A magician practices the art of illusion. Many times a photographer may practice the same thing. Who knew the art of levitation was only a few photographs and mouse clicks away? In three easy steps, Brooke Shaden shows us how to channel our inner Houdini: Making levitation photographs is a great way to create intriguing […]
It’s a picture of a picture and one incredible sight. Up in the Space Station’s Cupola, European Space Agency Astronaut Alexander Gerst snaps a photograph of Dragon capsule. It seems the previously intangible notion of commercial space travel is quickly becoming a reality: Dragon is a spacecraft designed by SpaceX to carry cargo and eventually […]
“Slackers” from around the world came together for a day of lazing around in hammocks. But this was no ordinary hang-out session. Thrill-seeking and balance-busting attendees of the International Highline Meeting hung hammocks hundreds of feet in the air above the Italian Alps. Warning: The images to follow are not for the faint of heart: […]
Glamorous studio lighting is not only for celebrities and models. Add a soft glow and polished finish to your own portraiture with continuous clamshell lighting. Photographer Terry White explains the potential of this simple but effective studio lighting style: Appropriately named, clamshell lighting uses two opposing light sources—one from above and the other from below— […]
Although wide-angle lenses are ideal in many portrait situations, they may create undesirable distortion around edges of the frame. Why not experiment with other types of cameras and other formats, such as traditional film? Photographer Joe McNally explains how he used an old panoramic camera and beauty dish to push the boundaries with portraiture: Panoramic […]
It seems we never tire of ethereal starry night photographs. What is it about that infinite charcoal sea above and the twinkling lights within it? The beauty of the night appealed to the photographer who snapped this image in Porters Pass on New Zealand’s South Island: Porters Pass is a mountain pass in the Canterbury […]
We can learn a lot from watching fellow photographers at work. Everyone has their own style of shooting encompassing their unique ideas, personal influences and past experiences. By watching others closely we can draw on things they do and implement it in our own work, promoting growth in our own photography. From setup to final […]
Frequency separation is like a god among the retouching techniques. It allows you to separate the texture from everything else in an image, resulting in easy edits and a fabulous photo finish. Aaron Nace demonstrates how to use frequency separation in Photoshop: What is Frequency Separation? The technique is used widely in editorial photography. The […]
New Zealand—both the nature lover and photographer’s dream. An island nation known for its utterly breath taking landscapes—from deep fjords, sky high waterfalls, ancient glaciers and rolling hills. It is hard to capture the true beauty and essence of a place on film. However, Martin Heck did a really, really good job of it: Heck […]
The key to great studio photography is in well-planned and well-executed lighting. It not only creates dynamic portraits, but it can dictate the style, mood, and tone of a photograph. This video seminar takes us through the steps to create dramatic high-key and low-key portrait lighting: High-Key Lighting A high-key lighting set up is a photographic style […]
