Recording a Timelapse on a Nikon Camera

Have you ever wanted to make a timelapse movie with your Nikon camera?  Most of them have a great feature built-in to do just this.  Check out this movie from lynda.com on the D610 (but you’ll find this in most Nikon cameras). Rich Harrington is a photo and video pro based in Washington, DC.  He […]

Here’s a 187MP Panorama from the Canon 5Ds R

The weather was crappy yesterday but I had to take a shot at heading out to the Smokies for one more look at the fall colors. It’s past peak and the atmosphere was pea soup in most places but I stopped at an overlook and shot a 9 frame panorama with the Canon 5Ds R […]

Photography From The Future: Using A Gimbal And Sageway For Smooth Wedding Shots

I just know that many wedding photographers will hit their heads and go “how come I did not think about his before” but it looks like this could be an emerging trend with wedding photographers. Photographer Mendel Benams posted this cool short video on Facebook showing how a videographer gets a super smooth shot of the bride. […]

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10 Things Beginning Photographers Should Know

1. There is no magic camera that makes you a great photographer – no more than there is a magic set of golf clubs that will make you a pro golfer or piano brand that will make you a great muscician. 2. Well-known travel photographer David duChemin says “Gear is good – vision is better.” […]

10 Different Lighting Setups Using A single Light And A Single Softbox

Many times photographers think they are held back by lack of gear. However, having just one strobe and one softbox is more than you need to create so many looks and apply your photography to so many subjects. Photographer Tony Corbell uses a single light and a softbox to show ten different lighting setups and applications. […]

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Dodge & Burn – With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility

If you split an image into its most basic components, you can look at each pixel as the sum of the following info: Brightness Color Tone Saturation If we look at a black and white photo for example, one only element present in the photo is brightness. So any three-dimensionality is determined exclusively by the (relative) […]

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