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Tripods seem pretty self-explanatory, yet there really are a few things that not everyone figures out—even after years of use. To this end, photographer Mark Wallace has created this clip on some basic tripod do’s and dont’s: Key Tripod Tips Explore the scene before setting up your tripod. Once you’ve played around with the camera […]
Looking for a fun activity this weekend? Gather together some simple materials and make yourself a pinhole camera—a simple camera with no lens and only a single, fixed aperture: The video above comes from Tony and Chelsea Northrup, and shows how making a pinhole camera will barely cost you anything more than a few hours. You just […]
Once upon a time, Elmer Fudd was not a cold-hearted hunter, but rather a mild-mannered wildlife photographer—one of the many forms he would take on during his years as a rising star at Warner Brothers, which featured him in several cartoons: This is episode four of the original cartoon, titled “Elmer’s Candid Camera,” which aired in 1939. Director Chuck […]
The Rwenzori mountains are taller than the Alps and the Rockies, less climbed than Mt. Everest, and they encompass at least three distinct ecological climates: a jungle at the base, murky bogs en route up, and icy glaciers at the peak. Who wouldn’t want to climb them? That’s just what Nate Dappen and Neil Losin did. After winning […]
When trying out new splash photography techniques, the lighting all depends on if you’re photographing something solid or transparent. With solid objects, you’re going to need to light from both back and front so you don’t end up with a silhouette like you would with just back light. But with transparent objects, like an ice […]
It’s one thing to shoot a portrait—prime lens, nice bokeh, diffused light—but it’s a whole other ordeal to shoot a portrait the way Jake Hicks does. His style of fashion-forward photography is aimed specifically to make his models stand out from a crowd. In the tutorial video below, he shows viewers his unique setup to create those shots: […]
What’s the riskiest thing you’ve ever done for a photo? I’m guessing that for most of you, it’s not quite as crazy as what you’re about to see: After three months of meticulous planning and a fair dose of adrenaline, Jetman Dubai pilots Yves Rossy and Vince Reffet and Emirates A380 embarked on a breathtaking […]
Beauty photography is quite literally a fine art, since you have to take all the imperfections shown by your subject and eliminate them 100 percent. Once you have the lighting down to perfection, you have to fine-tune the photo even further. Jeff Rojas explains in the video below how you can eliminate oily skin from a photo: There are […]
Have you ever heard of the tilt-shift effect? It’s an easy way of making the world a miniature model in which objects in the photo appear smaller than they actually are. There are two ways of getting this effect: the first is using a tilt-shift lens, and the second is using Photoshop for post-processing images. […]
You might think you need an abundance of expensive lighting gear in order to create a high key lighting setup for commercial quality images like those seen in hair and make-up ads. But that’s not true. Sure you need at least two or three lights, but you could work with a set of inexpensive speedlights and […]
