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Deep in southern California’s Colorado Desert, photographer Jack Fusco managed to capture today’s simple, sweet, celestial self portrait alongside two of his favorite traveling companions. More impressively, Fusco managed to capture this moment in a single exposure rather than relying on the composite techniques commonly used to create stellar nightscapes: Using a Sony A7RII equipped with a […]
Sharp photos are a goal for many photographers but can be a challenge, especially for beginners. In this video, professional nature and wildlife photographer Simon d’Entremont offers a checklist to help diagnose and solve sharpness issues: A photography sharpness checklist: Shooting in the best light – Direct sunlight or an external light source will give […]
The options that a photographer has to light a person’s face and body are many. You may use different types of lights such as parabolic or diffused and you may position them in endless combinations. There are however, five basic set ups that photographers use over and over again, the Rembrandt, the split lighting, the […]
Photography has a lot to do with being in the right place at the right time. Whether that location is popular, hidden away, or generally ignored, it’s the photographer’s task to be there and capture a unique perspective through lighting, position, and framing. Sometimes, you stumble across a scene that is already set and waiting […]
Taking photos at a concert, regardless of who’s on the stage, can be a tricky thing to master. There are a number of things to consider. But the one thing that you need to give the most importance to is the spotlight, as David Bergman explains: Spotlights create an intense beam of light that completely […]
I’d be lying if I told you that bird photography is easy. No. It isn’t. It’s one of the toughest photography genres out there – perhaps the toughest. However, what I’m going to reveal today are ten easy steps to take better photos of birds no matter your experience and skill level. If you incorporate […]
Editing an image can sometimes lead to exaggerated colors, textures, and light. With a lot of time and learning, editing becomes quicker and you start to get a feel for the influence that you want in your images. For landscape photography with a starry night sky, photographers often brighten the foreground and increase the color […]
Isn’t it frustrating when you participate in wildlife photography competitions but never find your name on the winners’ list? You must wonder about the parameters on which judges evaluate the submissions. In today’s insightful video, award-winning photographer and photography judge Janine Krayer shares five great wildlife photography contest tips and outlines the common mistakes that […]
Should you use a softbox, or an umbrella? Even though they serve similar purposes, which is to provide a larger light source (thereby softer light), there are several key differences between a softbox and an umbrella. Softbox This is the ideal light shaping tool for portraits, because of its versatility in controlling light spill. If […]
A time vortex? The gateway to another world? As sci-fi as this capture looks, it’s really just the creative result of some time (six hours), several hundred still photographs (620 35-second exposures), and a little processing (in ProStack and Photoshop): Photographer Bartosz Wojczynski took the photographs at Teide Observatory, which is located on Tenerife, one of Spain’s […]
