As the Chief Official White House Photographer, Pete Souza has an enviable job. He has to make the President look good: For a start, Souza has access to President Obama almost 24 hours a day. He follows him wherever he goes. However, there’s more to it than just unlimited access. “Everybody carries a digital camera these […]
Next time you decide to pose for that mermaid picture, don’t turn your back to the ocean. The sea always has a way of catching you off-guard: Hanging out on the beach, Rosangela de Silva spotted a gorgeous looking rock. It gave her the idea to pose like a mermaid on it. While she posed, […]
If you want to be a studio photographer, there’s something you should know about: how the size of your softbox is affects the quality of light produced by it. In this video, photographer Gavin Hoey speaks specifically about soft light and demonstrates how the size of the softbox affects it: What is Soft Light? Soft light is about shadows […]
Your studio is not only your place of work, it’s your zone—the place where you can be yourself. It’s a place where nothing distracts you, leaving you submerged in your creativity. It’s also the place where you bring your clients. So it’s important how you choose to design the layout and furnishings. In this video, Ruth Medjber shares some valuable […]
Despite all the wonderful real-world advantages of digital photography, once in a while the typical grainy film look just feels so enchanting. So much so that we actually seek out ways to post-process and convert some of our perfectly good color images to give them a nostalgic black and white look. In this video, Andrei Oprinca shares […]
If you’re like thousands of other occasional users Photoshop, you may not have given this a thought. A lot of the popular editing software’s interface is customizable, which means you can play around with the default panel and toolbar. This video from the PTC gives you a quick demonstration for a better workflow: Customizing the Photoshop Toolbar […]
It’s like walking down the aisle of history—photographic history to be precise. Tips from the Top Floor anchor Chris Marquardt gives us a peek at his private tour of the humongous George Eastman Museum Technology Vault in Rochester, NY: The museum’s technical curator, Todd Gustavson, was kind enough to show off everything right from the Daguerreotype, to […]
The process of platinum palladium printing is widely believed to be able to produce a tonal range that is closest to what the human eye sees. This process of monochrome printing, however, is extremely time consuming. Nobuyuki Kobayashi, a Japanese photographer uses this technique to make prints for his project titled, “Portraits of Nature: Myriads of […]
Breaking glass and taking pictures—sounds like a really punk way to make photos. This video by Jay P. Morgan shows you exactly to how to do it: Using a Trigger The key to Morgan’s technique is the MIOPS Trigger. The MIOPS trigger is connected to the camera and fires the shutter when a sound is heard. The camera […]
So you’ve purchased some lights and you have a bit of studio space. Now how do you set up your lighting for a flattering portrait? In this video, photographer Karl Taylor teams up with Urs Recher to demonstrate a simple three light portrait setup: All the lights used in the shoot are Siros lights. For the […]
