of you who love working with textures in Photoshop, this tutorial walks through the new Texture Effects and the tools you need to rapidly speed up your workflow. For those of you who haven’t used textures with your images before, Texture Effects straightens the learning curve […]
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