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Film editor and director Logan Kelsey’s short profile film on landscape photographer Marty Knapp is a stunning look into the man behind the lens. The video begins as Knapp explains his process of making a photograph, which hinges on evocative light: “By removing the color, something happens. We start paying attention to the lines, the […]
Learning the basics of photography is the first step toward creating stunning shots. I consider them to be the building blocks of this profession, and knowing how to combine them can lead to masterpieces. The following video from B and H addresses one of the basic elements of photography, ISO: What is ISO? The ISO […]
One of the beauties of photography is that it can capture and preserve split-second moments that would normally be lost to the human eye. The following collection of 50 perfectly timed photos shows that not everything is always as it seems: Examples include a diver shaking hands (or should we say fins?) with a humpback […]
Whenever Air Force Master Sergeant Jeremy Lock raises his camera to his eye, he becomes a man on a mission. “You look for the moment, that brief second,” he says, neatly summing up the objective of photojournalism. Lock’s exceptional work with the US armed forces, shot on 40 countries across 6 continents and spanning 2 decades, […]
Strobes are often the tool of choice for photographers when it comes to freezing action. In this video, photographer Jay P. Morgan from The Slanted Lens demonstrates his technique: To demonstrate this technique, Morgan uses a set of Baja B4 monolites. He also uses a model to photograph and a trampoline to employ step 3, […]
In many rural and farm-based communities around the world, dogs are more than just man’s best friend—they’re vital members of the workforce. From herding livestock to hunting, these dogs work happily and tirelessly right alongside their owners: Minneapolis-based photographer Andrew Fladeboe has traveled to New Zealand, the Scottish Highlands, and other locales to capture working dogs in […]
Getting a handle on using your camera’s various settings and tools can sometimes make you want to pull your hair out—and the histogram is one of the trickiest to understand. Looking more like something to measure earthquakes than camera data, the histogram often has beginning photographers scratching their heads. But professional photographer Joshua Cripps breaks […]
Quality multi-light setups can be quite expensive, yet without them it can be challenging to get the highlights and fill we’re looking for in a quality studio shot. In the video below, photographer Pyre Jirsa demonstrates how to get a great the multi-light look with just a few light modifiers and an on-camera flash: The […]
Perhaps you’ve seen a photo of a river, waterfall, or ocean waves where the moving water looks like silky, flowing ribbons of mist and wondered how the photographer created that effect. Well, it’s not as hard as it seems, and it’s one of the many special effects that can be achieved with long exposure photography. […]
Over the last nearly 200 years, war photography has been used to communicate both truth and propaganda about conflicts around the world. War photographers and journalists put their lives on the line to capture the realities of war—but in addition to the risk, danger, and courage involved, these photographers play another important, often overlooked role: they […]
