7 minutes of the most cinematic footage of Hong Kong you’ve ever seen

Hong Kong is incredible mix of old and new. The opportunity to take stunning shots is there and is just waiting for the right creative vision to bring it to life. And  Brandon Li has vision oozing our of his ears. Hong Kong Strong is a 7 minutes journey into the city. And it takes […]

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Taiwan couple’s hilarious take on the #FollowMeTo couple turns into #DragMeTo

Murad and Nataly Osmann’s #followmeto project has become wildly popular all over Instagram, causing many to follow suit with images of their own, adding to the ever growing hashtag, and even garnering the attention of National Geographic. While the Osmann’s journey plays like pure fantasy to most of the world, Taiwan couple Forrest Lu and […]

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How to colour correct and grade your video and stills with 3D LUTs

3D LUTs, or Look-up Tables, are nothing new.  They’ve been common in the digital film industry for a good while, but it seems only recently that they’re starting to be embraced by individual filmmakers and photographers. But what are 3D Luts?  Put simply, they’re a tonemap.  They take the hue, saturation and brightness (hence “3D”) values of […]

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BenQ SW2700PT Review

The BenQ SW2700PT is an affordable 27-inch monitor for photographers – read our in-depth BenQ SW2700PT review to find out if it deserves a place in your photography workflow…
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Iranian models fled the country after posting “indecent selfies”; other arrested

Spider II is not a reboot of a superhero movie, it is a name given by the Iranian government to an operation targeting models who are posting online in “un-Islamic” ways. AP reports that eight models were arrested for posting photo on-line which out a Hijab – a traditional face (and sometimes body) cover. According […]

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Understanding Flash Sync Speed (It’s Simple)

I’m wholeheartedly opposed to being only a “Natural Light” photographer. I can’t imagine being limited to only working with the light available on hand. I have so much fun using strobes (which are the same as flashes) to light my work and help me create in any situation. However, there are some challenges to working…

Creating Patterns with Adobe Capture

Adobe Capture had an update recently and one of the great additions was the ability to capture and create repeating patterns that are synchronised to the Creative Cloud Libraries, and thus available in an instant in our CC Apps. Capturing a Pattern To capture a pattern, open the Adobe Capture app and tap Pattern. I’ve…

We gave 44 Photoshop artists the same set of crazy files, here is what they came up with

Compositing is not easy, and having solid restraints make is even harder. A week ago we gave you a huge files package and asked to come up with something awesome. The first place reward, other than the obvious bragging rights, was a Wacom Intuos Pro and $2500 of textures goodness. We have 44 submissions, and it […]

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