Category: Fire

Using Color Balance to turn Dust And Particles into Fire, Ice And Magic

Roderique Arisiaman

Time to dust up on your Color Balance Adjustment Layer. Here’s a quick Photoshop trick that will add some more magic (or magical fire and ice) to your composites. This technique works wonders using dust particles shot against a back background. You can shoot this yourself or use a pre-made dust resource if you don’t have […]

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Was This The Most Inappropriate Selfie of 2015?

Liron Samuels

As millions of people around the world were gathering to watch the New Year’s Eve fireworks extravaganzas, a fire broke out in a Dubai skyscraper near the iconic Burj Khalifa – the world’s tallest structure and the highlight of the city’s upcoming fireworks display. As the fire spread so did the photos and videos spectators […]

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Amazon Kindle, Fire Tablet and Fire TV Cyber Deals

Eric Reagan

Amazon has its host of products on sale for Black Friday and Cyber Monday with some pretty nice discounts on what are already affordable products. I’m a big fan of the Fire TV Stick. The interface is easy to use and it works well for Netflix and Plex, which is where it sees its primary […]

How To Shoot The Dark Phoenix (And Hack A Broncolor Movel In The Process)

Udi Tirosh

French photographer Frederic Amadu recently shot a series starring Marvel Universe’s Dark Phoenix (oh, make a movie already!!). The Dark Phoenix ( or Jean Grey) has elemental control over fire. So fire was a main part of the shoot. Easier said than done. Frederic had to hack A Broncolor MoveL unit twice. A Different hack for each shot. Shooting […]

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Photoshop Power Tip – Using Screen Blending To Spice Up A Portrait

Roderique Arisiaman

Here’s a quick, yet powerful, tip on how to move a portrait from great to awesome fairly quickly. While this method is quick the results can be very impressive if done right. You would need a fire on black pattern like the Fire Pack from the texture store, a copy of photoshop and of course, a portrait. I […]

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Photographing Candle Flames

Kevin Ames

Let’s photograph a candle lit and not. It’s simple right? Well, maybe… The Setup When I start to photograph anything, I ask myself “What is it?” By that I mean describe its properties. Looking at the candle, I see it’s round. No. Make that cylindrical. It’s reflective. It has texture, well the wick has it […]