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Have you ever removed reflections in your image just to reinsert them later in Photoshop? Photographer Gavin Hoey gives us the entire process from start to finish with a cool card-playing model in this reflections photo: Eliminate Reflections In-Camera First Hoey gives us some tips on how to avoid having your light source reflected in the […]
Are you looking for portrait photography tips so that you can improve your picture taking skills? At first thought, portrait photography would seem easy, yet the results are often disappointing. Many of our pictures often include people, and whether you are photographing a model, taking a family photo, or capturing some candid shots while on […]
Anyone who uses artificial light is used to working with key lights, but what they may not have played around with is the art of using motivated lights as their main light sources. In the video below, Jay P. Morgan shows us just how beautiful motivational key lighting can be: What is a Motivated Light? […]
Being a photographer means having the creative view to transform each moment into an unforgettable one—even if that’s a difficult thing to do! You’ll see what I mean in just a moment, after watching the video below. Marvin Lewis and his girlfriend have a special tradition each year on their anniversary: they get dressed up […]
Studio lights are an exciting proposition for any photographer, simply because there is so much that you can do with them. In this video tutorial, photographer Gavin Hoey shows us exactly how to nail a studio lighting setup and then make the most of it. The final bit of the video also manages to squeeze […]
While we have seen quite a bit of stunning underwater imagery, this is something that we haven’t seen before. Photographer Alexander James recreates classic Vanitas style with his unique photography technique: James has spent three decades perfecting his style. His work draws its inspiration from the paintings of masters of the Dutch Baroque style. Black […]
We’ve all heard about foreground and background. Generally the foreground is where you find the main subject. The background is, well . . . in the back. It’s just back behind everything else, right? Wrong! The background is just as important and in some cases even more important than the subject itself. How is that […]
Sinking furniture in a pool in your backyard doesn’t sound like a usual part of the photography process but photographer Kyle Thompson did just that. Thompson created ghostly scenes of a flooded town in his own backyard using an above ground pool and props from thrift stores. The result is a collection of eerie photographs depicting […]
You’ve probably heard of boudoir photography, but have you ever heard of dudeoir photography? A popular photo trend for women may have just crossed over to men. This news clip reports on photographer Natalie Licini, who shoots what she calls “dudeoir”—and she’s seen more and more men looking for this type of service: People sometimes think of […]
Whether it’s taking pictures of models, our friends, kids, partners or even ourselves—for a lot of photographers, people are what we’re looking at through the viewfinder (or on the LCD) when we line up a shot. Yet so many of us struggle to take portraits with the professional ‘WOW factor’. This comprehensive set of ebooks was […]
