Update the Sports Grit Look: Add Dirt

Vanelli

The secret ingredient to produce the sports-grit look is to light the subject with harsh light. Harsh light produces strong shadows for a powerful photo. It sculptures the subject in such a way that when applying the Lightroom preset, the grit look is achieved. Style the shoot to change the mood I’ve been happy with…

I’ve spent two years photographing giant things and I’m not stopping now

Alexandra Cameron

I started this project because, well, it seemed like it would be hella fun, and it truly has been, every agonizing moment of it. I can’t say it’s been hard work, very little of my life as a photographer has ever really felt like work, even when I’m shooting jobs I’m not really ‘in’ to, this series in […]

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Sigma storms their way into the world of Cinema with 8 new lenses

John Aldred

When Sigma set their mind to something, they really seem to go all-in lately. That’s what they’ve done today, by announcing EIGHT new Cinema lenses at the same time. The new collection of lenses comprises five T1.5 primes and three zoom lenses. Well, it’s certainly a nice collection to kick off their entry in the world of […]

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Fujifilm refreshes Instax with new monochrome instant film packs

John Aldred

Fujifilm have today announced a new monochrome instant film for its Instax mini cameras. According to the press release, “The “instax mini film Monochrome” responds to the increasingly sophisticated demands of users, enabling them to expand the artistic potential of their photographic expression and adding a further dimension of fun to using instax cameras and […]

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You know you use Photoshop a lot when…

Dave Cross

…you make a spill your coffee and immediately think “undo” …you look at a beautiful sky and imagine cloning out the telephone wire …you look in the mirror and wish Liquify worked in real life …you try to imagine everything you look at as if they were on separate layers Your turn…

IBM’s Watson gives us the world’s first AI created movie trailer and it’s pretty creepy

John Aldred

I’m going to get it out of the way right at the start. Having watched the trailer, I want to go and see this movie. This trailer tells us absolutely nothing about what the movie’s about, but every cut pulls me in more. Until the guy starts talking at the end of the trailer, I’ve no idea […]

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