Heading Back Outdoors To Shoot Check Out This Crash Course Guide To Photographing Birds In Flight

With lockdown restrictions starting to be eased in various parts of the world, many will want to get back into shooting photography outside of their home again. One excellent worthwhile genre you can cover that still lets you follow the social distancing guidelines which are still in place for most of us is bird photography, particularly when they’re in flight. In this video, Steve Perry teaches us just about everything we could ever want to know to get started photographing birds in flight....

January 18, 2023 · 2 min · 400 words · Christine Williams

Here Is The Most Detailed 3D Map Of The Milky Way To Date

Images of space are valuable for researchers to find out more about our solar system, our galaxy, and way beyond. But us regular folks enjoy them as well because they’re often quite an eye candy. The European Space Agency’s Gaia observatory has just released the most precise and detailed 3D map of the Milky Way to date. It doesn’t only look gorgeous of course, but it also takes the astronomers to both the future and the past of our galaxy....

January 18, 2023 · 2 min · 386 words · Evelyn Stephens

Here S When And Why You Should Quit Photography

Photography as a business is hard work. Really hard work. Ask any successful photographer and they’ll tell you. Even if it looks like they have an easy life now, they’ll tell you they had years of struggle to get where they’re at and they’re still probably doing more work than you, even after attaining a measure of success. If you’re a hobbyist, you can probably ignore this post. Running a photography business (or any kind of business at all, really) isn’t for everybody, that’s for sure....

January 18, 2023 · 3 min · 458 words · Robert Godfrey

Hong Kong Short Film Mixes Amazing Timelapse Hyperlapse Realtime And Reverse Footage

Travel photography used to be one of the big earners in photography. These days, with as many people have a phone or camera in their pocket, half decent stock images of far-flung corners of the world are all over the place. But that doesn’t mean there aren’t ways you can stand out when it comes to documenting travel. We’ve seen some great timelapses from folks such as Kirill Neiezhmakov who take us on wild rides through various cities around the world....

January 18, 2023 · 2 min · 371 words · Eunice Hudson

Horrific Graphic Photos Serve As A Reminder To Stop Risking Your Life For A Photo

When you’re taking a photo in a tricky location, lose your focus for just a moment and it can lead to a disaster. A former pro surfer Mike Lambresi recently had an accident that almost had him killed. While trying to take a photo, he lost his footing and fell. As a result, he suffered terrible injuries that may even cost him his foot. Mike was walking by the beach last month, taking some photos along the way....

January 18, 2023 · 3 min · 454 words · Leslie Koewler

Hotly Anticipated Canon 1Dx Mark Iii Announced 1 000 Shot Buffer Dual Cfexpress And 5 5K Internal Raw Video

It’s the first day of CES 2020 so there are a few new gear announcements today. This time it’s Canon’s turn, with the official announcement and complete specs for the new Canon 1DX Mark III DSLR. The rumours have been coming thick and fast on this one ever since the development announcement in October. A spec sheet was leaked a few days ago, and today we discover if it was accurate....

January 18, 2023 · 3 min · 501 words · Tyler Leonardo

How A Photographer Persuaded President Lincoln To Protect Yosemite

No matter how cliché it may sound, it seems that photography sometimes really can change the world and influence the course of history. A perfect example of this is a 19-century American photographer Carleton Watkins. He was born in 1829 in New York, and upon moving to California, Yosemite became his most favorite subject. Believe it or not, it was thanks to his work and his love for Yosemite that this area was preserved....

January 18, 2023 · 3 min · 543 words · Mirna Kelly

How And Why To Use Paper Backdrops When Shooting In A Small Space

Whether for stills or video, paper backdrops are super handy, especially in a permanent fixture. But they’re also useful when setting up in a small space on location, too. There’s countless portable backdrop stands out there capable of handling paper rolls, and they’re very quick to set up. Caleb Pike at DSLR Video Shooter has switched over from his old background of acoustic foam panels to a new, clean, paper backdrop....

January 18, 2023 · 4 min · 699 words · Richard Sanders

How I Photographed Jennifer Lawrence

We all have our dreams, some are simple while others are complex, buried with the overwhelming mountain of hurdles. I began my creative career in the one of the most complex industries; music. The business of music is just like any other business, except it’s competitive and hard to navigate as a poor teenager who lives in their parent’s basement. But, I survived for a few years with the scars to prove it....

January 18, 2023 · 12 min · 2468 words · Charles Bailey

How Nature Photography Brought Me Back From The Brink Of Suicide

Photography offers an escape unlike any other. It allows us to capture moments, create moments, and interpret the worlds we see through a lens. We document, we study, we create art, and for me, this was lifesaving. Several years ago, in my early twenties, I suffered a huge mental breakdown. It was unexpected, out of control, and hard. Truth be told, I’d been suffering for many years before this but as we all do from time to time, I just pretended my problems weren’t there....

