Lighting for a mountain bike photo shoot can be tricky without the right equipment. Luckily, Trevor Sherwin is here to show us what he uses to take his best shots. In the following video, Sherwin shows us how he uses a TritonFlash with an octodome in combination with an additional TritonFlash with a medium light dome, […]
Leave it Alex Koloskov to make two ordinary liquor bottles look sexy for a commercial photo shoot. Not completely satisfied with the the initial rim light setup, Koloskov began doing what he does best–experimenting. Once happy with the lighting, Koloskov’s imagination kept working as he came up with a clever way to add a few drops of “sweat” […]
Despite the incredible advances in digital photography over the last ten years, if you want the ultimate in quality, the large format film camera still rules. For sheer definition and tonal range, large format film is unbeatable and as such there is still demand for large format cameras today. In this film we see how a Walker Titan SF 4×5 camera is made.
When you start out in photography the first thing you need to know is how to set the exposure and f-stops on your camera. If you don’t learn this, then all your shot will be the same. Exposure and f-stops on your camera is the key to great photographs. They can make or break a picture. If you don’t get the exposure right, then your shot will be essentially ruined. It can’t be fixed in Photoshop or any other graphics program, well, that’s not quite correct. They can, but it will look like they have been fixed in a graphics program.
As a photographer, Alfred Stieglitz played a major role in the recognition of photography as art. By his mid-20s he had won numerous awards for his camerawork, despite having been rejected by many of his colleagues. Desperate to get the recognition photography deserved, Stieglitz dedicated his life to the arts, opening a gallery in New […]
In this video, Lindsay Adler presents a segment on studio lighting essentials. Everything you need to know from the equipment itself to the different uses of specific lighting, fill cards, and other various tips and tricks from the trade—you can find it here. The video is over an hour long, but it’s full of useful […]
The following video is a first-hand account of the recent protests in Cairo, Egypt that took place September 11th through September 15, 2012. The footage, both video and photographs, was shot over a three day period in which photojournalist, Amanda Mustard, suffered through the side effects of tear gas to capture the following gripping images. The Egyptian people were protesting outside of the United States Embassy in response to an Anti-Islamic film that was created in the United States.
Just because the photo shoot is casual doesn’t mean the team behind Blinq Photography took things less seriously. When photographing a pair of Ironman athletes, Blinq gave it their all to make sure that not just the subjects were well lit, but also the surrounding atmosphere. Paying attention to even the finest details, the team went […]
We all have our daily routines. They usually include things like brushing our teeth, having a cup of coffee, going to work—you know, the usual stuff that we do without fail. But, for a photographer named Noah Kalina, routines involve taking a self portrait like he’s done everyday for the past 12 1/2 years as […]
As though action sequence shots weren’t difficult enough, Marcel Lämmerhirt really tested himself when he partook in a wakeboarding photo shoot which was shot entirely during the dark night hours. Using the new Profoto Pro-B4s to power his Pro B Head Plus lamps, Lämmerhirt explains that the speed and control the Pro-B4s offered enabled him […]
