Photography Blogs & Tutorials

In this articleSteve McKenzie takes us through his steps of building an LED ring light. I used 3/4 plywood as the base for the build (I got mine in the bargain bin at the home improvement store, since any cosmetic flaws it may have had would be covered up by the duct tape.). I used [...]

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We’ll never forget the look on one of our earliest clients faces when she arrived at her photoshoot. She stepped out of her car and saw our smiling faces waiting, cameras in hand, ready to take her photo. Abject terror is an understatement. We spent halfof the shoot calming her down, soothing her nerves, and making her feel right at home with the camera. Meaning we had half has much time to get the stellar images we were being paid to get.

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Julianne Kost is the premiere Adobe instructor who teaches us about both Lightroom and Photoshop. In these two videos she gives us tips for printing from Lightroom.

In this first one learn some general tips using the Print Module inside Lightroom:

The second video below is a handy tip on how to print multiple images directly to a JPG, using a the Print Module again but this time saving a file, not making a print. This is really good to know if you want to make images to... more

Today is the day. You are finally going to do it. You are finally going to be a real street photographer. Youve loaded up your grandads Leica, you finally bought that battery for that Canon AE-1 that has been sitting on your shelf for so long. You are going to drive into town and do [...]

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Sometimes you need a long piece of fabric to create a big fancy dress or to make a surreal photo like the one above. Sadly, most fabric resources (including our own fabric package) are just not that long. The solution is to blend pieces of fabric together until you get the length of fabric that [...]

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Most everyone is familiar with the concept of an anchor in the nautical sense. The anchor keeps the vessel from drifting away, due to current or wind. It fixes the vessel to a certain position. While this is easily understood, fewer people are aware of the need for a similar concept in photography.

I enjoy using wide angle lenses for landscape photography, but I also recognize that a wider focal length brings additional compositional challenges. While a wide focal length can produce... more

An easy assumption to make, when shooting landscapes, is use a wide angle lens. After all, most landscape photographers favor wide angle lenses for a reason, they naturally give you the widest view and allow you to get the full landscape into the frame, from the foreground to the horizon. They have the widest depth of field, so you get the whole landscape in focus too. Their distortion enlarges objects in the foreground, letting you show off close-up details. The same distortion also... more

DJI made some noise earlier this year when they dropped the DJI Osmo, a 3-axis gimbal system with a built-in 4K camera. With the exception of the microphone issues, which have been addressed, the device is an impressive one, putting out incredibly stable footage that competes with steady cam rigs many times its size and [...]

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Ive come across hundreds, if not thousands, of hyper-lapses since the trend took off a few years ago. But non has captured my eyes (and ears) quite like this masterpiece from FilmSpektakel. Titled A Taste of Vienna, this three minute hyperlapse shows off the beauty and intricacy of the Austrian capital city. Not only is [...]

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When you think about accessories used around the studio, apple boxes usually arent the first item that come to mind. But, they have their place and as simple as they might seem in concept, the reality is there are many ways to use them and various terms associated with each method. To explain what the [...]

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