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It’s a sad fact of every photographer’s life. At some point, you will take a photograph that might have been your best if you hadn’t messed up one thing: focus. It’s a reminder that you can be at the right place at the right time and still get it wrong. But there are photography techniques—doable […]
Have you ever snapped a portrait then realized the background is too busy? What if you really like the colors, but just need it to be a bit blurrier to bring the focus to your subject? In this video, photographer Terry White explains exactly how to control your depth of field to blur the background while […]
Your studio is not only your place of work, it’s your zone—the place where you can be yourself. It’s a place where nothing distracts you, leaving you submerged in your creativity. It’s also the place where you bring your clients. So it’s important how you choose to design the layout and furnishings. In this video, Ruth Medjber shares some valuable […]
As social media has exploded in popularity in recent years, we have also seen a drastic increase in food photographers. These artists often use Instagram and Facebook as platforms to share their work, and some creatives have even gone so far as to dedicate their channels entirely to iPhone photography (also labeled “iPhonography” by some). In the following […]
Do Burning Man tea houses have a life after the annual Nevada desert extravaganza? Some do! Entranced by the scene of the Deep Tea Haus at Burning Man, wardrobe stylist Jasmine Hamed decided to team up with professional photographer Thomas Kuoh to shoot a “smoking hot gypsy tea party.” Here’s how they put it together: […]
Despite all the wonderful real-world advantages of digital photography, once in a while the typical grainy film look just feels so enchanting. So much so that we actually seek out ways to post-process and convert some of our perfectly good color images to give them a nostalgic black and white look. In this video, Andrei Oprinca shares […]
If you’re like thousands of other occasional users Photoshop, you may not have given this a thought. A lot of the popular editing software’s interface is customizable, which means you can play around with the default panel and toolbar. This video from the PTC gives you a quick demonstration for a better workflow: Customizing the Photoshop Toolbar […]
It’s like walking down the aisle of history—photographic history to be precise. Tips from the Top Floor anchor Chris Marquardt gives us a peek at his private tour of the humongous George Eastman Museum Technology Vault in Rochester, NY: The museum’s technical curator, Todd Gustavson, was kind enough to show off everything right from the Daguerreotype, to […]
Studio lighting isn’t as difficult as it may seem. In fact, with just two lights, you can create several different types of shots simply by repositioning them. Here’s how: The first step, according to Scott Kelby, is to get a big, soft light. He’s exclusively using a dual Westcott package, which includes a large softbox and slender […]
The process of platinum palladium printing is widely believed to be able to produce a tonal range that is closest to what the human eye sees. This process of monochrome printing, however, is extremely time consuming. Nobuyuki Kobayashi, a Japanese photographer uses this technique to make prints for his project titled, “Portraits of Nature: Myriads of […]
