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Using smoke when taking photographs is somewhat common practice when it comes to shooting rock stars and athletes. However, Jay Morgan shows us to think outside the box and use smoke as a creative tool during photoshoots that you would otherwise go without. Morgan suggest using smoke to capture rays of light, adding artistic vibes to a photograph. He also took the time out to make a video tutorial that shows us how to make a simple fan driven smoke duct system.

Imagine the possibilities when a master pyrotechnician and skilled photographer decide to join forces for one epic photo shoot. If you think that sounds pretty cool, take a look at what really happens as Montrel based photographer, Ben Von Wong, heads over to Paris to work with Andrey Das, fire artist extraordinaire. To make that happen, the two spent an entire day prepping for the shoot and taking multiple test images to ensure perfect exposure settings and flame control.

Have you noticed how nearly every photography tutorial preaches “avoid shooting outdoors under the harsh, midday sun”? It’s considered one of the cardinal sins of photography by some and is so daunting to other photographers that they are too afraid to even give it a try. But, wait a second. What if I were to […]

A torrential downpour didn’t stop commercial photographer, Chris Benny, when he was asked to photograph a V8 Supercar for Pepsi Australia. With only three hours to work with the car before it was sent off to the racetrack, Benny originally planned for the shoot to happen outside, but mother nature had other plans. After spending some precious time relocating the shoot to an indoor location, Benny set up a couple Profoto heads and tethered his Canon Mark 5D III to an iPad. Take a look here.

Rembrandt lighting is one of the core lighting setups used by portrait photographers because its ability to produce softly lit facial features. The trademark brand of Rembrandt lighting is a triangular shaped spot of light that sits just beneath one eye and runs the length of the nose. It was giving its name because it is the same lighting style Rembrandt, the renowned painter, used in all his paintings. The lighting pattern is relatively simple to set up, see it here.

Kai is up to his antics again, this time pitting himself and a Porsche 964 Speedster against aerial photogrpahy master, Graham Uden and a helicopter. The challenge requires Uden to hunt down Kai from a helicopter and take 10 photographs of him speeding around the island. That might not sound too difficult, but as you’ll see in the video below, it turns into quite the wild goose chase. The two were pretty evenly paired, but ultimately, the time saving techniques decided the win.

Most people will have a point & shoot digital camera somewhere. They’re ideal for carrying around in your pocket or bag. Most will take relatively good pictures, in most situations. But what about when you want better pictures than your little point & shoot can manage? When you want clearer portraits, or close-ups of something […]

For those of you interested in macro or nature photography, it’s worth your time to check out the video below which chronicles the work of award wining photographer, Barbara Leven and her series of nature photographs, Enchanted Earth. The video, filmed at photography superstore, B&H, features Leven herself as she shares with viewers some of her best work and, as an added bonus, describes the process she took behind making the photographs. There’s certainly a lot to be learned from the seminar, so you may want to block out some time to watch it here.

Take a couple minutes to go on a behind the scenes tour of a photoshoot with automobile photographer, Daniel Linnet, as he takes some shots of the super sleek Porsche Carerra 911 S and BMW M-series for Top Gear Magazine. Thinking outside the box, Linnet decided to light the cars using lasers which were operated by a laser show artist. Linnet says working with the lasers created a challenge, but by the looks of the above image, it sure paid off.

We’re pretty big fans of Google+ over here at PictureCorrect–find us and follow us here–so, needless to say, we were pretty excited to see the social network put together a seminar with best selling photography author, Scott Kelby. The well-known author has made a name for himself by teaching photographers at all levels to break away from the typical “rules of thirds, leading lines, repeating pattern” approach. Kelby instead insists upon the importance of working a scene to get exactly what you want out of it.