January 18, 2023 · 5 min · 968 words · James Jusino

How Peter Jackson Colorized Wwi Footage For His Documentary

To commemorate the 100th anniversary of World War I’s end, a documentary titled They Shall Not Grow Old has been released. Directed and produced by Peter Jackson, it contains footage you have never seen before, restored and colorized to add a new dimension to these striking shots. In this video by BBC, you can hear about the painstaking process the crew went through and what it took to colorize the shots and create this amazing documentary....

January 18, 2023 · 2 min · 361 words · Bonnie Rhee

How To Build Long Working Distance Macro Lens Rigs With Your Dslr Or Mirrorless Camera

Long Distance Working Objectives (LDW) are specially designed lenses intended to provide high-resolution imaging and a greater working distance when compared to conventional lenses. The benefit to using these in a macro or micro range is that the configuration provides more room to illuminate the subject and also to image at a more convenient distance for focus stacking techniques. LDW lenses are readily available from a number of sources, such as Edmund Optics, Mitutoyo, Newport Corporation and Olympus, and they come in a variety of focal lengths, each designed for a specific magnification....

January 18, 2023 · 4 min · 694 words · Jennifer Johson

How To Capture Movement In Toy Photography In Camera

When photographing toys, we often want to make them look as if they’re doing something. We want to shoot some kind of action to create a dynamic, interesting scene. But how do we do it with objects that, in reality, just stand there and not move? Four Bricks Tall will teach you how. In this video, you’ll learn how to add a sense of movement to your figurines and do it all in-camera without any special effects....

January 18, 2023 · 3 min · 521 words · Gina Washington

How To Create A Vibrant Portrait Using Simple Full Cover Gelled Lighting

Controlling gelled lights can be tricky. We all struggle with washed-out or even muddy colours occasionally and the core reason for this, is your coloured lights overlapping and mixing. The reason I repeatedly say this, is because coloured light doesn’t mix like regular colours. When we mix paints, the more colours you add, the closer you get to a muddy brown colour. Cast your mind back to preschool and you’ll know what I mean....

January 18, 2023 · 13 min · 2766 words · Jacob Weaver

How To Create A Virtual Holographic Smartphone Display In Davinci Resolve

When you’re making your sci-fi short film, have you ever just wished you had a phone with a holographic display? Something that would let you expand the desktop outside of just the device in your hand, letting you see more information all at once? Well, in this video, Jamie Fenn shows us how we can create exactly this type of effect using DaVinci Resolve – and he manages to do it in only 11 minutes....

January 18, 2023 · 2 min · 411 words · Edna Gates

How To Create And Upload Video For Instagram S New Igtv

The online world seems to have been buzzing about Instagram’s new IGTV since it was officially announced yesterday. The Internet is divided – or at least, my social media timelines are. A huge proportion are in the “WOO! YAY!” camp, although there are plenty of people moaning about vertical video syndrome. If you’re of the latter opinion, sorry, can’t help. But if you’re one of those who wants to jump on the new vertical video service that lets you upload videos up to an hour in length, read on....

January 18, 2023 · 4 min · 647 words · Karon Guthrie

How To Create This Projected Hologram Effect In Photoshop

Projected hologram effects have been popular since about 1977. But for most people, it’s only since the advent of applications like Photoshop and After Effects that they’ve become possible to create ourselves. But they can still be quite intimidating to those new to Photoshop. Creating them is a fairly simple process, though. In this video, photographer Nemanja Sekulic walks us through his technique to create composited holograms in Photoshop. It’s a fairly long video at 13 minutes, but it contains a lot of tips and advice on how to work around potential problems you may face and things for you to experiment with to make the effect your own....

January 18, 2023 · 3 min · 585 words · Beverly Nuzum

How To Develop Your Own Black And White Film From Start To Finish

As popular as film has become, a lot of people still mention the cost of shooting film being quite high. And we’re not talking about the price of gear, because that’s dirt cheap these days. It’s the actual shooting process that can be expensive. As the rolls are made in fewer quantities, manufacturing is more expensive. Because labs are developing fewer films, their costs go up, too. The biggest way to help knock down this cost, though, is to develop your own film....

January 18, 2023 · 3 min · 517 words · Susan Kryst

How To Easily Edit Your Videos To A Musical Beat With Just A Few Clicks In Adobe Premiere Pro

Whether you’re editing a narrative story, a vlog or an actual music video, editing videos to the beat is a common technique to make the video feel cohesive to the viewer. Fast editing to the beat of tense music can cause excitement and anticipation while switching slowly to softer music can create a more peaceful and tranquil setting. The traditional way to edit music to the beat in Premiere Pro is to simply drag in your clips and adjust their length manually to match the music, but this can take forever....

January 18, 2023 · 4 min · 658 words · Jenny Burke

How To Efficiently Swap Lenses On Location To Keep Your Sensor Clean

Even if we’re out shooting with multiple bodies, most of us will find ourselves having to change out a lens on location at some point. Changing lenses seems like such a simple thing, but are you doing it in the best way possible for your camera’s sensor? Many people will just pull the lens off, put it in the bag, and then grab the lens they want to use and put it on the camera....

January 18, 2023 · 3 min · 428 words · Sarah Langhans