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After nearly 10 months of negotiations, Belgian photographer Anton Kusters was finally allowed to photograph one of the most feared Yakuza families of Japan. Starting in early 2009 he spent two years photographing them, bringing back images that give a rare insight into one of the world’s most dreaded criminal gangs. The Economist shares his […]
Timelapses of sunsets are wonderful to watch, but they require an understanding technique and a whole lot of patience. Photographer Cal Thomson explains quite lucidly what it takes to produce a day to night timelapse: Manual Exposure There are two basic ways to capture images for this type of timelapse: manual mode and aperture priority mode. […]
When you change the shutter speed in a timelapse, you can control how people moving in and out of the frame transition. With faster shutter speeds the movements are more jagged; you can make out each individual. With longer shutter speeds, the movements are a lot smoother. In this video Jay P Morgan from The […]
Imagine you have to photograph a team of football players or a group of very busy corporate executives and you’re given less than half an hour. Sound impossible? Well, let’s make the challenge even more difficult. Let’s make it three different shots with three different lighting setups. Sound ridiculous? Wait until you watch this trick by Daniel […]
Getting the hang of your new DSLR involves a lot of work. There are a lot of buttons and dials, not to mention the menu, which can take a toll on you while you’re learning. There are a few basics of photography and cameras that you need to master before those dials start to make sense. One […]
In 2008, a Romanian photographer came up with a project that reveals the different lives of people living in 10 identical apartments. Bogdan Gîrbovan was living in a single-room apartment on the 10th floor of a Bucharest apartment building built in 1966 during communist times. The building, like most in Romania, was built with plain, identical apartments placed on […]
When it comes to macro photography, a lot has already been said. But a real hands-on approach is absolutely invaluable. Especially when it comes to understanding how to prepare, approach, and shoot macro photos. That’s exactly what Doug McKinlay has to offer to discerning macro photographers: What is Macro Photography? “It’s extreme close-up photography, usually […]
So you’ve got a product that you or your friend wants to sell. You need some good photos and you need them done right or at least better than most of your competitors, right? Some individuals and companies will spend thousands on photographing products, and that’s fine if you have the budget. This can be […]
That cheap prime lens sitting quietly somewhere on the shelf may just have one more purpose. If you’ve been planning to give it away, wait! Photographer Mathieu Stern has a technique that might give you a reason to hold on to it a bit longer: Stern transforms a prime lens into a reverse globular lens by taking the […]
How do you spend your summer vacations? Jesse Attanasio uses his sunny months off focusing on a particular passion: timelapse landscape photography. In his latest video, Exhale, he shows off more than two years’ worth of work in a mere two minutes. Check it out: The film is composed from footage shot during the summers of 2014 […]
