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If you’ve been looking for a fresh new take on cinematography and timelapse videos then look no further than Toby Lockerbie’s short, Why I Shoot Lights at Night. Lockerbie is a professional photographer and cinematographer who decided to take a break from the daily grind and head to Norway in hopes of clear skies. Instead […]
Product photography is one of those specialized niches in the photography world that requires a skill set all of its own. As professional photographers Michal Tomaszewicz and Maciej Krawczyk have come to find out, photographing knives is especially difficult. Not only are they trying to make a flat, grey piece of metal look sexy, it just so […]
Infrared photography–not as wildly popular as, say, HDR, but not entirely forgotten either–is a technique that, when executed properly turns a bright blue sky to dramatic black and makes blooming green trees look like giant swabs of white cotton candy. Infrared photography is capable of producing equally eerie and beautiful images. Glen Ryan, a photographer […]
When it comes to professional experience, Joe McNally has quite an impressive resume. McNally, who has been working in the industry for 30+ years and has done work for TIME, Newsweek, Entertainment Weekly, and countless other publications, took a few minutes out of his busy schedule to share some of his insights on what it means to […]
The author of this new timelapse guide, a landscape photographer, says “still images are how I capture a moment: a split second of perfect tension. Shooting time-lapse photographs adds a whole new dimension to the stories I’m trying to tell. It’s my moving still.” The possibilities available to the aspiring photographer today, even on a tight […]
As more and more tools become available to the common photographer, astrophotography is beginning to see an increase in popularity. Though the specialized genre of photography still requires some astronomy specific equipment, such as the telescopes we will be discussing in the video below, the initial cost of the hobby is more within the realm of many hobbyists. If you’re interested […]
Photoshop lets us do a lot of cool things. The only problem is trying to figure out how to do them. In this tutorial video, Pete Webb shows how to use Perfect Layers to build an action sequence composite. The same method applies for Photoshop and can be used on just about an photo you […]
Oftentimes the smallest adjustment can make a huge impact on the quality of a photograph. The problem is, these adjustments aren’t always obvious in the moment that you’re taking the photo. In the hour and half long video below, Jeff Cable delivers an in depth primer on the essentials of photography. Don’t let the length of this […]
Jay P. Morgan recently got his hands on a Canon 1D-C and, like any curious photographer, decided to put the DSLR through some rigorous testing by way of motion picture photography. The 1D C is most notably known among videophiles as an affordable moving image monster capable of capturing cinematic footage at 4k, something previously available only on much more […]
(Rewind) Taking eye-catching photographs of interiors is more difficult than simply pointing and shooting. To compose an effective image, it takes some forethought and careful consideration of your surroundings. To improve our understanding of photographic composition, professional photographer Scott Hargis provides this very helpful insider look into the art of interior photography: Shooting as wide […]
