Everything Photographers Need To Know About Color Space & How It Can Impact Your Prints

  Roy G Biv–quick show of hands if you’re familiar with the term. Even if it doesn’t ring a bell at first glance, once you realize you’re looking at a mnemonic and not some random guy’s name, it starts getting a little more obvious: Red, Orange, Green, Blue, Indigo, and Violet. Yes, those are the […]

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QuickRelease One Wants To Rid You Off The Chaos Of Competing Quick Release Plates Standards

If you use any gear that connects to a camera via a plate in your workflow (Tripod, Jib, Gimbal, SteadyCam, Slider, …) you will recognize this pain right away. Your Tripod may work with a Manfrotto square plate while your Jib works with an ArcaSwiss plate and your video head takes that weird Manfrotto Penta-plate. […]

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Incredibly, Model Holds Breath for 4 Minutes to Shoot Underwater Video in a Single Take

Holding my breathe for even a minute is a difficult task, let alone for four minutes straight.  And I can’t say that I’ve ever been tied up and sunk to the bottom of a pool.  But, for free diver Marina Kazakova, it’s all in a days work. “Lydia is a song about a failed relationship,” says […]

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How Many Images Should I Take for HDR?

Editor: Want to learn more about HDR?  Check out this free online class. One of the most common question about HDR photography seems to be ‘how many images should I take?’ This has an easy answer… and the answer is… “It depends.” That answer just isn’t very satisfying is it? Well, let’s talk about why […]

Learn How to Shoot HDR Photography the Right Way

We’re super excited about today’s HDR Hangout.  Two professional photographers are going to share their secrets on when and how to shoot HDR.  Not obnoxious, cheesy filters, why would you do that… but photos where the images pop (or even just show what the human eye could see and the camera couldn’t). Don’t miss today’s Google […]

The Evolution of Magazine Covers

Karen X. Cheng and Jerry Gabra take a look at how we’ve changed in the past 100 years Cosmopolitan Woah. Cosmopolitan covers started out with women dressed conservatively. Then they started showing some skin. Then more skin. Finally, they started posing in sexy positions. As women have earned more rights throughout the years, they’ve also […]

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