With the rising tide of enthusiast photographers and the ubiquitous camera phone, there is more competition for eyeballs than ever before in the photo industry. How can you ever stand out from the crowd to be noticed? The trick is both deceptively simple and incredibly complicated: take more risks. Great photographers rarely play it safe, but before you head into the world with reckless abandon, let’s dive into what kinds of risk taking is productive.
The weekend is here, which means youll likely have some free time on your hands. If youre wondering how to spend that free time, look no further than this clever little DIY project. Shared by Richard Sibley, this video shows how you can make a DIY camera handle to help keep your footage both smooth [...]
As somebody who owns what some would describe as a ludicrous amount ofspeedlights (although,nowhere near as bad as Joe McNally), and regularly grids some of them to provide a selective rim light or to throw a little splash of light in a dark corner of an environment, Chris Cameron’s project intrigued me. 3D printers are [...]
Fujifilm might have killed off the last of its peel-apart film. But not all hope is lost. Yesterday, New55, a company that currently specializes in creating 4×5 positive-negative instant film, posted a video to Facebook that shows it has the capability to make peel-apart color film similar to Fujifilms FP100c. In the video, New55 founder [...]
Yesterday, we shared a video from Eric Kim wherein he shares a montage of tips for shooting street photography while traveling. Today, weve come across an older video from Eric that follows along the same lines of yesterdays video, but addresses a separate problem, the fear of street photography. Street photography is a daunting genre [...]
We’ve all been there, playing with our action figures as kids as if they were real. For me it was He-Man. For photographer Ari Mahardhika, it’s the characters of Marvel Universe, but just playing wasn’t enough. In this amazing series of images, Ari has brought these action figures to life, using a selectionof techniques to [...]
The time of day you shoot at can make a huge difference to the images you capture. Often photographers are shooting at the coveted golden hour – early morning or late evening – when the sun is low and the light is special.
Here is a set of dazzling dawn images that use this magic golden hour light.
We’ve seen how being weather sealed or weather resistant becomes a factor in modern days sales. This, of course, goes for actions cameras like the GoPro, but this also go for DSLRs and lighting equipment. The rugged Pentax k5for example which was ruggedly abused tested is rated at IPX2. What does it mean, though X2? [...]
Its been a while since we opened the Image Manipulation Store and we are quite happy with how it works and the community forming around it. This is why we approached our German partners and asked them to create the most awesome package they can. They said yes! thus creating theAuxiliary Layers package. The Auxiliary [...]
