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In terms of quality and range of subject matter, Reid Gower’s most recent work, Natural Phenomena, is one of the best timelapse videos we’ve seen in quite some time. You may recognize Gower’s name from the wildly popular Sagan Series, which automatically garners the filmmaker accolades, but even putting that aside, for being his very […]
Expanding your photographic horizon can force you to get more creative and think outside the box. One way to jumpstart your creative side is to experiment in double exposures. The style, which saw a rise in interest in part due to the popularity of Lomography, has been gaining more momentum lately, thanks the feature becoming […]
A little bit of creativity and vision goes a long way. Graham McBride gets artistic by bringing home a bit of the beach for the background setting for his jewelry product shoot. With very minimal studio equipment, in the form of a diffuser panel and an octagon softbox, he produces awesome and unique product photographs […]
Have you ever wondered about those bits of bikes you sometimes see chained to lampposts and railings? In this short film by Lifecycle, we follow the fortunes of an everyday bike that was chained to a New York post over a period of 365 days using timelapse photography: When first chained to the post, the […]
While shooting outdoors can give you affordable dramatic backgrounds for your portrait photography, making sure the lighting is right can be a challenge. Sasha Leahovcenco shows us the setup he used on a recent outing while shooting a few portraits of a musician for an upcoming release. As you can see in the video below, Leahovcenco […]
There have been a lot of timelapse videos hitting the Internet, which has helped raise filmmakers’ standards. But it has also left some looking to possible next steps. In pursuit of the next big thing, photographers have started to experiment with something dubbed hyperlapse (essentially timelapse with huge movements). While some are better than others, […]
What happens when a talented photographer receives a new toy? They try something new and creative, of course! The Brenizer method is typically achieved with an 85mm lends at f/1.4. The goal is to use a telephoto lens at a wide aperture to create an extremely shallow depth of field at a wide angle, taking […]
The challenges of photographing large architectural structures are many; however, one of the most time consuming parts of the job is lighting. The process Mike Butler uses to light large structures, such as the Intercontinental Hotel in Miami, requires individual sections of the structure to be lit using various lighting equipment then photographed before reassembling the setup on another […]
It appears as though some expecting parents want to branch out in terms of their maternity photographs, giving photographers the chance to express their creative side. In this behind the scenes look, photographer Simeon Quarrie chose to work around the theme “A Day in The Life of a Pregnant Couple.” The parents-to-be brought a few props of […]
Professional sports photography takes a great deal of effort on behalf of the photographer, the crew, and the athletes that the shoots are centered around. The shoots are not only lengthy but are generally very equipment intensive. As professional photographer Thomas Tolstrup shares with us in the following video, one of the most difficult aspects […]
