Canon Speedlite 600EX II-RT Deals

B&H has several deals on the Canon Speedlite 600EX II-RT, starting with $100 off a single unit. If you are bundling multiple units, along with accessories, then you can save up to $245 off regular prices. Check out all of the options here at B&H Photo. Copyright/DMCA Notice: The RSS entry was originally published on […]

Photographer of the Day: Christophe Brutel

Category: Travel Photographer: Christophe Brutel “travel” Photographer of the Day Christophe Brutel has created a serene, subtle image of a wintery day on the water. The photograph is carefully composed with ice framing the subject, symmetry formed by the circles in the foreground together with the rock in the background, and the soft glow of…

You really can’t hear trains until they’re almost right on top of you

It’s that time of year again. It’s warming up, the sun’s coming back, and people are going outside to shoot more portraits. And as often happens when we reach this time of year, some of those portrait sessions happen on train tracks. And occasionally, people get killed by trains while shooting on those tracks. TODAY investigative […]

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The Crapinon 135mm – A DIY lens built from trash

They say that one man’s trash is another man’s treasure, and that’s certainly true for weird lens addict, Mathieu Stern. He regularly finds treasure that others only see as garbage. This time, though, he’s taking things literally, building the Crapinon 135mm DIY lens. Mathieu often trawls the local flea markets looking for bargains, oddities and rare lenses. […]

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Lightroom Live: Adobe Spark with Julieanne Kost

You gotta join us live for our next Lightroom Live, totally free of charge. Not only will you learn terrific techniques, but if you tune in live, you can be entered to win excellent prizes to help you in your work. (Note: MUST BE TUNED IN LIVE TO WIN). We’ll be giving away a copy of Perfectly Clear from Athentech.…

Five different and easy ways to clean up skin blemishes with Photoshop

No matter who we are, our skin isn’t perfect. It’s just a fact of life. The odd zit here and there, a little scratch, perhaps a single stray hair. There’s always something. So, for portraits, temporary blemishes usually need a quick touch up. Fortunately, such issues are easy to fix in Photoshop. Or, more accurately, […]

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How a photographer created fantastic light painting with fire

“Playing with fire” denotes something dangerous and with a possible negative outcome. But in photography, playing with fire can be exactly the opposite. If you do it right, it can lead to fantastic and creative images. Photographer ‎Zach Smidt gave us an excellent example of this. His image named The Ritual is playing with fire at […]

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