Quick And Dirty: How To Pre-Prepare Instagram Posts

Creating posts for later posting in Instagram is a drag. Right now the options are pretty limited. You can use an app like Grum (which violates Instagram’s Terms Of Service, not a good idea). Or maybe, you can create yourself a reminder to post something and post it manually later. None of those options is very enticing. […]

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All The Clamps You Would Need And How To Use Them – A Primer

Everybody probably knows the A-Clamp (A.K.A Pony Clamp), most know the Super Clamp, but how many of you know the Cardellini and the platypus clamps? (answer: anyone who is doing grip/gaffer work). There are a few more grips and JP Morgan of The Slanted Lens is giving a great primer on what each of the grips are, how they […]

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How To Photograph A Bokehlicious New Year’s Photo Using Black Paper And An Ironing Board

Sometimes it does not take much to create a wonderful shot for new year, it only takes a punched black cardboard and two champagne glasses. Moldova based Photographer Alex Zatsepin provides a detailed explanation on how he took the photo above using a punched black cardboard, an Ironing board, 3 strobes, and a good understating of how light and lenses work. […]

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How to balance ambient light with flash

Many camera and flashgun combinations do a great job of producing images with exposure that’s nicely balanced automatically in a wide range of situations, but if you want to take more creative images or be able to assume control when the automated systems fail, you need to understand how to do the work yourself. Here, we explain how to balance flash with ambient light.

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