This Inception-like timelapse of Hong Kong was inspired by a 2400 year old story from Ancient Greece

John Aldred

No sooner does one new timelapse impress the hell out of us than another one comes along to do it all over again. This time, it’s from the folks at Visual Suspect, with an amazing timelapse of Hong Kong called The Allegory of the Cave that’s going to seriously mess with your head. Like something plucked right […]

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How to Compensate for a Lightweight Tripod

Levi Sim

Maybe you’re on a trip and you only brought a lightweight tripod, or maybe you were seduced into buying that cheap tripod that came in a package with your camera. Either way, you’ll find that using a lightweight tripod often ruins the pictures you’re trying to make. A tripod is supposed to be a steady…

A crash course in developing colour negative film at home

John Aldred

Lots of us still shoot and develop our own film, but many limit themselves to black and white, at least when it comes to DIY developing. C41 colour film is perceived as a complex process that requires an expensive Jobo or other specialised equipment. Well, Michael Raso and John Fedele from the Film Photography Project are […]

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Aputure’s versatile new light is the size of a credit card and costs only $49

John Aldred

Small lights are fantastic and well designed ones are extremely versatile. Whether you’re shooting stills or video, you can throw them in dark corners to balance out a scene, add a subtle rim light to your interview subject, or even replace practical lights on-set. They’re also usually quite inexpensive. Aputure’s are taking “inexpensive” to the extreme […]

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Hard, soft, specular and diffused lighting and how it affects your subject

John Aldred

Understanding different types of light is important. If you don’t know how light works, then fixing issues that show up in your lighting during a shoot is going to be a pain. In this video from Wolfcrow, filmmaker Sareesh Sudhakaran explains the different types of light, how they affect our subject, the problems they can present, and […]

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Photographer of The Day: André Orival

Rod Harlan

Category: Wedding Photographer: André Orival This is a very romantic shot that captures the best of the “trash the dress” style of wedding photography. The sunset, silhouette, couples pose, framing and contrast all work together to pull off this great shot. Originally shared with the Photofocus Flickr community right here. To learn how your work can…