Category: Inspiration

Epic pre-wedding photo shoot turns a couple into characters from Diablo III

Dunja Djudjic

If you and your significant other are huge fans of Diablo and you even met in-game, what would be better than a Diablo-themed pre-wedding photo shoot? Singaporean photographer Mezame Shashin-ka created a fantastic photo series that turned Alvin Lau and Alexis Loo into characters from Diablo III. It took some time and it was challenging. […]

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A lawyer rewrites Instagram’s Terms and Conditions so the children can understand them

Dunja Djudjic

Did you read Instagram’s Terms and Conditions carefully before signing up? Be honest. If you didn’t do it, I won’t judge. The sentences are so complicated, that I’m not sure any of us read them with full attention and understanding. Now, imagine children who use Instagram. More than a half of teenagers and almost a […]

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What’s more important in a model, beauty or skill?

Joseph Parry

What is a model? A set of skills? A beautiful aesthetic? A combination of both? Is there a bias in either direction? Is that bias shifted by our personal preference of what we believe to be a “beautiful subject”? We’re taking photo’s because of first and foremost the subject matter. Take a bowl of fruit […]

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This photographer creates surrealistic images without Photoshop manipulation

Dunja Djudjic

The battle between those who support photo manipulation and those who don’t is probably never-ending. I believe both are right, and I think photo-manipulation is an art for itself. But Slovak photographer Michal Zahornacky brings these two worlds together in a way. He creates dreamy, surrealistic photos – but free from digital manipulation. Michal says […]

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Does size matter? DPI (dots per inch) for printing explained

Dunja Djudjic

There are plenty of misconceptions about the number of pixels, resolution, image size and so on, which can make us quite confused sometimes. To make things worse, the terms DPI (dots per inch) and PPI (pixels per inch) are often used interchangeably, which makes the understanding even more difficult. Essentially, DPI is important for printers. […]

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It’s Easy To Make Money Online – Making a Living Is Hard

JP Danko

If you’re a creative professional, chances are you have a number of hard skills that should make it ridiculously easy for you to make money online. But there’s a catch…it is very difficult to make enough money for long enough to truly earn a living based solely on online revenue sources. In this article, I […]

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This 4K black & white storm timelapse shows incredible tornadoes and thunderstorms

John Aldred

The name Mike Olbinski has become fairly synonymous with with amazing weather timelapse films. And he’s kicked 2017 off to an amazing start with Pulse, a 4K black & white timelapses showing some absolutely incredible storms and tornadoes. We’re so used to seeing these things full of vibrant colour, that black & white often looks […]

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This film student shows Adidas how their commercials should be made

John Aldred

German student director Eugen Merher has produced a commercial which really shows the pros how it’s done. Without the fancy CG and special effects of most modern sports commercials, Eugen tells a beautiful story. A former marathon runner, stuck in a retirement home. After finding a pair of old running shoes, he starts to run […]

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15 essential things to always have in your camera bag

Dunja Djudjic

Aside from gear, there’s a variety of things photographers keep in their camera bags. I suppose each of us has their favorite combination of knick-knacks we always have around. And to be honest, some of them are probably useless, while we often miss something we could actually use. In this short video, David Bergman gives […]

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