Category: Inspiration

Making and framing a fine art print; What photography is all about

John Aldred

I love digital analogue hybrid processes in photography, I find them absolutely fascinating, and this video from photographer Nick Carver helps to show why. There is, of course, another message in this video. If you like your images, print them. Print them big and show them off. I couldn’t agree more. I still shoot both film […]

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The best camera for street photography

Martin U Waltz

What is the best camera for street photography? What do you recommend? That is the question I get asked most. In the last years I have been changing cameras a lot always in the search for the better on. In retrospect I can say gear swapping did not rea…

Being limited by my landlocked location, I bought 1,500 pounds of sand for a “beach” photo shoot, and got a single photo out of it

John Coates

I bought a stack of foreign Vogue magazines for inspiration, and inside of Vogue Italia I saw an amazing photo of Alessandra Ambrosio on a beach at night (the image at the bottom of this page). I tucked it away in a manila envelope labeled “Possible Shoots”. For a year and a half, every time I […]

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Photographer reimagines superheroes in 17th Century style portraits

John Aldred

Photographing superheroes has become quite popular lately.  Some use human subjects, while others use toy action figures, but this take on the superhero genre is very unique and fun. French photographer Sacha Goldberger asked some questions and, as a result, plunged some of the most iconic characters of recent memory into the 17th century with […]

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These artists recreated lost and destroyed artwork using Photoshop and stock images

John Aldred

Whether the work we create is digital, or a little more tangible, it’s an inevitable consequence that some of it will be lost or destroyed.  In this short series of videos released by Adobe, we see four of them recreated using Photoshop and stock imagery. Rembrandt’s The Storm on the Sea of Galilee went missing […]

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What I Learned photographing my own wedding

Eric Kim

Dear friends, family, and loved ones: on June 11, 2016 I just married the love of my life, Cindy. It was (one of) my favorite days with her, and also one of the most stressful days to prepare for. It was a celebration of love, friendship, and shared ex…

Ansel Adams’ biggest secret to stunning photography

John Aldred

Ansel Adams was one of those people that becomes more and more fascinating the more you learn about him. Each bit of information you gained made you want to learn even more about either the man himself or photography in general. In a video recently uploaded to Advancing Your Photography’s YouTube channel, host Mark Silber interviews his son, Michael Adams, and […]

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