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Lonely Speck founder Ian Norman knows a thing or two about creating astounding astrological images. Colorful, detailed, and full of depth, his nightscapes captivate viewers around the world. Many find themselves wondering how exactly a photographer can reproduce the breathtaking magnificence of the night sky when relegated to the limitations of a DSLR camera. In the following tutorial, Norman explains step by step […]
A beautiful autumn day in New England. A bunch of guys on a road trip to New York. What could go wrong? In this case, the group made a pit stop at McDonald’s, where one of the guys asked a stranger to take a group shot of them with his dad’s DSLR. After the shot, the group […]
As a landscape photographer, you might have a few different filters in your gear bag. Maybe you like the way a circular polarizing filter (CPL) looks, maybe you’re a fan of the 3-stop neutral density filter, or maybe you prefer the 10-stop ND filter. Or just maybe you’re starting out in the field and have no idea […]
As they say, the eyes are the windows to the soul. How you capture them sets the mood of your photos. These tips by Dedo Weigert Film will help you capture your subject’s eyes in just the right light: “Light is an essential ingredient or tool. Light can be found or created in many different characters. […]
As with many photographers who travel the globe looking for adventure and the next amazing shot, here’s a guy who can’t be defined by one photographic style or genre. When not doing commercial travel and lifestyle shoots, German photographer Lars Schneider is exploring the world, shooting landscape photography that inspires and invigorates him. This past winter, […]
Almost any photographer would agree that it’s easy to see the difference between a hard light and a soft light. However, one thing that many beginners struggle to grasp is that there is a large spectrum that lies between the two extremes. As photographer Mark Wallace demonstrates in the following tutorial, even the slightest repositioning of a light source […]
Every great photo has a feeling to it—a mood. It could be romantic, like the slow, shallow waves on the ocean shore at sunset, or calm, like a boat resting against a dock in the morning mist coming off a lake. Sometimes, you have an idea of the mood you want to achieve in a landscape shot, but […]
Wedding photography is both emotional and powerful, and the images produced provide a constant reminder of one of the most important events in our lives. When taking photos, it’s rarely a “what you see is what you get” kind of moment. It’s important that the photographer knows exactly what he or she is doing. To further illustrate […]
It’s amazing how many things we take for granted as photographers. In most cases, it isn’t until something life changing happens that we truly see how good we really had it. No one understands this more than street photographer Anthony Carbajal, whose career aspirations were shattered upon his 2014 diagnosis of Lou Gehrig’s disease (aka […]
Softboxes are by far the most popular light shaping tools for photographers. They provide you with all that you need in order to create an array of lighting scenarios for most types of shoots, from portraits to fashion to wedding and beyond. But it takes some creativity to get the most out of softboxes. Andrea Belluso shows […]
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