Author: Tiffany Mueller

World’s Largest Negative Was Exposed In A Camera Obscura Built Inside A Vacant Storage Facility

Tiffany Mueller

Joel Nicholas, a Vancouver based photographer, has been up to something really cool. He’s been working on a photo series called Blueprints for Observation, where he transformed an old downtown self storage building into four different camera obscuras: one each on a north, east, south, and west facing wall. The storage facility was destined to […]

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Filmmakers Build Huge To Scale Model Of Solar System & Use Timelapse To Demonstrate How It Works

Tiffany Mueller

Not that using timelapse photography techniques to capture the abundant natural beauty found here on earth isn’t awesome, but this use of the technique is pretty incredible in it’s own right.  When two filmmakers, Alex Gorosh and Wylie Overstreet, decided to make a to scale version of our solar system–something that had never been accurately pictured prior […]

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Filmmakers Build Huge To Scale Model Of Solar System & Use Timelapse To Demonstrate How It Works

Tiffany Mueller

Not that using timelapse photography techniques to capture the abundant natural beauty found here on earth isn’t awesome, but this use of the technique is pretty incredible in it’s own right.  When two filmmakers, Alex Gorosh and Wylie Overstreet, decided to make a to scale version of our solar system–something that had never been accurately pictured prior […]

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History Of How Film & Camera Tech Evolved To Expose Different Skin Tones More Accurately

Tiffany Mueller

In the quick video clip below, professor Lorna Roth (of Concordia University in Montreal), helps to covers the who, what, why, where, and when film and camera technology began making strides in an effort to more accurately capture and portray the wide variety of skin tones that make up the human race. In the early […]

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Wedding Photographer Couple Shoot Horror Movie Trailer To Announce Their Pregnancy

Tiffany Mueller

What do you get when you have two fun loving and creative wedding photographers that just so happen to be expecting a baby together? Here’s what: a really, really clever pregnancy announcement. Take, for example, the husband-wife photography team Judy & Gavin Holt , who have just announced to the world they’re expecting a baby […]

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Chris Burkard Is Giving Away 1000’s Of Prints To Celebrate 1 Million Instagram Followers; Here’s How To Get Yours

Tiffany Mueller

It’s hard not to appreciate the awesomeness of every photo in Chris Burkard’s portfolio, and we have featured his work a couple times in the past–he was even kind enough to share these awesome night landscape photography tips with us last year. So, of course, we’re happy to see his success as a photographer reach new […]

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Vintage “Baseball” Trading Cards Feature Ansel Adams & Other Notable Photographers

Tiffany Mueller

Dating all the way back to 1975, the The Baseball Photographer Trading Cards are not exactly new, but they are still really cool. Featuring the likes of famous photographers such as Ansel Adams, Aaron Siskind, Imogen Cunningham, and others, the collection of 135 trading carding is an amusing look at the comradeship found among working photographers from […]

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DIY: Tiltable Overhead Camera Rig With LED Lights For Perfect Table Top Perspective Shots

Tiffany Mueller

There are lots of reasons why you may need to take an overhead photo of a desk or table top and, depending on your setup, a tripod isn’t always the most helpful tool to get the job done. That’s why we have overhead camera stands, they make the task much less complicated. The team over […]

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Learn More Lighting Techniques With These Building Blocks Of Creative Portrait Lighting

Tiffany Mueller

Here’s a great video from Jake Hicks that demonstrates how you can use a three light setup to make a creative portrait, much like the photo in the title card of the video, above. In the 11-minute clip, Hicks walks us through the process of how he shot the photo, taking the time to explain the finer details of […]

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