Shot almost entirely on GoPro cameras, and several years in the making, Hardcore Henry is hoping to set a new standard in action movies. Described byEngadgetas “A mix of Jason Bourne, Captain America, and Call of Duty”, it definitely looks like it’ll be different from pretty much every action movie we’ve ever seen so far. [...]
Much of the power of Photoshop comes from itsuse of layers, which can best be thought of as transparency over your image.Layers have lots of benefits, like the fact that you can work on your image without affecting the pixels in the underlying image. But perhaps the most powerful aspect of layers, is your ability to affect exactly where, how, and how much of yourchangeswill affect the underlying image. That is all done through layer masks. In fact, it might be fair to say that layers... more
Lighting steel wool on fire and spinning it around on a string is a common technique to get incredible looking spirals and orbs in long-exposure photographs. What isnt so common is to film in extremely slow motion what this technique looks like. But, thanks to the The Slow Mo Guys, we now get to see [...]
Joe McNally is one of the photographers I first started stalking following when I decided to start shooting portraits, and his books,The Hot Shoe Diaries &The Moment it Clicks, are two that will ever remain on my shelf. Year after year, for several decades now, Joe has continued to inspire and educate photographers all over [...]
If you’re a photographer who frequently carries lots of gear, and needs it easily accessible to you during a shoot, it’s time to start thinking like Batman! That doesn’t mean donning a cape and mask, but rather making use of a utility belt that allows you to attach various accessories to it, for easy access. Luckily, you need not look any further than the... more
Sony has announced plans at the WPPI2016 trade fair in Last Vegas to release a “wireless lighting control system to meet the growing demands of professional Sony photographers”. The FA-WRC1M wireless radio commander and the FA-WRR1 wireless radio receiver will be the pair of units that make up this new system. In a press release, [...]
Drones are becoming more affordable with each new generation, but not for one second does that mean theyre cheap. And thats precisely what makes watching this DJI Inspire get taken out by a jet ski so painful. Its just one of the many accidents weve seen and one of many to come, but this one [...]
Weve had enough of this monkey business regarding who owns what photos when a primate presses the shutter. Its time for a much more fun news piece on monkeys and photography. Specifically, were talking about Chloe, a 46-year-old chimpanzee at the Oregon Zoo who became a filmmaker for the day when she was given a [...]
It’s official – Registration for the 2016 Photoshop World Conference in Las Vegasis now open! Whoo Hoo!!!
Lots of cool new things this year – lots of new instructors, new workshops, new networking events, new parties (we’re even working on a Pub Crawl for this year), and a whole lot more! (lots of fun stuff we’ve yet to announce – we’re brewing up a doozy this year!).
As change becomes less and less relevant with credit cards and digital payment systems, its become less likely than ever that you carry around change. How is this relevant to photography? Because every so often there comes a time when you need to attach or remove a quick release system and dont have a penny [...]
