How To Find Photography Clients When You Have No Idea Where To Start

When it comes to running a photography business, there’s far more to it than just knowing how to a good picture. You also need to understand how business works and figure out what your target market is – or at least learn what a target market even is if that’s a whole new concept to you. Not everybody is a potential client. But how do you go about identifying who they are?...

January 18, 2023 · 2 min · 389 words · Lester Daniels

How To Fix The Biggest Problem With The Godox Ad400 Ad600 Pro Strobes

Photography equipment has come a long way in recent years; staggering megapixel counts, blisteringly fast AF systems, and low-light performance that was unheard of not long ago. But in my opinion, one of the most useful and underrated advancements has been in off-camera lighting, notably portable, battery-powered strobes. Gone are the days where I hauled my 30kg case that housed my 3 Bowens Gemini lights and the rats nest of 10 metre power cables and PC Sync cords to every assignment, I no longer need to search high and low for power outlets and risk clients tripping over cables, nor do I need to spend every pound earned on a physiotherapist to repair my back from the labour of it all....

January 18, 2023 · 5 min · 1003 words · Isabel Fetterolf

How To Give Your Subjects A Total Hair Makeover In Photoshop

Hair is one of those parts of retouching that I least look forward to. It just takes so long to get things looking perfect. Especially if the image is from a shoot that didn’t have a hair stylist on set. If only I could shoot bald models, and composite hair in post, that would make life so much easier. Well, thanks to Jesús Ramirez at the Photoshop Training Channel, we can!...

January 18, 2023 · 2 min · 413 words · Hazel Atkinson

How To Grow Your Instagram In 2019

“How do I grow my Instagram?” …a question I get probably too much. I’m going to be upfront here – I’m writing this article for my own selfish benefit. It’s a piece that, rather than spend the time repetitively composing a response (and oh boy, it’d be up to many hours by now), I can just link to for tomorrow when the next person asks me how they can grow their Instagram....

January 18, 2023 · 8 min · 1671 words · Deborah Jamal

How To Light Real World Objects With Flat Design Style Drop Shadows

The “flat design” style drop shadows seem to have become a big thing lately. Whenever I check out my YouTube feed, I always seem to see a new tutorial on how to do it in Photoshop, Illustrator or After Effects. It’s easy to see why. It’s a pleasing look. It complements a flat design with a sense of realism, depth and context. This is the first time, though, that I’ve seen it done for real, with actual objects....

January 18, 2023 · 3 min · 583 words · Jim Brooks

How To Make A Diy Customized Clapperboard On The Budget

Purchase items needed for the mods: ClapperboardHeavy duty velcroVelcro for tagsLaminatorBicycle light USB rechargeableMasking TapesWhiteboard marker100x cleaning cloth The first thing you must mod or actually fix, is this hinge section of the clapperboard. If you ever used a cheap clapperboard before, you might have had the nut and bolts fall off the clapperboard, however, just tightening them when you get it also does not prevent this issue as when you tighten all 3 bolts then the whole clapper is locked....

January 18, 2023 · 4 min · 845 words · David Rebello

How To Make A Diy Triangle Led Ring Light For Less Than 100

The ring lights are useful when you need even light on the subject’s face and the circular catchlights. We’ve featured several DIY ring lights so far, But Caleb Pike of DSLR Video Shooter decided to make something a bit different. He made a DIY triangular “ring” light, which produces the same even light on the face, but creates interesting, triangular catchlights. The total cost of the components was around $92 (it could get even less), and he explains the process step by step, so I’m sure everyone could make this in no time....

January 18, 2023 · 4 min · 661 words · Danielle Martell

How To Make Money On Instagram Even Without A Large Audience

There are many tutorials for growing your audience on Instagram, since lots of followers potentially mean lots of earnings. But what if I told you that you can still earn money on Instagram without “playing the game” and gaining a massive number of followers? Well, let James Popsys tell you more about it in this video, where he teaches you how to earn money on Instagram even if you don’t have a huge audience....

January 18, 2023 · 3 min · 449 words · Shelia Lowery

How To Shoot A Clean And Simple Coloured Fill Portrait In The Studio

Sometimes you just want a clean and quick setup to start a shoot off the right way. Sure, you may have a ton of creative ideas in store for later on in the day, but they may be new ideas you’ve never tried before or they may be more experimental. If that’s the case, I always find it smart to start a shoot with a tried and true setup that’s not too tricky to do, quick to set up and provides great shots each and every time....

January 18, 2023 · 11 min · 2334 words · Dorothy Vereen

How To Shoot A Moving Camera Timelapse Of People From A Vertical Slider

While we were at IBC 2019, we stopped by the Syrp stand to take a look at the new Syrp Tilt Platform. While we were there, Ben from Syrp was just getting ready to set up a timelapse of the crowd around the stand, so we chatted a little about the Tilt Platform and then got Ben to show us how we can shoot timelapses of people using a Syrp slider system....

