Smartphones have dramatically increased the reach of photography. With every new generation of smartphone, the cameras get better and better. And you know what they say. The best camera is the one that is with you. Today, almost everyone has a smartphone and, by extension, a camera. Photographer Jay P. Morgan takes you through some […]
You’ve probably come across a lot of articles and books that discuss photography as an art or technical exercise. In this video, photographer Sean Tucker associates photography with life and tells us how he considers photography to be a spiritual practice: “Recently, a lesson I was learning about capturing light also held some timely truths for […]
Gone are the days when taking photographs in black and white was the only option. Today, black and white photography has become a way to give a classic look. It’s also used by some photographers to rescue problematic shots. As photographer Jamie Windsor mentions in this video, color photography is for documentation; black and white is […]
Street photography is all about capturing the decisive moment, and to do that you need to act fast. Unlike in other genres of photography like landscape photography and portrait photography, you need to decide within a fraction of a second if you don’t want to miss the story. Photographer David Coleman shares his tips on […]
Many beginner photographers feel overwhelmed by the idea of retouching their images. Using software like Adobe Lightroom or Photoshop doesn’t necessarily need to be overcomplicated. And you don’t need to spend hours retouching a single image to get the desired result either. Fine art photographer Attilio Ruffo takes you through a simple process of editing […]
Don’t you just love it when the background in your image melts away giving it a soft creamy look? Photographers love it and that’s why we spend thousands of dollars for wide aperture lenses. Most people love it and that’s evident by the increasing popularity of “portrait mode” on modern smartphone cameras. But at the end […]
Digital photography has made photography a whole lot easier. Built-in light meters do a good job most of the time but they get fooled in tricky lighting situations. Just imagine how challenging it was for film photographers to get correct exposures. If you still struggle with exposure when using film, photographer Jay P. Morgan shares […]
Some photographers are absolute lovers of natural light. But natural light is constantly changing. Professionals require consistent results. However, Daniel Norton from Adorama shares a hack to fake natural light for when you need to shoot indoors: Shooting with window light can get you gorgeous results. But timing can be a great challenge as the […]
As photographers in the modern age, we’re exposed to a lot of digital learning resources. While the only resources available in the past were books and magazines, modern platforms like YouTube, Flickr, and 500px have allowed photographers to teach, learn, and interact with each other. Commercial and fine art photographer Chrissie White who learned a […]
While he didn’t invent the technique, photographer Ryan Brenizer popularized the bokeh panorama style of photography with his wedding photos. The Brenizer method of photography is used to create an image with a very shallow depth of field and a wide angle of view. It produces a result that looks something like a medium-format image. […]
