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Photographer turns to light bulbs for this fantastic “Yin Yang” themed image

March 1, 2017John Aldred

Photographing light bulbs is a long established photographic technical exercise. They present pretty much every lighting problem a photographer can face. You have to deal with reflections, refractions, surface brightness, and even illumination from within the bulb itself. Brazilian Photographer Alexandre Watanabe decided to take the familiar light bulb a step further this time, though. […]

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Make your own light tent out of a cardboard box and household items

February 7, 2017John Aldred

Light tents can be a wonderful thing. They’re certainly not going to get your best product photos, but they’re a great way to photograph a lot of things quickly. Once they’re set up, you just keep swapping items out as you shoot. Light tents aren’t always that expensive, either. You can pick them up online […]

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It’s amazing what you can do with cutlery, a glass ball and a perforated metal sheet

March 28, 2016John Aldred

Howard Ashton-Jones has often spoken about the importance of personal work outside of his main work as the official photographer for Scottish Gymnastics. Personal work allows us to explore new techniques, new genres, new styles. It helps us to learn and develop as photographers, broadening our experiences and gives us valuable information that we can take back and […]

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How to Shoot Glitter (Or To Get It Pre-Made And Avoid The Mess)

January 26, 2016Udi Tirosh

With all my years as a photographer I’ve learned one thing. Nothing makes people happier than Glitter. Seriously, If you want to make a photo glamours, happy or just give it a sparkling tone, you can use some Glitter to make that happen. Of course, shooting Glitter is a whole other story. We took the opportunity […]

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How To Create A Land Cross Section Photo In The Studio

January 15, 2016Simon Ellingworth

When we were asked to produce some creative product shots for a new client, I thought Challenge accepted! The product was an awesome high end cross country trainer with incredible grip on various surfaces and was to be photographer while not been worn….