Use inexpensive prisms to add some colour and interest to your photography

John Aldred

Prisms have started to become quite a popular photography accessory in the last couple of years. Their very nature of bending and splitting light makes them ideal for getting creative with your photography. Typically, though, most photographers who’ve adopted a prism as part of their kit, use the same type. Long, triangular prisms, more commonly seen […]

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Failed kickstarter campaign eventually kills Triggertrap

John Aldred

The journey of Triggertrap has been eventful one. A small startup with a promising future, releasing some great products. It made them an instant hit. Their success and popularity was growing rapidly. Then, they launched a Kickstarter for a new product. Ada; An expandable modular system that offered all sorts of triggering possibilities. It raised around half […]

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Photographers will eventually NEED a RAID System

Vanelli

When a hard drive fails, it can wreak havoc on your work day. Let me share with you how, in 2010, I built a reliable, cost-effective storage solution that grew over the years as I grew—saving me time and money. Redundant Array of Independent Disks (RAID) RAID sounds scary, but it’s just a way of…

Build your own DIY ceiling mounted lighting rail system for under $100

Barry Mountford

What started off as a quick lighting test in my garage has turned into a full research and installation of my own DIY photography ceiling rail system! You might now ask why? Whats the point? It’s a garage. It’s tiny. And that’s just it, it is tiny. I mean my shooting space measures 10ft x […]

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These digital collages bring characters from classical paintings into the modern world

Dunja Djudjic

Bringing classical paintings and digital art together can work in different ways. In his project Art History in Contemporary Life, Ukrainian artist Alexey Kondakov uses digital collage to bring together two worlds that seem impossible to merge. Characters from paintings, mainly from Romantic period, get a new life in the photos from modern life. Thanks […]

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Money matters: how to determine the value of your work and communicate it to your clients

Dunja Djudjic

Money is a sensitive topic among photographers, and it’s especially tricky if you’re new to charging for your services. Many photographers don’t want to sound like “bad guys” when determining the price, so they tend to devalue their work. Also, sometimes it’s difficult to determine what exactly your services are worth. In this video, Photographer […]

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Photographer creates a powerful post-apocalyptic project that puts Trump’s USA in Mad Max world

Dunja Djudjic

Can photography change the world? This is the question I often ask myself, and I am not the only one. I am still looking for an answer, but there are artists who are actively trying to change the world with their projects. They are trying to point out to the problems we are facing on […]

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Hard light vs soft light. What’s the difference and how do you do it?

John Aldred

Following on from our earlier post about different types of light comes this one from Curtis Judd. The other video spoke about the various positions in which you can place a light, but it didn’t really cover quality of light. The size of the light source, how hard or soft it is. The hardness or […]

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