Is it a photograph of a painting? A painting of a photograph? Something else entirely? Artist Daniel Kukla has created an innovative photography series called “The Edge Effect” to capture the unique natural environments of California’s Joshua Tree National Park: Using nothing more than an easel and a large mirror, Kukla has managed to capture nature […]
Do you ever wonder how those amazing pictures of homes and their interiors are done? How did they make those small rooms look so spacious? And how can they make the home look so presentable, even with someone still living in it? It’s simply all about using the right angles to make the rooms and […]
Sometimes we can miss the little stories playing out in our gardens or backyards if we don’t take a moment to stop and look. Take this small, striped-shell snail leaning down from its toadstool seat to take a sip of water from an acorn cup. Whether snails even drink water (or whether this whole little […]
Looking like a vortex to another world, this photo was actually taken from the back window of a Chicago red line subway train: Titled “Helm, Warp One Engage!” (for the uninitiated–a Star Trek reference to warp-speed travel), the photo was captured by photographer Michael Salisbury with a 2-second exposure. He used a Canon EOS 5D Mark III with a EF16-35mm […]
One of the most highly requested and simple photo touch ups requested is for blemish removal on the skin. Whether this is acne, freckles, or just random spots on a person’s skin, there is a powerful and simple tool that removes imperfections, blending them into the skin perfectly, in a jiffy. This tool is called […]
Isn’t it fun looking through old family photo albums? They make us nostalgic for the “good old days.” Sometimes they make us wish we could go back, but would we really want to? One family decided to find out, taking some of those precious photographic moments–a father holding his sleeping son, a little boy meeting […]
Our portrait photography photo tip for today is about “Rembrandt Lighting.” This is a great lighting pattern to use if you are going for a dramatic mood in your portrait. Not every face is ideal for Rembrandt lighting, but it is a powerful addition to your portrait photography lighting arsenal. What is Rembrandt lighting? Rembrandt […]
Billowing black smoke, leaping flames, charred wreckage, explosions–it looks like a war zone. And it certainly is a battle. One that has become deadly in recent days. Violent protests have been spreading out from the Ukrainian capital of Kiev since November, when the government pulled out of a treaty with the European Union. The situation […]
You might want to take a closer look… the TED Talk begins. The idea that things are not always as they appear is part of what makes photography and other art forms so fascinating. Artist Alexa Meade has taken that idea—that appearances can be deceiving—and has exploded the concept into an innovative artistic technique: “You might […]
With the dawning of the iPhone, a whole new age of photography arrived: the iPhoneography era. Having a camera built into your phone makes it easy to take pictures on the fly. The sheer size of a DSLR makes it less portable and convenient than a phone, which most people have on them at all […]
