Photography Blogs & Tutorials

There are many reasons why you would like to select the sky in your image using Photoshop. Maybe you would like to replace it, to add details, change the contrast, etc. Selections give you a precise contour of your subject and facilitate local adjustments, without altering the other elements in your images.

In landscape and architectural photography, the sky is a really important element. It has to be an exciting part of the image. Boring skies translate into boring images, and amazing... more

Shutterstock has been one of the world’s leading microstock agencies for more than a decade now. Like other microstock sites their business model is a simple one. Sell a lot of image licenses very inexpensively, focusing on quantity and bulk sales. For many photographers, that’s not always been an ideal situation. A vast archive of [...]

The post Shutterstock works its way... more

Most of us own one or several camera triggers orintervalometers. Some of us might have even built our own Arduino based triggers that utilise various sensors. Well, now, you can think about casting them all aside and replacing them with the new MIOPS Mobile. Following on from the success of the original MIOPS Smart Trigger, [...]

The post MIOPS Mobile turns your... more

Zeisshave announcedthat the two new lenses for the ExoLens system are finally here. The two new lenses developed by Zeiss and Exolens are a telephoto and a macro-zoom for the iPhone 6 family. This expands the range from… well, it turns it from a single lens system into a range of three. Until recently, the [...]

The post Zeiss release two new telephoto and macro-zoom... more

A few years ago Nikon started revamping their lens lineup to include faster focusing, better coatings on the glass elements, and for the first time, no manual control over the size of the aperture. This series of lenses was given the “G” moniker, and one of the earliest that went into production is still one of the best:... more

Well, this could be quite the problem for privacy advocates everywhere. In locations suchthe UK, it could cause even cause legal issuesforthings like the Data Protection Act.Pixelating faces is used throughout the world to conceal identities on camera. Often it’s to protect their identity. Sometimes they need protection, sometimes they’re caught in the background of [...]

The post... more

Super fast primes are a handy thing to have. But they’re not cheap. Their price puts them out of reach for many photographers. Even if funds aren’t an issue it can still be difficult to justify spending that much on one prime lens. But what other options are there? Well, if you’re Mathieu Stern, one [...]

The post How to get a 50mm f/1.2 lens for only $20 appeared first on... more

One of the questions I see pop up often through various portrait groups on Facebook is “what softbox do I buy?”. After they settle on an octabox, it’s invariably followed up with“How big should I go?”. Personally, when it comes to Octaboxes, I’ve always been of the belief that the bigger the better. But, that’s [...]

The post Size... more

I have this photographer friend. This person is wildly talented, with impeccable images and an amazing eye. I love seeing what she is going to create nextuntil sheputs up a blog post. So let’s talk about how and why to cull your images.

These posts are usually a long, meandering wander through her shoots, with no thought to tell a story. Images that you swear are repeats – until you look closely and realize the models left pinky finger has maybe moved ever so slightly.... more

I’ll admit that when Canonfirstlaunched theMH20f-SH I was kind of skeptic. I mean what in the galaxy are the uses for a 4,000,000 ISO camera? Well, BenCanales just proved that there are cinematic visions that can use this tool. Ben used the Canon ISO beast to shoot an exceptional video where the Milky Way is [...]

The post Movie captures amazing Milky Way... more

Pages