January 18, 2023 · 2 min · 422 words · Luciana Willis

How To Shoot And Stitch A Milky Way Panorama In Lightroom

In this article, I will share how I shot a Milky Way panorama, and how I later stitched the images in Lightroom. But, first some background. Last summer we spent our vacation in Tuscany, Italy. Spending almost a week on a wine farm in Italy didn’t create any standing ovations initially. Then it struck me that the Milky Way season had just started in southern Europe. Once this was established, I started envisioning how cool it would be to shoot the Milky Way core, and perhaps even a few panoramas....

January 18, 2023 · 4 min · 780 words · Bill Ogawa

How To Shoot Great Smartphone Car Photography To Up Your Social Media Game

Car photography seems to be becoming increasingly popular recently. People love their cars, they’re proud of them, and they want to show them off. When I browse through the feed on Instagram, I see them with some regularity, even from people who don’t normally post car photos. Just because you might be shooting it for social media, though, it doesn’t mean they have to look bad. This video from the guys at COOPH shows a whole bunch of tips and techniques to help....

January 18, 2023 · 2 min · 396 words · Carol Nixon

How To Turn Any Boring Office Space Into An Interesting Background

Many of us have been there. You get a call to go and photograph or film some people in an office somewhere. You prepare with all sorts of cool ideas, maybe we could shoot in the lobby, or the roof garden you think. But no, when you arrive you’re shown to a smallish conference room with a massive table in the middle and beige walls. How are you going to make this look cool?...

January 18, 2023 · 2 min · 319 words · William Graham

How To Use A Reverse Macro Lens With The Blackmagic 6K Pocket Cinema Camera

Need extreme close-up shots of tiny objects in your video? You’re on a budget and don’t have these fancy extreme macro lenses? Use the technique called “reverse lens macro”. It’s well known in the macro photography world but surprisingly unknown in videography. Simply put, you take a wide-angle lens. For example, take an old 28mm and mount it in reverse via a macro coupler ring adapter to your camera. That’s all there is to it....

January 18, 2023 · 2 min · 405 words · Betty Vazquez

How To Use An Inexpensive Old Analogue Light Meter For Modern Digital Photography

While it’s completely possible to shoot digital cameras without a handheld meter, they do seem to be back in fashion lately. They provide quick and easy consistency between shots, or completely different lighting setups and environments. They help you get setup and ready to shoot before your subject’s even arrived at the studio or location. They’re also very handy for street photography, too. There’s a lot of options out there, and plenty of digital ones for all budgets....

January 18, 2023 · 4 min · 666 words · James Goguen

How To Use Split Color Lighting In Your Photography

There is a progression that takes place in the journey that is our lighting knowledge. At first it is learning the ways of ambient light (read: I don’t want to buy a flash). As our career progresses we decide to buy our first flash and throw that sucker straight on the camera, only to question why the shadows on faces are gone… along with the artistic merit. Soon after that we discover a site like Strobist and point the flash at the ceiling and realize our first “Eureka” moment as a photographer....

January 18, 2023 · 4 min · 784 words · Gary Brice

How To Use Your Exposure Settings For Creative Effect

Whether you’re shooting photography or video, film or digital, exposure generally boils down to three elements in your camera. ISO, aperture and shutter speed. All three of these things will affect your exposure, how bright the image is. But each will also change how the final image appears on the camera. Aperture changes your depth of field. Shutter speed changes motion blur. ISO determines the amount of noise you get....

January 18, 2023 · 4 min · 720 words · Katherine Iser

Illegal Think Twice About Metadata And How You Tag Your Photos Online

The internet is a strange and wonderful place. As creative professionals we’re all working hard, creating cool stuff and sharing it online with the world. But behind this land of chocolate are not all smiles and sunshine. There are legions of trolls and cyber-vigilantes laying in wait to cause $hit for fun or just to fight their own personal versions of injustice. A recent incident with a cyber-vigilante made me realize how important it is to really think twice about what I share online, what someone can glean from metadata and how I tag my photos....

January 18, 2023 · 11 min · 2169 words · Burt Brigman

Instagram Now Lets You Send Voice Messages

Instagram has long become an all-in-one app for many users, and it’s not only about sharing images anymore. So, a few months after launching video calls, Instagram has now introduced short, “walkie-talkie” style voice messages. Instead of starting a video call one-on-one or in a group, you can now hold down a microphone icon and record a voice message for the recipient(s) to hear later. The messages can be up to one minute long, they don’t disappear after listening, and they work in both one-on-one and group chats....

January 18, 2023 · 1 min · 211 words · Margie Crow

Is Canon Announcing A New Flagship Eos M7 Aps C Mirrorless Camera In 2020

With 2020 rapidly approaching Q4, there isn’t much time left for manufacturers to announce new cameras this year. But with the pace at which new ones have been announced over the last few months, it wouldn’t surprise me if there were a few more yet to come. And according to a report on Canon Rumors, it looks like there are. CR says that they’ve received multiple reports over the last few months that a pair of EOS M cameras are coming in 2020, and recently they’ve received some information on what these cameras may be....

January 18, 2023 · 2 min · 426 words · Reginald Pope