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Being able to freeze the movement of water at precisely the right moment requires good timing on the photographer’s behalf, but also very good lighting. The professionals over at Aurum Light Studio have pretty much nailed the art of water photography down to a science, and luckily for us, they’ve produced a behind the scenes look at one […]
Dutch photographer Martijn Doolaard wanted to make a timelapse of Iceland and Norway that showed the beautiful remote landscapes, but didn’t just get lost in the sea of other timelapses doing the same thing. So he came up with an incredibly creative idea. An incredibly creative, cute, and downright enjoyable video called The Little Nordics – Life […]
Photoshop Curves is one of the most powerful tools for tonal adjustments, whether you want to brighten, darken, add contrast, or shift colors. Yet it’s so complex, many users avoid it. In the tutorial below, photographer Joshua Cripps demonstrates a remarkably simple way to create great color effects using this most enigmatic of adjustment tools: […]
These iconic images of space are actually black and white, and you’re about to see how they get colorized. The Imaging Team Lead for the Space Telescope Science Institute, Zolt Levay, explains how he uses Photoshop to add the color based on the images’ light wavelengths from different elements: Levay noticed that some of the Hubble’s […]
Like life, natural light is always moving and changing. And with this comprehensive guide, you’ll learn how to anticipate, find and capture it. As a photographer, the most powerful tool you have is natural light. In this new eBook Life in Natural Light, professional photographer Rachel Devine reveals her secrets for finding and using natural light to […]
One of the most basic concepts in photography is the exposure triangle. If you choose not to set your camera to auto mode, you must know when and how to use each setting in order to have a picture perfect photo every time. In this clip, Mark Wallace does a great job of detailing the […]
At a recent Google+ photography conference Peter Hurley provided more great tips on how to take headshots. When his presentation, The Art of The Headshot, went live, the folks of Google+ made it one of the most viewed of the series and with good reason–it’s chock full of information on one of the most overlooked areas […]
It seems strange, but did you know employing a flash when taking photos outdoors will give you sparkling, vibrant images? Well, it’s true. Back in the days when I was starting out as a photographer, I learned that using flash for daylight pictures really improved the quality of my pictures. I practice this method in […]
Part of becoming a great photographer is understanding the science behind how photographs are captured in the first place. Dylan Bennett makes that task a little bit easier with his simple explanation of the f-stop. In a brief video, Bennett teaches us all about f-stops by using handy visual aids such as charts and drawings. […]
Take a look at the photograph below and ask yourself, “How was it created?” At first it looks like it’s a beautiful shot snapped from the sidelines on a racetrack, but then you notice the blurred background suggesting that the camera was actually moving with the car. But how is this possible? It seems that […]
