Author: Tiffany Mueller

The Cold Hard Truth When It Comes To Dealing With Problem Clients

Tiffany Mueller

A major part of being a working photographer is spent managing your business and tending to your client’s questions, concerns, feedback, etc…For the most part, this aspect of professional photography isn’t the worst thing in the world, but there always seems to come a point when you find yourself working with a problem client that […]

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Tips To Make Your Next On Location Shoot Go Smoother And Yield You Better Photos

Tiffany Mueller

I know, I know, the title of the video says it’s about industrial portraits. It is about that, indeed; however, a lot of the tips and advice J. P. Morgan shares in the seven minute long clip can be applied to a lot of different kinds of photoshoots–especially those where you’re shooting on location. Outside […]

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Japanese Photographer Spends 5 Years Creating Incredible Mini-Dioramas Every Day

Tiffany Mueller

I love miniature photography, especially when it’s as creative as Tatsuya Tanaka. The way the photographer can look at single piece of pasta and think “water slide!” or a dish sponge and think “rock climbing!” It such an outside-the-box way of looking at the small, everyday objects most of us don’t pay much more attention […]

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Understanding Lens Distortion At Different Focal Lengths And How To Work With It

Tiffany Mueller

Wide angle lenses let you pack a lot of action into the frame, but they also present a problem: distortion. Fortunately, if you know what to expect and some of the different ways you can work with it, distortion isn’t a deal breaker. In the quick video clip below, John Greengo shares some examples of […]

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Online Database Of Historic Photography Will Inspire And Keep You Entertained For Hours

Tiffany Mueller

Next time you find yourself browsing through photos on 500px or Instagram, why not switch it up a little bit and check out TheRedList.com. It’s an online database that’s chock full of incredible photographs taken by some of history’s most beloved photographers. Plus, it’s highly organized–first by genre, then by photographer. So, for example, say […]

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Photographing Tribesman On The Crater Rim Of An Active Volcano

Tiffany Mueller

Jimmy Nelson is no stranger to photographing vanishing tribes from around the globe. In fact, he recently delivered a great TED talk about his numerous adventures as a photographer. But, before he visited the TED studios, Nelson spent some time on the Oceanic islands of Vanuatu. During his time on the island chain, the photographer visited […]

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The Focal Camera Is An Awesome Open-Source DIY Modular Camera System

Tiffany Mueller

The Focal Camera project is looking to make the art of building a DIY camera accessible to masses, and their open source catalog of templates and instructions is making it happen. The modular system works much like the way Legos work–meaning the individual components of a camera are each made separately and can be used together […]

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Shotgun Shells Now Being Marketed Specifically For Shooting Down Drones

Tiffany Mueller

A company by the name of Snake River Shooting, based in Idaho, is now proudly offering ‘”Drone Munition,” a shotgun shell that’s being marketed as an effective solution to being spied on by drones–load the shell, shoot down the drone. Doesn’t get any more simple than that, right? (You know, except for the felony charges […]

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Shotgun Shells Now Being Marketed Specifically For Shooting Down Drones

Tiffany Mueller

A company by the name of Snake River Shooting, based in Idaho, is now proudly offering ‘”Drone Munition,” a shotgun shell that’s being marketed as an effective solution to being spied on by drones–load the shell, shoot down the drone. Doesn’t get any more simple than that, right? (You know, except for the felony charges […]

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Take A Tour Of The Impossible Project Factory & See How The Instant Film Is Made

Tiffany Mueller

  Some things just diehard and instant film is proving to be one of them. Much to the delight of Polaroid enthusiasts everywhere, The Impossible Project began production of their own instant film to replace Polaroid’s when they ceased production on the cult classic in 2008. Impossible has gone on to do pretty incredible things. […]

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