Category: Tutorials

3 Lighting Setups (And 2 Tips) For Tasty Beverage Lighting

Laya Gerlock

I was inspired by Allen Mowery’s post on creating fake Ice cubes for beverage photography, but after a month I still can’t find clear craft beads here in my country. While I am trying to find those clear craft beads I wanted to share a tutorial with some tricks and lighting techniques you can use for non-fake-ice beverage shots. So here […]

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Everything Photographers Need To Know About Color Space & How It Can Impact Your Prints

Tiffany Mueller

  Roy G Biv–quick show of hands if you’re familiar with the term. Even if it doesn’t ring a bell at first glance, once you realize you’re looking at a mnemonic and not some random guy’s name, it starts getting a little more obvious: Red, Orange, Green, Blue, Indigo, and Violet. Yes, those are the […]

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Creating A Midday Sun In The Studio – A Lighting Tutorial

Glenn Norwood

As we know, shooting in harsh sunlight at midday is a portrait photographers nightmare! But, it can produce a very striking and edgy look thats fantastic. However this particular author lives and works in Northern Ireland – now, most will agree, this is a beautifully scenic part of the world unfortunately though we are not blessed […]

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How to create abstract images by dragging your camera

Kathrine Anker

The term ‘camera drag’ may not sound like a particularly good idea, but don’t worry, we guarantee that your camera will come to no harm. Camera drag is actually a technique that adds motion blur to your images by moving the camera during an exposure to render the scene as an abstract palette of colours…. Continue reading →

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7 Single Flash Portraits Techniques That You Can Apply Right Now

Laya Gerlock

Almost all the photographers I know have at least one speedlight. They use for their cameras hotshoe, if for nothing else. But what if you want to dub in off camera flashing but don’t have any modifiers yet? In this article I will show you 7 different single flash techniques for portraits that you can apply right now – […]

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Understanding Lens Distortion At Different Focal Lengths And How To Work With It

Tiffany Mueller

Wide angle lenses let you pack a lot of action into the frame, but they also present a problem: distortion. Fortunately, if you know what to expect and some of the different ways you can work with it, distortion isn’t a deal breaker. In the quick video clip below, John Greengo shares some examples of […]

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Easily Simulate The Look Of Two Camera Angles When You Only Have Footage From One Angle

Tiffany Mueller

For those of you who shoot a lot video (or, even just a little), having two camera angles can make your clip more interesting and more professional looking. Unfortunately, two cameras isn’t always what you have to work with. That’s why the team from over at DSLR Video Shooter made this tutorial that shows you a […]

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Get Hauntingly-Beautiful Images with This Homemade Camera Lens

Allen Mowery

It’s been my experience that I enjoy working with things more when I create them myself.  And, for the sake of argument, we’ll say you feel the same way, too.  Which is why I can only imaging that you would enjoy photography that much more if you crafted your own gear. Instructables user bertwert has been looking for […]

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