Three Photoshop tricks for a scary Halloween

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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10 Quotes about Creativity

Here are some of my favorite quotes about creativity – and we can all use a little help being creative, right? “The chief enemy of creativity is good sense.” ― Pablo Picasso “Creativity takes courage.” ― Henri Matisse “Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep.” ― Scott Adams…

Apple Unveils New MacBook Pro

Apple today introduced the thinnest and lightest MacBook Pro ever, featuring a new Retina display supporting a wider colour gamut, plus a Retina-quality Multi-Touch display called the Touch Bar.
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Nikon’s new Philosophy of Nikkor video shows how they make their optical glass

The Philosophy of Nikkor is a series of videos which Nikon started to release in April of last year. Every so often a new video is released containing insight into the creation of their Nikkor lenses. There are interviews with everybody from the designers and product managers right down to those making the individual components. In […]

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Google acknowledges lens flare on Pixel camera, plans software fix for hardware problem

It may be DXOMark’s highest scoring mobile device camera ever, but the Google Pixel is not without its photographic flaws. Quite a few users have reported getting flare or “halo effect” issues with their camera when it’s not even in the shot. The thing with lens flare, though, is that it’s a physical hardware issue. […]

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Sigma 500mm f/4 DG OS HSM Sports Review

The Sigma 500mm f/4 DG OS HSM Sports is a new professional hyper-telephoto prime lens for DSLR cameras. Costing thousands of dollars/pounds less than comparable lenses from Nikon and Canon, is this third-party lens worth considering? Read our Sigma 500…

Not falling on your crotch is more important than having a nice wedding video

Your wedding is supposed to be the happiest day of your life. The photos of it document the momentous occasion to remember and enjoy it for the rest of your life. For this couple, however, it may be a day they want to forget. During a wedding photo session, the bride was walking along a 4ft high […]

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