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Stop motion photography seems like a lot of work—and it is! But it’s not blunt hard work. It needs a very calculated approach. Trisha Zemp has mastered the technique: Stop motion photography requires you follow a few key rules. Do not touch the camera, ever! Everything depends on your camera staying perfectly still during the whole shoot. You don’t want the […]
Photographing a wedding is more than just aiming a camera at the couple. It’s a constant flow of input from the photographer to the subjects, the majority of whom have never seriously posed for the camera before. And having to pose on the biggest day of their life can be intimidating. Good wedding photography requires not […]
As photographers, posting our work online can be both exhilarating and agonizing. Exhilarating in the sense that our work can be seen by hundreds (if not thousands of people), and agonizing in that with each posted work we open ourselves up to all sorts of criticism. Sometimes that criticism is helpful, but other times it […]
A while back we featured a Los Angeles hyperlapse by Vadim Tereschchenko. Tereschchenko is a professional photographer who specializes in hyperlapse. His work is admired all over the world and he routinely gets requests to either work with leading corporations or to license out his work. During his first visit to New York, he shot this […]
How many amazing photographers do you follow on Instagram? Ever notice how the ones with millions of followers have a consistent theme, a signature look, and great stories to go with the photos? They keep the audience engaged and they stay engaged with other users. The photos and captions on Instagram are an incredible way […]
Michael Muller is one of the busiest Hollywood photographers around. His name may not be familiar to you, but his work might be. He photographs the biggest stars in the business. Chances are you’ve seen his work more than once. But he has another side to him. When he’s not hob-knobbing with celebrities, he’s busy photographing sharks. Muller […]
How difficult can it be to crop an image in Photoshop to match an exact pixel size requirement? This is something that we do all the time. Everyone has a favorite method. Some photographers use the crop tool; it’s very easy to use, but it can be unreliable when you need to resize an image to […]
When working in photography, it’s safe to say the possibilities are endless. Every day new ideas and creativity stem breathtaking imagery we could only have previously imagined. One such example is overhead portraits. While overhead photos can be stunning, they bring on their own unique set of problems. From helpful tips to camera safety, photographer Gavin Hoey provides a […]
Watching your camera shutter die a slow and painful death is unnerving. That’s exactly what happened to photographer Myles Dunphy while on a trip to Fiji. The shutter on his Canon 5D Mark II huffed and puffed and then simply gave up. A quick check of the repair shop gave Dunphy a quote of $500 […]
Love them or hate them. But one thing you can’t do is ignore them. Prime lenses are some of the top favorites of photographers around the globe. What’s so great about them? In this video, Toby Gelston explains the five top reasons why you should invest in a prime lens: What is a prime lens? […]
