Photoshoot and Beyond
There’s a general progression when learning Photoshop. You muddle about in it yourself for a while, figuring things out as you go, then pick up a couple of tricks in Facebook groups, and start using them on all your images. Then you discover a better way of doing things and wonder what the hell you […]
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Have you ever seen that “CC Welcome” caption on photos uploaded to Facebook, Flickr and 500px? Basically it stands for Creative Critique or Constructive Criticism, and it is probably the worse way possible to ask for feedback. Photographer Joe Edelman notes that one of two will probably happen: you either get a bunch of ego flattering, one […]
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Halloween is TOMORROW BABY!!!! My favourite time of year because it’s the only time I can delve into just how messed up I am and get away with it *evil laughter* today I’m going to be showing you how to “wrap” your text and textures around your image based on it’s depth (highlights and shadows). […]
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[editor’s note: Joel Grimes just released a new portrait photography tutorial. We took the opportunity to ask Joel for his best advice and it is outlined below., you can download a sample lesson (#2) down the page here if you want to check it out] The photographic process can often be a difficult world in which […]
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‘Please I need your help fast.’ Gosh, that’s a fairly desperate title for an email. Normally I’d delete that sort of missive as being a scam, but as it came through the Photocritic helpdesk the chances were that a student might’ve been a little overwrought. It turns out that the email wasn’t from a student, […]
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The human eye is incapable of seeing infrared light, so Infrared photography is truly a way to show your audience something they can never see with their own eyes. This guide serves as an introduction to getting started with digital infrared photograph…
The new Panasonic Lumix GH5 will record 10Bit 4:2:2 video internally, but what exactly does that mean? how will it benefit you? Isn’t video just video? Why is this such a big deal? No, video isn’t just video, and it means quite a great deal. Fortunately for us, Filmmaker Griffing Hammond is here to explain. […]
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If you are a retoucher, there is no question about your favorite holiday. Let me guess… Halloween 🙂 Stefan over at the Raw Exchange just shared three quick photoshop tricks to help bring normal photos into scary Halloween composites. (Only instead of a normal photo, stefan is using probably the scariest clown I’ve seen in my […]
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Looking back through my archives, I realized that I’ve covered topics like film selections and scanning film but to date I’ve skipped one really important part: metering and exposing color film. This is something I get quite a few questions about so bear with me while I try to be very thorough and cover topics from […]
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Quite often other photographers tell me “I don’t have time for another social network and I don’t need Instagram”. Yet they spend hours posting on Facebook, 500px and Flickr where almost zero potential clients will see their work. They’re basically getting followers, likes and comments coming from other photographers. Instagram can be useful in ways […]
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