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OK Go raises the bar again with The One Moment music video shot in just 4.2 seconds

November 24, 2016John Aldred

For American rock band OK Go, boundary pushing music videos have become the standard. They’ve done the long one-shot takes with crazy optical illusions, shot with a massively co-ordinated cast of dancers, and they’ve even levitated in zero G. Now, they’ve done it again with their latest music video for new song, The One Moment. The entire […]

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A behind the scenes look at photo coverage of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge in Canada

October 7, 2016Gary Nylander

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge were ever so kind to drop into Kelowna as part of their royal tour of British Columbia and the Yukon this week. Here is a behind the scenes report on their visit. This is a bit of a long post, so you may need some time…

Photographers recreate classic Top Gun scene with upside down jet to test a photography myth

September 14, 2016John Aldred

For anybody who’s seen the legendary movie Top Gun, there’s one scene often sticks out in the mind. In it, a fictional MiG-28 is cruising through the air. Maverick (Tom Cruise) and Goose (Anthony Edwards) fly above it, inverted, in an F-14 Tomcat. Goose then proceeds to photograph the pilot of the MiG with a polaroid camera. Advertising photographer […]

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Photographer places life size animal prints in what used to be their natural habitats

September 9, 2016John Aldred

Growing up in England, home to brown bears, wolves, wolverines and woolly mammoths, photographer Nick Brandt noticed something. Like most of us, he spotted that they weren’t around any more. Mankind had encroached upon their territory and essentially wiped them out. Or at least, led to the cause of their demise long before any of us were ever […]

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The making of a hybrid film: People of the Delta

August 25, 2016John Aldred

Joey L has been photographing the tribes of Ethiopia since 2008. Drawn by the aesthetic of the country itself and its residents, it’s a place he’s returned to many times since. In 2013, Joey started a kickstarter to raise funds for a cinematic narrative film. The film was to be shot in Ethiopia’s Omo Valley, and star the […]

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Behind the scenes of the 12K Phase One XF IQ3 100MP Timelapse

July 20, 2016John Aldred

Not long ago, we showed you an amazing 12K timelapse from Joe Capra shot on the Phase One XF IQ3 100MP camera. Why shoot in 12K if there’s no platform which supports it and no devices capable of playing back that resolution? For more creative zoom options in post. The final timelapse video was output […]

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How to photograph dolls with this Barbie Dreamtopia behind the scenes video

July 11, 2016John Aldred

Photographing dolls and action figures is something a lot of people ask me about. Sometimes it’s just product shots for classifieds or auctions, sometimes it’s something a little more creative. I always give the same advice, regardless. Light them exactly the same way you would a real person, but on a smaller scale. In this video […]

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This is how you photograph paint colliding in mid air using the Hasselblad H6D

April 26, 2016John Aldred

When Hasselblad recently announced their new H6D 50MP and 100MP cameras, one of the lucky photographers they had to help them shoot promotional images for the launch campaign and to test out the H6D’s capabilities was Karl Taylor. While the results of this shoot have spread across the world over the last couple of weeks, […]

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Photographing a drag racing team never looked more fun

March 2, 2016John Aldred

It’s no secret that I love behind the scenes videos, and this one from Guy Rhodes covering Mark J. Rebilas‘ shoot with Don Schumacher Racing for their 2016 portraits is a good one. As well as a wealth of technical, creative, and workflow ideas, it demonstrates the value of forming good relationships and even friendships with your clients. […]

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Behind The Scenes with Sports Illustrated, Will Smith and Michael Grecco

February 18, 2016John Aldred

I’m sure almost everybody would love to have the opportunity to photograph the likes of Will Smith for a high profile magazine like Sports Illustrated. I know I sure would. For the vast majority of us that will almost certainly never happen, but award winning Director and Photographer Michael Grecco recently did exactly that. What’s the next […]

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