Believe it or not, you can shoot professional quality product photos using tools that cost you less than $10. That’s of course not counting the camera and the lens. If you always thought that product photography required great quality lighting, a professional white background, and other specialized gear, this video might be an eye-opener for […]
A very lucky 13-year-old Bruce Springsteen fan, Eliza Sollers, was at the April 20 concert in Baltimore, and of course wanted to capture a selfie with the Boss. Trying to capture Springsteen coming around the corner, she aimed her camera phone, without even looking behind her. Watch what happened next: Not many celebrities would oblige their fans with […]
How do you make an athlete look his or her best? Michael Corsentino from Behind the Shutter demonstrates how to create dynamic lighting setups to illuminate and flatter athletes in a studio environment. There are a lot of takeaways from this informative 16 minute video. Here are a few highlights: Cross Lighting As the diagram below demonstrates, […]
Adobe has been employing an interesting tactic to showcase their photo editing products—Photoshop in particular. During recent NBA games of the Golden State Warriors, Adobe has been morphing images of the fans present and giving those images a completely new look. The edits are shown live on the giant screen: This is done during some […]
A picture speaks a thousand words. It has the power to move a mind and compel it to act. Beyond the gear and beyond the tricks and tips, photography has been, in its purest form, a silent recorder of humanity for as long as it’s been around. You can’t deny that photography has played one of the most significant roles in […]
After nearly 10 months of negotiations, Belgian photographer Anton Kusters was finally allowed to photograph one of the most feared Yakuza families of Japan. Starting in early 2009 he spent two years photographing them, bringing back images that give a rare insight into one of the world’s most dreaded criminal gangs. The Economist shares his […]
Timelapses of sunsets are wonderful to watch, but they require an understanding technique and a whole lot of patience. Photographer Cal Thomson explains quite lucidly what it takes to produce a day to night timelapse: Manual Exposure There are two basic ways to capture images for this type of timelapse: manual mode and aperture priority mode. […]
When you change the shutter speed in a timelapse, you can control how people moving in and out of the frame transition. With faster shutter speeds the movements are more jagged; you can make out each individual. With longer shutter speeds, the movements are a lot smoother. In this video Jay P Morgan from The […]
Imagine you have to photograph a team of football players or a group of very busy corporate executives and you’re given less than half an hour. Sound impossible? Well, let’s make the challenge even more difficult. Let’s make it three different shots with three different lighting setups. Sound ridiculous? Wait until you watch this trick by Daniel […]
Getting the hang of your new DSLR involves a lot of work. There are a lot of buttons and dials, not to mention the menu, which can take a toll on you while you’re learning. There are a few basics of photography and cameras that you need to master before those dials start to make sense. One […]
