Photography Blogs & Tutorials

Both DJI and GoPro announced their Mavic and Karma drones.While there are some notable differences they are both following a familiar form factor. If you are looking for something completely different, you may wanna take a look at the PowerEggfrom PowerVision. I think it is kind of easy to realizes how the drone got its [...]

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There are some pricy (and awesome) motorized slider solutions out there (we quite like the Syrp Genie), but they are all kinda expensive. Anything with decent controls (screen/app) is 500$ or upwards. What if you throw some creative thinking into it? Videographer Nitsan Simantov constructed a variable speed slider motor from aTurnsPro – a $99 [...]

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Have you ever found yourself wondering how do the professionals (pros) consistently turn out amazing photos day after day, year after year and what are some of their secrets? So besides knowing their camera like their best friend, what are some of the things that the pros do? Here are some tried and true landscape photography tips used by the pros.

1. Experimentation

Experimenting is one of the best ways to shake yourself up out of the doldrums and yes even pros use itto get... more

One of the primary lessons I teach in portraiture is how to control the viewers eye, and how depth of field is one of the key methods to do that. This is normally the preserve of expensive fast lenses, but soon anyone will be able achieve this with some new technology Ive been trailing on [...]

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Lightroom presets are basically post-processing shortcuts that can save you tons of time and really speed up your editing workflow. They allow you to save a particular set of edits and apply them later with a single click. Presets can either be a final solution or a great starting point from where you can further tweak and perfect your images.

Making development presets is incredibly easy and effective working in Adobe Lightroom CC. It even gives you the option to import presets... more

Ever wondered how your flash tube looks like when it actually fires? It looks like aspace station. And not those hi-tech preppy stations too. It looks like what our great, great grandparents would have build for a space station. PhotographerHal Harrison took this to the test. Shooting a strobe tube is actually not an easy [...]

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A big part of Apple’s announcement of the iPhone 7 (and 7 plus) was the new dual lens camera. In fact, aside removing the headphone jack, it was probably the feature that created the most buzz. It has gone to saying that it could be a DSLR like experience. Early portraits show that they are [...]

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Computers and data storage are almost as important to photographers and cinematographers as cameras. If you’re serious about keeping all of your photos and videos safe and secure in one place – sooner or later you will want a network attached storage solution (NAS). There are many commercially available NAS options, but with a little [...]

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Color is an important element of compositionin photography. Cool colors have a very different feeling then do warm colors. See how the color blue appears in some images here.

By Tim Green

Weekly Photography Challenge – Blue

This week we challenge youto find and photography some subjects which are blue. Then... more

Looking at the Tether Tools Case Air was an interesting experience. It promises the same Camranger experience at half the cost, and a significantly lighter package. (we covered its kickoff here) I have used the Camranger before on tradeshows and it was very smooth. The Case Air appears to be no different. Itprovides several nice [...]

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