Up your selfie game with the ultimate automated selfie stick featuring beauty light, hair fans, and more

Just when you thought it was safe to go out without seeing selfie sticks all over the place, something like this comes along.  Ok, well, not really.  The “Selfie Stick unREAL” isn’t actually a real product. Thought up by marketing firm Thinkmodo to help promote the new season of Lifetime’s UnREAL, a show which parodies supposedly […]

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7 minutes of the most cinematic footage of Hong Kong you’ve ever seen

Hong Kong is incredible mix of old and new. The opportunity to take stunning shots is there and is just waiting for the right creative vision to bring it to life. And  Brandon Li has vision oozing our of his ears. Hong Kong Strong is a 7 minutes journey into the city. And it takes […]

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7 minutes of the most cinematic footage of Hong Kong you’ve ever seen

Hong Kong is incredible mix of old and new. The opportunity to take stunning shots is there and is just waiting for the right creative vision to bring it to life. And  Brandon Li has vision oozing our of his ears. Hong Kong Strong is a 7 minutes journey into the city. And it takes […]

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Taiwan couple’s hilarious take on the #FollowMeTo couple turns into #DragMeTo

Murad and Nataly Osmann’s #followmeto project has become wildly popular all over Instagram, causing many to follow suit with images of their own, adding to the ever growing hashtag, and even garnering the attention of National Geographic. While the Osmann’s journey plays like pure fantasy to most of the world, Taiwan couple Forrest Lu and […]

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Coldplay’s – Up and Up is the ultimate video composite inspiration

Composites are awesome, I just love it when a good composite comes together throwing me into an imaginary world. Doing good stills composites is not easy, but when you combine that with video, it looks virtually impossible. Coldplay’s new Up&Up video is just that. a collection of composites featuring Chris Martin being in all sorts of […]

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How to paint wings with light using the Light Painting Brushes’ new feather attachment

Light painting is a fascinating technique that’s evolved over the last few years from the humble flashlight into an elaborate array of tools, gadgets, gizmos, and even apps, with ever more wild and creative results being produced on a daily basis. In this video, Jason D. Page shows us how to use the new Plexiglass feather attachment […]

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The awful truth about some photography workshops

When taking a photography workshop, it’s important to perform some due diligence to ensure you’re investing your money wisely. Whether you’re a brand new or seasoned photographer, one things holds true — if you belong to any website, photography Facebook group, or have photographer friends, you are likely to get bombarded on a weekly, maybe […]

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Planning A Shoot With A Creative Team

I’m going to walk you through some of the planning behind my editorial for Kenton

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Hilarious sketch shows the effort we invest in Instagramming our coffee instead of talking to our table mates

Have you ever obsessed over instagraming (or “gramming”*) your coffee rather that spend quality time with the person you are having that coffee with? I know I have. I know I have asked my buddies to use their phones as kicker lights; I know I have used menus as reflectors and I sure as heck […]

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