Photography Blogs & Tutorials

We’ve covered the “evils of Photoshop”as it pertains to human subjectsa number of times, but the use of some photography and Photoshop techniques in travel photography are starting to cause concerns to grow that tourists will become disappointed upon arriving at their destination. Social Media’s constant pressure for “Shares” and “Likes” is only fuelling this [...]

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Great news for any Strobists and practical lighting photographers in the crowd. We have teamed up with Midwest Photo Exchangeto do a lighting kit giveaway (strobe, trigger and modifier) which will give you a great heads up if you are starting out, or be a great addition to your kit if you are already practicing [...]

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Blue hour is a special time for photographers.The sky turns a different shade of blue, it’s velvety and delicious.It’s easy to take photos during blue hour because you don’t have to worry about harsh lighting or shadows.

In this article, you’ll learn:
  • Whenblue hour takes place
  • How to capture blue hour photos
  • The best subjects to shoot for blue hour photography
When is blue hour?

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We were just so fortunate to stumble upon this verified clip ofthe Canon EOS D1X mkII. Got super low res file, but the sound is ace, and you can get the first peek (or rather the first click) of what this new camera sounds like at 16 FPS. While this may not be the first [...]

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Each year, I spend many weeks guiding, and exploring, in the mountains and rivers of Alaska. The trips are a mishmash of different adventures; base-camp trips, mellow canoe trips, backpacks over rugged terrain and high peaks, or multi-day whitewater rafting trips.

One thing that always plays a part, no matter what type of journey Im taking, is photography. The gear however, varies. Different types of trips demand different kinds of equipment, and there are a number of things... more

If you are editing a lot of videos, you know that shortcodes and hot-keys are essential for fast editing. We actually shared a tip on using gaming keyboardsfor editing becasue they have more keys that you can assign macros to. But LinusTechTips just upped the game of adding shortcodes by creating a whole 87-shorcut keyboard [...]

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If there’s one thing that bugs me about shooting in studio, more than anything, it’s that you need to have tonnes of backgrounds, taking up loads of space. I’ve even gone as far as having a painter come in and create an interesting wall for me because I get bored with what I had. I’ve got over 15 backgrounds between paper, canvas, cloth, and even some vinyl castle doors.

Part of what I love about location work is the variety of backgrounds. Often you’re... more

This video by Chris from Spoon Graphics does a good job of going over many of the options available inside Photoshop for cutting things out. The most common use is to cut out the subject from the background, to place it on a different image or background – as in when making composite images.

Watch as he goes over the options for cutting things out:

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As our data creation and acquisition requirements soar, so must the technology to store it all, and a team of computer scientists and electrical engineers from the University of Washington have seem to have madea bit of a breakthrough. In a paper presented in April at the ACM International Conference on Architectural Support for Programming [...]

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If you want to see action and motion, check out these 30 moving panning images.

Panning is the technique of moving your camera to match the direction and speed of an object that is moving in front of you, while shooting at a slow shutter speed. The result will blur the background, and make the subject relatively sharp. The trick is to get your speed and timing just right – it takes a bit of... more

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