Category: christmas

How to build your own heart and star shaped DIY ringlights

John Aldred

It’s December. So it’s safe to talk about Christmas now, right? While the technique isn’t specifically related to Christmas, these videos obviously are. The music kinda gives it away. In this pair of videos, YouTuber Eva Landry builds up two DIY ringlights from scratch. One in the shape of a heart, the other a star. The construction […]

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Portraits with Christmas Guns

Liron Samuels

Gun ownership is a pretty heated topic these days, but apparently guns and ammunition are popular Christmas gifts among gun supporters. Hearing how many people show up at the firing range the day after Christmas to try out their new weapons, Fstoppers’ Patrick Hall set out to capture portraits of Americans enjoying their Christmas guns. […]

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Merry Christmas from Photography Bay

Eric Reagan

I just wanted to take a moment and wish everyone a Merry Christmas today. Also, I wanted to ask those of you with kids, grandkids and pets if I’m the only one who encounters more of the left photo than the right photo when trying to take pictures of my crew? The right photo is […]

2015 Holiday Gift Guide

erikathornes

A lot of us are just coming out of the fog of Christmas photography rush orders and holiday shipping deadlines for photo products. We finally have time to breathe, and browse, and shop! I’ve put together a list of gifts that I’d personally recommend that hopefully, a little bit different than other lists you’ve seen. […]

This Star-trails Light Painting was made by A Drone

Udi Tirosh

German drone makers, Ascending Technologies just redefined light painting. The company makes high end drones and drone software and to take their technology to the extremes, they made a series of Santa Light Painting which actually resulted in a short movie. The company used an LED mounted Falcon 8 – their own octa-copter. Way points were […]

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Christmas Bokeh and Compression

erikathornes

The other day, I was watching a family take photos in front of a Christmas tree. They were standing directly in front of it. I realized that with a bit of practice, and knowledge, we can really use the lights in the tree to our advantage, and set the stage for a fantastic background for […]

Photo of the Day- Merry Christmas

erikathornes

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Six Tips to Make your Holiday Pictures Sing

David Newton

As the well-known advertising jingle says, the holidays are coming. A time when families get together, eat, drink, be merry and generally have a whale of a time. So there’s no better time to whip out the phone and start capturing images of the frivolity. If you want to get great pictures though, there are […]