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Once limited to the realms of Hollywood, motion tracking has become easily easily accessible today. Adobe After Effects comes with three trackers. There’s the original2D tracker that AEhas had for a long timeandalso the 3D camera tracker introduced in CS6, which analyses your footage to recreateyour camera’s movement. After Effects, however, also comes bundled with [...]

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The company that brought us such amazing sequences as Jean Claude-Van Damme’s “Epic Split” and Super Bowl 2014’s Jaguar – Rendevous commercial seem like the perfect people to need a vehicle like this. As one didn’t already exist, they built their own. London based,The Mill recently announced the Blackbird, a vehiclethat can transform in length [...]

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Looking at Fukushima not easy. The place has been evacuated on 2011 after 4 of its nuclear reactors melted down.Tohuku earthquake raised a 13 tsunami meter wave that was just 3 meters too high forthe 10 meter wave gate that the power station had in place. The meltdownreached a level 7 on the International nuclear [...]

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Photographer rights are always a bit of a hot topic, and often brings out extreme points of view from all sides. There’s the law, there’s common sense & decency, and then there’s just outright stupidity. The world over, the rights of photographers do seem to be becoming more common knowledge amongst non-photographers, but Tim Berry [...]

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Early last year I collaborated with a friend who is a professional circus performer and hula hooper to create the unique images that you see in this article.

There are lots of good light painting photos around, but the factor that sets these ones apart is that my friend Tess used something called a FutureHoop a transparent hula hoop that has built-in lights that can be programmed to flash in different colors and patterns. It helps... more

Yesterday, we showed you a video of a somewhat agitated driver harassing automotive photographer Alex Stone,who he felt was trespassing on his “private driveway” (which police have confirmed was actually a public road), with his truck. Police were quick to take action and have now identified and arrested 52 year old Mark Gordon as the [...]

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Photographing dolls and action figures is something a lot of people ask me about. Sometimes it’s just product shots for classifieds or auctions, sometimes it’s something a little more creative.I always give the same advice, regardless. Light them exactly the same way you would a real person, but on a smaller scale. In this video [...]

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I recently organised and executed a cover shoot for Uk alternative magazine Twisted Edge. It features the usual alternative lifestyle elements such as girls with tattoos, rock bands, movie reviews and various Uk alt photographers. Having read many alt magazines, I knew I wanted the images for this feature to stand out, and buck the [...]

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When it comes to creating a successful portrait, there are a lot of moving parts! We talk often about finding the light, composition, and camera gear when it comes to portraits. While all three of those things are important in creating your final image, they aren’t the only variables at play.

Another important aspect in capturing portraits is angles. Understanding and making good use of angles in portrait photography, allows you to capture images of your subjects in the most... more

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