Just last week we came across reports from Hong Kong, Australia and Europe claiming that Samsung is about to shut down its camera business in those countries, and the first official announcement is already here. Earlier today Samsung Germany told fotoMAGAZIN that the company will stop selling digital cameras, camcorders and related accessories, due to [...]
This season on Photoshop User TV, The guys have changed up the format of the show to bring you quicktips. Corey has a tip on muted color effects for that cool Instagram look.
Imagine that you have just processed a colour image and you are happy with the result, but youd also like to experiment with it a little. Perhaps youre curious to see how it will look if you convert it to black and white. Maybe youd like to apply a... more
Last week, it was revealed InstaAgent, a third party Instagram app, was stealing users credentials and using them to post unauthorized photos to accounts. In what can only be considered a direct result of this news, Instagram has announced a massive change in policies that will dramatically impact third party apps by limiting how much [...]
A clamp is one of those few pieces of gear that will divide your life in two; before and after you got one. Ok, that might be a bit of an exaggeration but it really is a must-have piece of kit in any photographers or filmmakers camera bag. In this next video Griffith Hammond shares [...]
German photographer Robert Gtzfried recently took a trip from Washington D.C. to Nashville, Tennessee. Along the way, he used his camera to capture the People of the South in a photo series that gives a compelling look into what the American South has to offer. Gtzfrieds trip lasted 2 weeks and spanned over 2200 miles [...]
Sorry, Jared Polin, it looks like Reuters photographers wont be shooting RAW anymore. In an email sent out to freelance photographers, Reuters says it will no longer accept photos post-processed from RAW camera files. Instead, the international news agency says it will only accept JPEG images with minimal processing. The email sent out reads: Id [...]
Young girl dressed up for Halloween. Low-key portrait using one speedlight, against a typical black background.
I dare say that nothing is quite like the effect of low-key lighting to show drama in an image. So what does low-key lighting mean in terms of photography? A good definition isfound here.
Low-key lighting often uses only one key light, optionally controlled with a fill light or a... more
Tourists all over the world are especially susceptible to robbery, but while a selfie stick with an expensive phone attached to it might make them stick out like a sore thumb, it could now be used to protect them. A Moscow-based martial arts school started offering self-defense classes combining traditional fighting methods with selfie sticks. [...]
This GoPro footage is golden; just not the type of golden we often associate GoPro footage with. Its common knowledge that dogs enjoy marking their territory. Especially when foreign objects are left laying around in their domain. This was the unfortunate case of a GoPro that a kid was using to film his soccerabilities. As [...]
