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Wedding photographer Jacki Bruniquel recently had a close call while shooting a wedding held at South Africa’s Netherwood Estate. As the father of the bride walked his daughter down the aisle, Bruniquel leaned in over the groom’s shoulder to capture the moment. Soon a warm glow started to spread through her curly hair–she had stepped too […]
Sometimes, the process of photographing something can be an inspiration in itself. But the end result may be way too awe-inspiring to be expressed just through mere words. Guess, that’s why some nature photographers prefer to speak with their images instead. This video is yet another attempt at capturing one of those moments of truth—a […]
An engagement session is a special opportunity for a couple to celebrate their future life together. Make it a memorable and fun experience for them. Check out the beautiful couples we found: If you’re eager to try it out, your first stop you should be our engagement photography tips. Check it out!
Most of us have experienced missing a breathtaking photographic moment either because we left our cameras at home or in the bag, had the wrong lens or camera settings, or were simply too slow on the draw. Fortunately, for Magnum photographer Thomas Hoepker, such wasn’t the case when boxing legend Muhammad Ali struck a pose for […]
Upon his return from a 3-month excursion filming in China, photographer Richard Kendall decided it was time to get back into the studio and start working on some photography experiments. One of those projects was creating a collection of very forward thinking light paintings. Take a look at the video below and see if you […]
In this article, we have a video tutorial showing photographers how to photograph smoke. After a few mishaps and a small studio fire, Kai is able to get off some good smoke shots from a bundle of incense sticks. He uses two 580EX2 flash heads (one used only as a trigger) on his Canon 550D, then […]
Let’s face it, lighting equipment can be pretty expensive once you add up all the power supplies, light stands, light modifiers, power packs, slaves and whatnot. This is where DIY and nice guys like Kevin Kubota come in. The video below explains how to make your own lighting scrims inexpensively with a quick trip to […]
Sometimes your whole life comes down to one single moment—a moment of truth, when you finally take that leap of faith. For a lot of budding photographers taking that leap of faith is the most difficult thing to do. They worry about the ‘what ifs’ of life. “What if I fail?” “What if I can’t […]
Getting wonderful captures of a couple on their wedding day is a challenge for most wedding photographers. It’s not just the lighting that they have to worry about. Posing, background, camera angle, and a hundred other things need to be considered to make those magazine cover quality photos. Making the couple look their best on the best day […]
Vignetting is a decrease in brightness of a photograph around its edges which are furthest from the centre of your photograph — Not only is the brightness of the photograph comprised in this darkened region but vignetting can have a negative effect on the accurate saturation of your timeless artistic work as well. Interestingly the […]
