For American rock band OK Go, boundary pushing music videos have become the standard. They’ve done the long one-shot takes with crazy optical illusions, shot with a massively co-ordinated cast of dancers,andthey’ve even levitated in zero G. Now, they’ve done it again with their latest music video for new song, The One Moment. The entire […]
Shooting video in hot sweaty dance clubs is thirsty work. But one ambitious young filmmaker has managed to solve that problem. Using his DJI Roninupside-down, Israeli photographer and filmmaker Oleg Balzanov manages to keep refreshed while he films and dances. It’s not a new idea, but it is the first time I’ve ever actually seen […]
Earlier in the week we revealed the DSLRs that were best selling among our readers over the last few months. While DSLRs are still the most popular type of readers among our readers this last quarter has seen a big rise in the number of you using compact system/mirrorless cameras.
In fact if we combined the two lists we’d now see compact system cameras in the top 20 cameras... more
Although some quite enjoyed the idea of seeing Getty get a good legal spanking for once, that is not how things are turning out. US District Court JudgeJed S. Rakoff has dismissed all of Carol Highsmith’s federal copyright claims. After the dismissal on October 28th, he left three of Highsmith’s state law claims intact. Those, […]
Are you a photographer trying to get more Instagram followers? One of the most common tips you hear for growing your tribe is to share your best work. As actor Steve Martin famously said, Be so good they cant ignore you.
Its fantastic advice. Unfortunately,even if your pictures make the Mona Lisa look like a finger painting, its easier than ever to be ignored. Instagram now has over 500 million users posting more than 52 million pictures every day!
The photography of Mexico based Felix Hernndez is nothing short of remarkable. Felix specialises in turning dreams into reality, at least, photographically, and he does it in some absolutely amazing ways. Utilising an array of techniques including miniatures, dry iceand even cigarette smoke, his work shows some elaborate thinking. In this video, we get see […]
For those of us that work solo and generally have no assistant, its always difficult to move around town with a lot of gear. Ive tried pull carts, backpacks, roller bags all work fine but still somewhat limited in my opinion and heavy. I went on Craigs List and found this Jogging Stroller for $40. […]
If one were to pay attention to Internet commentators, the big winner here is MXR Productions. They seem to have gotten quite a bit of traffic to their Facebook page since posting this video. While shooting a commercial for a bowling alley, they decided to get a shot of a ball approaching the camera. Unfortunately, […]
Flash modifier comparisons can be extremely useful things. Without having to get up out of the comfort of our chair, we can very quickly and easily see how different shapes and sizes of modifier affect how light falls on our subject. Here’s one we discovered by photographer Michael Quack and the team at Visual Pursuit […]
It’s long been known that Facebook strips the metadata from photographs and other images that are uploaded. I’ve never seen an official answer from Facebook as to why they do this, but the leading theory seems to be one of privacy. With 136,000 images being uploaded to Facebook every single minute, that’s a lot of […]
