Photoshoot and Beyond
A drunk guy in a bar in Amsterdam said the following to me after I told him I work as a fine-art photographer: “So man, you love that photo stuff, right? Do you have to pray to the photo gods for good shots or how do you get them?” Although he spit all over me, […]
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Is the most egalitarian form of photography, ‘street photography’, being destroyed by its own popularity? Is such a thing even possible? I won’t profess to have a clear answer to this question, but I do have some thoughts. Those thoughts may turn into a rant, but I will try to contain myself! Egalitarian = Good, […]
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Google has unveiled a 3-decade timelapse of Earth. It shows the images shot from space, featuring different corners of our planet and the changes they underwent over the course of thirty years. Timelapse videos are awesome, and we love them for many reasons. To me, it’s especially interesting when they’re made from screenshots, because it’s […]
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One of the most important factors in a photographer/digital artists career is finding their own style. A signature look. It can take some photographers years to find theirs, but some find their voice straight away. I think I was lucky in that my style evolved quite quickly and quite organically. In this article, we will go […]
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Everything’s green on St. Patrick’s day, and there’s a well know tradition of dyeing the Chicago River every year. Photographer Peter Tsai created a great timelapse of boats dyeing the Chicago River green. It views the river from two perspectives and high above, displaying the event in all its beauty. Where I live, we don’t […]
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We all love to spend money on the latest and greatest photo gear, whether it be a $120 reflector with a hole in it (I’m just jealous I didn’t market this myself haha 😉 ), or a $500 tube with LED’s inside! We love to spend money on our passion. But sometimes, you can create […]
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With today’s technology, shooting photos from the air is simple. Send up a drone, and you’re good to go. When drones can’t keep up, there are other methods. Attaching remote control cameras to planes and helicopters has been possible for a while. 40 years ago, though, in 1977, the world was still on film. If […]
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In the summer of 2016, photographer Jeffrey L Bennett experimented with creating animated GIFs using multiple cameras. He wanted to animate a moment, frozen in time, from several angles. It wasn’t my first experience with animated sequences of images, for years I’ve been incorporating animated GIFs in my wedding, engagement and portrait work. They have […]
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High speed photography for stills presents a whole lot of challenges, just for a single image. When you’re trying to capture a thousand, ten thousand or a hundred thousand of them every second, those challenges quickly compound. Whether stills or video, the key ingredient is light, and lots of it. This is why The Slow […]
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This probably isn’t something you’ll want to try at your local coffee shop to get a quick photo for Instagram. But, if you’re a budding food photographer, or want to try something a little different, this is certainly an eye catching technique. Seattle based commercial food photographer Steve Hansen has more than a few food lighting […]
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