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Stacking your images in Photoshop has several benefits. First, stacking gives you the ability to produce ultra-high resolution megapixel monsters such as this 100 megapixel image that photographer Michael Ver Sprill produced: The technique involves allowing the camera to move slightly in between shots. Wait, what? Move in between shots? Yes. According to Sprill, this movement […]
They’re active, unpredictable human beings—and perfect for studio shots! With toddlers, the most candid moments come within an instant and can be gone the next, so you need to be prepared with your setup and camera. Daniel Norton shares a few tips for getting the most out of a toddler photo shoot: Get Down Low Children have […]
Not every photography studio offers the perfect lighting. In fact, many storefront studios tend to have massive windows, which can ultimately affect your photography. To help alleviate this issue and provide better control over your ambient lighting, the Koldunov Brothers (Alexey Koldunov and Victor Koldunov) created this helpful daylight control system tutorial: Controlling ambient light […]
To a photographer, light is everything. As educator Jay P. Morgan explains, the manipulation of light doesn’t just affect the way a viewer sees a subject; light controls the emotions of onlookers and the overall feeling of an image: Understandably, quality of light is a difficult thing to measure quantitatively. Photographers often use the phrases “hard” or “soft” to describe […]
Photojournalist Benjamin Lowy has seen corners of the world that many of us never have the opportunity to witness. He’s visited countries far from home, explored what lies beneath the surface of the ocean, and placed himself smack in the center of war and conflict for the sake of telling a story. But it was the birth […]
Some aspects of photography go beyond the book. When setting up lights, you’re limited only by your imagination. This blacklighting setup by Urs Recher is a classic example of how a photographer can use their creative mind to produce ingenious lighting arrangements: Light Source The light source for this shoot are two Broncolor lights set up as […]
While the number of megapixels a camera has is important to image quality, it isn’t the only factor. The other thing that plays a very important role is sensor size. Here, Larry Becker gives a brief intro to digital camera sensor sizes, megapixel counts, and crop factor: Even if two cameras come out in the […]
It’s no secret that photographers love to use natural light whenever possible. The sun is the least expensive light source available to us, and we can almost always depend on it to shine upon our models in ways that are difficult to replicate artificially. However, natural light is one element that we as photographers are […]
Shooting interiors can be tricky, precisely because they seem so easy. Heavy equipment isn’t an issue. You have full control over lights. You can (usually) re-arrange items in the room to suit your eye. But that all-encompassing responsibility can feel overwhelming. Where should you stand? What should you look for? How should you control the […]
When you’re a wedding photographer, it’s bad enough when you see someone on their phone during a wedding ceremony. But what about when they start taking pictures with it? And who’s going to call out the old uncle snapping photos with a DSLR? The better and easier technology becomes,the more irresponsible people end up with it in […]
