A great portrait is more important than you think it is, both from the perspective of your business and your website. Plus, a self-portrait session is the perfect way to test out new lighting techniques before you head out on a photo shoot. In this video, Jeff Carpenter shares a few tips on how to […]
Where do you start with street photography? In this video Chelsea Northrup hooks up with well-known National Geographic photographer Ira Block for a street photography session in his hometown, New York City. Block shares his experience, his approach, and techniques for shooting street photography as the two make it through the streets of the Big […]
This amazing shot of the Sutherland Falls was captured by William Patino, a New Zealand based landscape photographer. It captures the breathtaking beauty of the waterfalls right at the crack of dawn with the first rays of sun breaking across the top of the mountain: With a height of 580 meters, Sutherland Falls is the […]
Woodlands and fog, a potent mix. For a landscape photographer the combination is nature’s way of saying it loves us. Indeed, fog and the woodlands can be mysterious, enchanting, scary—but never boring. Simon Baxter has a few tips for capturing great shots in the woods: To the untrained eye, the woodlands can be a boring […]
The Nordic countries are a sort of enigma for many travel photographers. Their barren and lunar-like topography in some places and wild seasons have always attracted shutterbugs. While Iceland has been getting a lot attention these days because of its breathtaking natural beauty, Norway isn’t too far behind. This image by Christian Ringer is simply divine: […]
You’re likely familiar with the terms exposure and exposure value. But are you familiar with the term equivalent exposure? Equivalent exposure can be explained briefly as several combinations of shutter speed, aperture, and ISO that produce the same exposure. In other words, ISO, aperture, and shutter speed combinations that collect a similar amount of light. […]
Do you ever bring a fan into your studio to add a wind effect to your photos? Have you thought much about the direction it blows? In this short yet absorbing video, Gavin Hoey demonstrates how a change in the direction of wind can have a stunning effect on the quality of your portraits: […]
The one tip that all wildlife pro-togs will give you is to stay a fair distance away when you photograph wild animals. One look at this photo, and you might be convinced that the photographer got it horribly wrong. Until you realize that the shot was taken at the Elephant Nature Park in Chiang Mai, […]
How do you create soft window light for a shoot in an artificially lit indoor room without an actual widow? Jay P Morgan takes us through the paces, explaining how he did it: Before we begin let’s talk about window light. Window light is a large natural light source, so it’s soft and produces very […]
Now that you have your strobes, you must be thinking about the best way to sync them with your camera. Your answer is here. Jay P Morgan from The Slanted Lens demonstrates three ways to sync your camera with your strobes: 1. Using a Sync Cable The most reliable and the simplest way of syncing […]
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