Photography Blogs & Tutorials

This week, Corey has an animated kaleidoscope effect. Pete talks about a free plugin called Flood, and demos all the creations you can make with it.

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If your motto is, “Have drone, will fly over wildfires,” you could find yourself in some hot water. Earlier this month, we reported how private drones were delaying firefighting efforts inCalifornias San Bernardino County. Now, the heads of those drone pilots could be on the proverbial chopping block. Obviously, people weren’t happy. Officials, who credit [...]

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What are photo editors really looking for from professional photographers? And how can you make connections with potential clients and land gigs? In The Inspiration Handbook: 50 Tips from 50 Photography Trailblazers, get advice from Brad Smith, Elizabeth Krist, Emily Shornick, Brinson Banks, James Bellorini, Alexandre Buisse, Kate Osba, Lindsay Adler, Elizabeth Weinberg, and Jodi [...]

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You’re spinning through our solar system on a gorgeous blue marble which offers jaw dropping views of an astronomical phenomenon we call The Milky Way. Wait for our marble to line up just right, and you’ll have a perfect opportunity to create awe inspiring images that harness that galactic chandelier hovering over your head.

My students are often delighted to learn that capturing spectacular images of The Milky Way is easy, once you know a few essential tips.... more

The number of couples posting cheesy photos to Facebook can probably only be matched by the number of people who find cheesy photos of couples on social media really annoying. But a study from Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking magazin, shows that posting those cheesy photos to Facebook actually increases the odds for a couple [...]

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The new Canon camera which goes by the boring name ofME20F-SH is capable of taking photos in almost complete darkness or in Canon’s words “delivers exceptionally high sensitivity to capture Full HD video with a minimum subject illumination of less than 0.0005 lux“. This is quite extraordinary and I would usually expect this kind of [...]

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Simulate volumetric effectswhat? Those just sound like a bunch of big, fancy words. In plain English, what exactly is a volumetric effect?

Put simply, a volumetric effect represents what happens to a subject when it exists in a semi-transparent substance such as fog, smoke, or murky water.

Okay. So what does this have to do with awhat did you call itdepth mask?

Heres where things get pretty darn cool. A depth mask is a basic grayscale image that allows us to easily simulate... more

I’ve been a landscape and travel photographer for nearly six years now. While I will always love standing in front of an amazing landscape at sunset, nothing on earth can compare to the feeling I get when standing in front of a massivesupercell with 40-50mph winds at my back, watching it twist and churn, as it tries to lower itself to the ground. It’s the most intense and pure mixture of awe, fear and respect for mother nature that I’ve been able to find to this day.

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It’s been over twoweeks since I bought a new pair shoes and I still haven’t worn thembecause I wanted to take onelast picture of them. Last week I did alighting tutorial on how to photograph shoes, on this tutorial we will add some splashes to the shoes and doa step by step tutorial on how [...]

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If you’ve been around the photography world for a short time, you probably have at least a basic grasp of the technical skills. You know how to manipulate depth of field with aperture, where to focus in a portrait, and how to compensate your exposure for extremes in shadows and highlights. Even knowing things like that, you’ve probably stumbled across some... more

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