As much as we tend to romanticize being a professional photographer, getting paid to travel, and doing what we love to do all the time, the truth is it’s not all it’s cracked up to be. The hours are long, the risks are sometimes extreme, and the work is hard: As Jimmy Chin outlines in […]
Mike Kelley recently took a trip to the Bahamas to photograph the super posh penthouse at The Atlantis Bahamas and made a behind the scenes video so we can tag along. Take a look as the architectural photographer shows you what equipment he used for the shoot and a few shooting and editing tips to […]
With heads down and shuffling feet, most visitors are rushing to their next destination as they weave through the cave-like architecture of the Stockholm subway system. Alexander Dragunov, however, has focused his career on capturing what he believes to be the most beautiful subway station he has ever seen: Dragunov takes pictures of the subway […]
It never ceases to amaze me the number of fuzzy, low resolution, badly exposed and poorly composed photographs that people take. Whether they’ve all been brainwashed to click that button as fast as possible or are just finding the reality that few subjects sit still, too many people forget that the camera is a tool […]
Like any style of photography, real estate photography is tough. There is a lot more to it than having a nice camera and well cared for property to photograph. The countless amount of techniques and tricks you must know to pull off a great photo of a multi-million dollar property makes it a daunting task. […]
Photographers are getting more and more creative with the techniques they use and how they use them. For example, hyperlapse footage is now playing a major role in timelapse photography, and pros like Patrick Cheung are helping to pioneer exciting new hyperlapse techniques. In the clip below, Patrick and Kai let us in on some […]
When the Northrups were asked to do a corporate photo shoot for the employees of a car dealership, they jumped at the opportunity to let us tag along by way of a behind the scenes video. Join the couple as they show us the ins and out of corporate photography: Gear for On-Location Headshots Equipped […]
Out of all the people that work to make a wedding possible, the professional journalistic wedding photographer rises above all the rest. All brides want each element of their wedding to come together without a hitch to create the moment of a lifetime. The cake will be eaten, the dresses will fade, and the flowers […]
Forced perspective photography is a fun and quirky way to give a photograph a little more character. We’ve all seen the photos where someone is “holding” the setting sun in their hand or pinching the Eiffel Tower between their thumb and pointer finger. Well, the photo below of a boy in a bubble takes the […]
Photographers are known to go to extremes to get the shot. Sometimes those extremes are much further than others. Take Chris Higgins, for example. The professional caving photographer crawls his way through dark caves and slithers through cave opening so small it seems impossible for a human to fit through them. In the video below, […]
