Taking pictures is beautiful, and children love playing with cameras. It’s up to us to turn this desire into a hobby that can last for decades. Here are 10 useful tips to encourage children to take pictures and improve their technique: 1. Buy them a camera. Yes, it sounds obvious and stupid, but really it […]
One question frequently asked by budding and advanced amateur photographers alike is “How do I get one of my digital images published on a magazine cover?” This is an important question for two reasons: Cover images earn more money than images published inside a publication. As an artist, it feeds your ego. Seeing your image […]
Shooting outdoors during the day has its own set of challenges, and shooting with a strobe can also be tricky if you’ve never used one before. In this video, Craig Beckta shows us an easy way to combine both types of lighting for a well lit portrait while also using a neutral density (ND) filter: […]
According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Weather Service, there are around 1,800 thunderstorms at any given time. That’s about 16 million thunderstorms a year! When you hear the word “storm”, you may associate it with lightning and floods. That’s more than enough reason to prepare, but others like Franz Schumacher see […]
How many times have you given up on a photo because it just didn’t look the way you were hoping? Sometimes photos of the outdoors turn out hazy; sometimes haze increase the photo’s artistic value but sometimes it just looks messy. Terry White gives us a sneak peek of a new Lightroom tool that can […]
When shooting sporting events like basketball or football, it helps immensely to have multiple cameras working to your advantage to make sure you capture all the action. One way of doing so is by strategically setting up a few DSLRs around the court linked together using a couple Pocket Wizards and a single remote to trigger the […]
We have received a lot of emails from our readers looking for discounts on the Photomatix HDR software, so I thought we should remind everyone that there is a special discount for our readers. Photomatix is the software of choice for most professional HDR photographers. Photomatix was nice enough to provide a discount to PictureCorrect […]
In this modern age it’s easy to take photography for granted. Photographs are everywhere we look and more people than ever have access to a camera whether it be on our cell phone or DSLR. Photography has become such a convenient art form and means of documenting our lives that we rarely think about how […]
You’ll feel like you’re having that dream where you’re flying effortlessly when you watch this video. Photographer Elia Locardi filmed this amazing footage using a drone and a GoPro Hero 4 Silver. Watch the video to be transported to the magical land of Iceland: Currently working on making a comprehensive tutorial, Locardi is traveling all […]
There has been a recent resurgence in the popularity of photobooths in the past few years and now they are starting to pop in all kinds of places from bars and nightclubs to private birthday parties. There is a rental market for the machines, but if a rental isn’t exactly in your budget you can always make […]
