My wife, Vicki, and I are full-time portrait and wedding photographers. When we aren’t shooting these things, some of our favorite concepts are creating dramatic images of people in fantastic surroundings. After years of doing this kind of work I now find it difficult to photograph landscapes without placing a human subject into the image. […]
Sometimes, the best option is still to just build it yourself. A few months ago, we introduced you to filmmaker Robert McIntosh. He told us how he hacked up a GoPro to cut the fat and minimise its space & weight. Now, he’s had a little while to refine his design, and taken things even […]
The direction of light is so important in photography. Backlighting is one that can be tricky to handle exposure wise, but make sure a stunning image if you can nail it. Let’s have a look at these 18 images that use backlight effectively.
Swedish Photographer and retoucher Erik Johansson goes all out for his creations. They take so much work that, according to his website, Johansson aims to create only six to eight new images per year. Some of you might remember his mirrored lakeproject from last year. A fantastic feat of both photography and digital illustration work. […]
The topic of “pro gear” comes up quite often. What is it? Does it make a difference? Will clients and other photographers look at you differently if you’re not using it? The short answer is “probably not”. It really just depends on whether the gear you’re using delivers the results you need. In this video, […]
Photographer Dustin Dolby is known for his comprehensive tutorials all of us can try out at home. After a series of excellent wine photography tutorials, he has issued the latest one about photographing glassware with minimal gear, but professional results. You need to pour that wine into something, right? Like his previous setups, this […]
What Im going to do is Im going to show you how to match the colors between backgrounds and objects once youve cut them out and combined the different photos or otherwise known as compositing. So what Ive done here is Ive grabbed some photographs from Adobe Stock. So I grabbed the photograph here of […]
I’ve been looking forward to this announcement for a while. Affinity did it last year, bringingtheir popular Photo and Designer apps to Windows. Now Macphun are following suit announcing that theirLuminar and Aurora HDR applications are coming to the Windows platform. Their products have been Apple-only since first launching in 2008, and I can’t wait […]
Guys at raw.exchange offer tons of great resources for photographers and retouchers. They are devoted and serious and put a lot of effort in their packages, and for this article, they shared with us how they built a rusty wall background out of wood! Why would you make a DIY rusty wall you may […]
