This is probably one of the coolest videos you’ll see all week: ridiculously attractive people jumping from ridiculously dangerous heights. Italian BASE jumper and fashion model Roberta Mancino teamed up with photographer Noah Bahnson and a host of other sexy suits to leap off Monte Brento: The project was commissioned in part by world-renowned fashion designer Roberto Cavalli, […]
Latvian photographer Kaija Straumanis made the viral rounds recently for her brilliant photo series, “Stuff Being Thrown At My Head”. Gosh, even the title is funny. If you haven’t seen the images yet, you can check them out here: But there are more than a few deceptions floating around. First, though Kaija is Latvian-born, she’s actually living […]
Aspiring product photographers might not always have a studio at their whim. Other times, you might choose to shoot outdoors—a dash of colour, bright natural light; it’s more fun than staying cooped up in a studio for hours. But sunlight can sometimes be a problem, because even though it looks even, it really isn’t. Here’s […]
Newly-minted Tonight Show host Jimmy Fallon teamed up with Mad Men star Jon Hamm to very innocently prank tourists on top of New York’s Rockefeller Center, known as the Top of the Rock. Their antics take “photobombing” to a whole new level: Fallon’s become famous for boyish pranks and being a generally nice guy—unique in […]
Jared Polin has created a useful and practical guide to product photography using entirely natural light. His process is far from complex, and he’s an entertaining talker: Jared’s Product Photography Tips Get in as much natural light as you can. Try to fill the frame as much as possible with the subject. Switch up your angle—standing, […]
An Orlando-based wedding photographer recently made the unusual move of setting up a GoFundMe account to crowdsource his latest purchase, a Nikon D4s, which retails for around $6,500. He got the idea from a client who suggested that crowdsourcing might be an easier way to finance the gear, rather than taking on an four extra […]
Here’s a new and deftly beautiful documentary on Dutch-born photographer Chantal Heijnen by an Amsterdam-based filmmaking duo. In it, Heijnen details her life as a teenager in the Netherlands with dreams of being a professional photographer, getting sidetracked by working with refugees as a social worker, losing that job after more than a decade, and deciding to […]
Fashion photographers cannot overstate the value of a precise lighting rig. Three-point kits and background fills are common, and knowing how to control your light is one of the most fundamental aspects of being a photographer–especially if you’re shooting indoor fashion or beauty models. That’s what makes Sean Armenta‘s tutorial on how to use just […]
Taking good beach photos sounds easier than it is. The big trick, according to Bryan Peterson, is managing the massive amount of uncontrolled ambient light. In this video, Bryan challenges his student, Andrew, to take an interesting shot of a single starfish, rather than try to capture the entire beach landscape: Andrew is using a […]
Depth of field is one of the most important distinguishers between professional and amateur photography. Composition and exposure might be easy to grasp, but controlling your focus is harder, mainly because there are so many ways to manipulate it. Kelly Mena does a great job at explaining it: What is Depth of Field? Basically, depth […]
