In the last couple of years, photojournalists have been laid off from large media companies. Along with this, did the quality of photos drop? A recent study has confirmed what many of us think is reasonable: laying off professional photojournalists leads to a loss in the quality of images. And its not only the loss […]
If you’re new to film, pushing and pulling it when developing is a bit like ramping the exposure slider up or down in Adobe Camera Raw or Lightroom. Except, here you’re doing it with a purpose when you shoot. Sometimes it’s for technical reasons. At other times, it’s purely an artistic choice. In this video, […]
Christmas is over and you may want to pack up the decorations for the next year. But before you do it, theres a simple, cheap DIY project to try out. In this video, Joe Edelman shows you how to make a bokehlicious background for portraits with the stuff you probably already have at home. And […]
This looks simple, but its a bit more complex than you think. When you are creating images that are intended for high-end retouching, you need to pay particular attention to creating a defined but actually relatively flat illumination. Setup A beauty shoot can sometimes be very simple; on other occasions, its more like product photography. […]
South Korean electronic giants Samsung may be entering into the drone market, according to a patent published by the US Patents & Trademark Office. According to GizmoChina, though, it’s not just any drone. It’s a “transformable drone”. Exactly how that’s different from a “folding drone”, I’m not so sure, but that’s what GizmoChina call it. […]
If you want to take professional-looking product shots, you dont need fancy gear and a studio. As a matter of fact, you can do it for under $30 without leaving your own home. In this video, Jakob Owens of TheBuffNerds will show you how to do it, and you can apply this technique to product […]
In an accidental update today, a feature Instagram was testing made it out into the wild, and the Internet sure responded. In the space of 15 minutes, I must’ve counted 20 posts going up my Facebook feed from people wondering what the hell was up with Instagram, with a horizontal “tap-to-view” feed. Now, Instagram boss, […]
Back in June I coveredFortarock,a fantastic metal festivalin Nijmegen, the Netherlands. I had the opportunity to shoot bands likeDragonforce,Watain,Tr,AlestormandArch Enemy,all of whom are not only really fun to photograph, but also extremely talented musicians. [This article was originally published on Metal Blast.] This being the Netherlands, shooting the festival also meant dealing with quite a […]
