Photography Blogs & Tutorials

While Lytro might’ve exited stage left from the world of photography, they’ve set their sights on Hollywood and they’re looking real hard, as is their new camera. Lytro Cinema is the world’s Light Field solution for film and television. This technological breakthrough capture system allows filmmakers to do things that simply haven’t been possible before, [...]

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Neutral density filters help youachieve extreme long exposures, while graduated neutral density filters help balance exposure between a bright sky and a dark foreground. Both were used in this image. The exposure time was three minutes.

For most photographers, their first experience with a filter is when it is suggested they purchase a UV or Skylight filter to protect their lens. Its usually much later that beginning photographers find out about the other... more

Mobile photography has become more popular than anybody could’ve imagine over the last few years. Instagram receives 80+ million image uploads per day, and Facebook seean insane300 million photo uploads every single day. But the technology of a single tiny sensor and lens is starting to hit its limit. There’s only so far you can [...]

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I know you are here for the how to beef, but first let me share the story of how I got into light painting. For those of you not familiar with light painting, it is a photographic technique using a slow shutter speed (or long exposure) to capture light streaks in whatever form you want- [...]

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3D photography has been rapidly coming back into fashionover the last few years, and with dual cameras now slipping into our mobile phones, it doesn’t seem too far off until the masses are able to easily produce it. Until then, we still have to get a little creative sometimes when it comes to producing 3D [...]

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From the moon landings to present day, one constant question that much of the world’s populationhaswhen it comes to space missions is their choice ofcamera equipment. During the space race with the then U.S.S.R. of the 1960s, andusing primarily Hasselblad cameras with 70mm film, NASA found that they needed more portable cameras for active situations. [...]

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Hey gang – just a quick update for what’s new and going on at the upcoming Photoshop World 2016 Conference in Las Vegas this summer, July 19-21, 2016:

(1) CALL FOR ENTRIES: The Photoshop World Guru Awards
This is a photo/image competition just for people who attend the conference (so your odds of winning in a category are pretty decent), and there are categories for everything from illustration to retouching to compositing, and entry is free to... more

It is an illusion that photos are made with the camera; they are made with the eye, heart and head. – Henri Cartier-Bresson

My photography training took place back in the early 90s, at an intense technical photo school in California. I love tech in all forms, and I love reading my camera manual. I love the precision and procedure of processing my own colour... more

While out shooting a wonderful tutorial on how to capture and process seascape photography, Hawaiian photographer Raiatea Arcuri had a bit of a spill when a rogue wave took out him and his tripod. The twenty minute tutorial is wonderful in-and-of-itself, but what has the world gawking is Arcuris spill at around the 5-minute mark. [...]

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Whether youre just getting into the game or are a seasoned veteran wanting to make a bit more cash from your photography business, one of the most challenging aspects is figuring out how much to charge. You dont want to undervalue your own worth and time, but you also dont want to charge so high [...]

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