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We’ve been seeing more and more prominent photographers integrating Topaz Adjust into their post-processing workflow. Trey Ratcliff, Rick Sammon, Scott Stulberg and others have all praised this plug-in for subtle yet stunning improvements. Found here: Topaz Adjust Adjust’s intelligent “adaptive exposure” technology finds the best way to adjust contrast, detail, and color by analyzing your entire image. […]
Learning to use a flash can be overwhelming, especially with the amount of information out there on settings and techniques. It has its own set of terminology that can sound like a foreign language. Thankfully Pye Jirsa broke down some of the most common myths about using a flash in this video: 1. Flash is […]
There is no doubt about it that collecting an arsenal of studio lighting is a very costly adventure. But, who’s to say you can’t get professional results using light strips that you have built yourself? As Joe Edelman outlines in his two part video series, even those with no carpentry skills can whip up some […]
Photographer Marsel van Oosten has one the most extensive portfolios of Namibia out there. His night photography is especially stunning and is the main subject of his latest project, Namibian Nights. For two years, Marsel has captured over 16,000 images to put together an amazing timelapse of the Namibian landscape at night: Though short, Oosten‘s […]
Though it may seem like a dream come true, concert photography is one of the most demanding fields in photography, because unlike studio or posed photographs, the photographer has little to no control of the parameters in the picture. You can’t rely on lighting, you’re unable to direct the one being photographed and you can’t […]
It’s a common joke nowadays that you can find stock photos with just about any situation you can think of—and it’s funny, until you need an extremely ridiculous image and actually find it on a stock photo site. The video below from Nacho Punch shows how it would look if an ordinary office was suddenly […]
There aren’t many things that Nature can cook up that will deter the determination and daring of human beings, but volcanoes certainly come close. Not often do we see close-ups of liquid red rock bubbling through the planet’s fractured surface, but that is exactly what landscape photographer Miles Morgan has created. Working in some of […]
Using lights to soften the skin of a subject is well practiced technique by many professionals. Getting the lighting right is not a complicated task and can save you precious time in post by eliminating the need for some common retouching practices. Good beauty lighting can be achieved using many combinations of studio lights and boxes, so […]
In the past decade, food photography has exploded more than any other discipline. Camera phones have improved rapidly, and now scrolling through a Facebook feed feels like reading Martha Stewart’s personal blog. Everyone has suddenly realized how exciting it is to capture North America’s great national pastime: Eating! In this video pro food photographer David Loftus […]
The debate always rages between photographers – which is better: zoom lenses, or primes? In this video from, photographer Kai W, with the help of his buddy Lok, makes his argument for the benefits of prime lenses: Of course, every lens has its advantages and its drawbacks, and the appropriate lens depends on the situation, and […]
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