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Weird can be a good thing. Self portraiture often comes down to the common selfie. But here we have some amazing images by Mari Hokkanen that creatively deviate from the expected: It’s not every day that you see so much work put into creating a scene for a single shot. I went through the shots […]
As a photographer and a person who loves science, natural phenomena images are among my favorite subjects. I can’t express enough the feeling I get when I see pictures like these: It’s not every day you get to see clouds coming and going from below you as if they were the ocean during ebb and […]
Want to be really creative with your portraits? Dutch Photoshop wizard, photographer, designer, and artist Dracorubio, has a unique way of blending art forms in Photoshop to create breathtaking images. Here, he transforms a simple portrait into an amazing sculpture: The process involves using Clipping Masks and Drop Shadows—and having a lot of imagination—to create surreal images. Dracorubio uses many different […]
I’m siding with Megatron on this one. I mean, what’s the point? “When will you learn that your status updates mean zero-to-nothing to anyone, ever? It doesn’t matter which social network you post it on—worthless! Use your mind, create new memories, interact, don’t just add it to a library of forgotten photographs! Ugh, how disappointing […]
There are millions of ways to light a portrait, ranging from Rembrandt style to incredibly complex setups that involve multiple lights, reflectors, and gels. Joel Grimes shows a pretty simple one light setup and how you can adjust the light to get the results you want in the following video: For this set of portraits, […]
Tomás Munita is a photographer for National Geographic. As part of his job, he gets to experience many different cultures in many different scenarios. One of those is Chile. For this assignment he went on a wild bull hunt with a group of gauchos in Patagonia: As you can see in the video, working for […]
Move over internet cats; make way for foxes! It’s no wonder the rise of the fox has been a fast one. They’re equally as adorable, fuzzy, and quirky as cats. If you haven’t yet been converted to a fox lover, by the time you scroll through this album, we promise you will be: With humans quickly […]
When using camera flash while photographing your pets, you’ve probably noticed that their eyes get color casts akin to red eye in humans. If you try to fix this in post-production the same way as you would fix human red eye, Photoshop will just desaturate and darken the area. The eyes will look washed out […]
Sometimes a parody isn’t that much of a parody. Yes, Dabe Shores sings a completely different and amusing iteration of Taylor Swift’s Blank Space, but Shores’ version really does get at the the pros and cons of being a photographer: Shores’ lyrics recount the harsh truths of being a photographer. Long hours, hectic schedules and […]
In this article, I want to focus on creating the perfect composition. But before we can create something perfect, we have to know what perfect looks like. Why is composition important? It is the difference between a snapshot and a photograph. In a snapshot, you bring up the camera, look through the viewfinder, and take […]
