Part of being a portrait photographer is being able to coach your subjects and get them to give you authentic smiles. When working with subjects who are not professional models, it can be really tricky to extract a smile from the subject that doesn’t look forced or fake. Fortunately, Tamara Lackey is here to deliver […]
It happens all the time. People get a fast lens and only want to shoot with it wide open. Of course, the point of having a fast lens is to utilize its wide aperture settings, but not all photographs benefit from f/1.8 or wider. In fact, a wide aperture can take away from certain photographs. […]
There are million ways to edit and stylize your photos in post production. Some of the methods can be quite daunting for photographers that are new to the world of Photoshop, which is why Aaron Nace is here to show us one of the approaches he takes when editing his photos: Adding a Color Balance […]
Norah Levine has been working on an interesting photo project that illustrates a side of poverty that we don’t always see: the relationships that are formed between people who are homeless and their pets. The project, which she calls Lifelines, started in Austin, Texas. Listen to her moving story: The project was founded by Levine […]
Check out this awesome slideshow that walks us through the fundamentals of street photography composition. A helpful resource for photographers, the presentation was created by Eric Kim as an educational supplement to his course on street photography at the 2014 Gulf Photo Plus Exposition in Dubai: The slideshow provides a nice visualization of various rules […]
PictureCorrect’s sister site, PictureSocial is a stomping ground for talented photographers who want to share their creations. The image below of a moving carnival ride was taken by member Joe C. and shared with the community. As dazzling as this capture is, we wanted to share it with the readers on this site as well: […]
Looking to organize your photos? Then this new eBook and video guide from top HDR photographer Trey Ratcliff will help you get your digital life organized. Found here: How to Organize Your Photos “This is a problem for me too. I have tens of thousands of photos. Some are personal, but most are landscape photos. Some […]
Here’s an attention grabbing album of photographs that not only tell a story but also help bring awareness to a serious environmental issue. Gregg Segal’s “7 Days Of Garbage” project illustrates modern households lying in piles and pools of the trash they accumulated over the course of a week: The images were taken in Segal’s […]
Believe it or not, film still exists in this digital world. In fact, Fuji still makes instant film, which Stefan Litster uses in his Zone VI large format field camera. Take a look as he walks around town taking portraits of random folks with his setup while he shares some tricks of the trade with […]
Have you ever dreamed of using real animals in your images? Katerina Plotnikova is a photographer from Moscow who is famous for her surrealistic portraits that incorporate a variety of animals. She pushes the limits of possibility to create these unique combinations of both reality and surrealism: However, the twist is that none of Plotnikova’s images […]
