I recently bought a stack of foreign Vogue magazines for inspiration, and inside of Vogue Italia I saw an amazing photo of Alessandra Ambrosio on a beach at night. I tucked it away in a manila envelope labeled “Possible Shoots”.
For a year and a half, every time I would create a new mood board, I would see... more
The golden ratio (or golden mean, or golden section, or divine proportion, or whatever you want to call it) is the subject of heated debate among photographers. But if you love... more
The Alpha SLT-A68 is Sony's entry-level Translucent Mirror camera and the follow-up to the a58. Despite its position in the entry-level class, it borrows many components from its big brother, the Sony SLT- A77 II. This includes a 79 point AF system with 15 cross-type points, Bionz X processor and a stabilized sensor. It all adds up to quite a lot of... more
The Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management (CIWEM) has announced the winners of its Environmental Photographer of the Year awards and given out 6000 (approx. $8000) in prizes as well as a job. The winner of the 3000 overall award is... more
Do you use hotkeys when you edit in Photoshop or Lightroom? If you don’t and you’re a professional photographer editing tens or possibly hundreds of images per session, this short demo might convince you to start.
Okay, first off, what are hotkeys? A “hotkey” is just another way to refer to a keyboard shortcutwhether you created it yourself or it’s a shortcut already built into the program by Adobe.
D is digital. X is cool and mysterious. And 1 is, well, number one. Since the introduction of the Nikon D1x, camera manufacturers have been riffing on these three letters. Canon has their 1D X, and most recently Hasselblad introduced the X1D. But how do all these cameras compare?
Before you roll your eyes at what seems like a non-sensical comparison, read until the end!
Even with this silly comparison, we can see some... more
You might be forgiven for thinking that the most photogenic part of Australia is the Sydney Opera House, but if you are under this misguided impression, you need a dose of drone photographer Gabriel... more
Watch your step recent photography graduates, because famed photographer and director Chase Jarvis is about to drop some serious advice. It comes in three parts, and its aimed at those of you who recently got out of... more
Of all the photographers on the 2016 US presidential election campaign trail, Clive Earle may be the youngest. The 5-year-old boy, who loads and shoots his own film, has attended and documented the rallies of the leading candidates on both sides of the aisle.
Clive started doing photography in 2014 at the tender age of 3. It was introduced to him as a way to cope with family health struggles: his father, Bobby, was diagnosed with Crohn’s disease in 2011... more
