Water drops are among the most popular macro subjects for both beginners and pros. Aside from being a fun and quick project, you can easily get experimental with it if you want to take it a notch higher. You can go for a DIY set up if you’re just starting
In the past, I’ve shown you how I used a translucent diffuser to create soft light with a Speedlight and hot red hairdo in a hot red jeep. When you shine light through a translucent material, it spreads out and makes it bigger and softer. But speed lights are expensive
Leading up to the Visual Storytelling Conference, we’re putting the spotlight on some of the instructors! Meet them and find out what you can learn from them at the conference, plus some pre-conference insights. Don’t have your free ticket yet? Register today and join us for free, May 14-17, 2021!
Having trouble getting your Canon EOS R6 to work with your really expensive Profoto flashes? It may be your shutter mode. I owe Profoto an apology. I’ve owned the EOS R6 for almost a year now and I love the camera, but for the longest time it simply would not
Leading up to the Visual Storytelling Conference, we’re putting the spotlight on some of the instructors! Meet them and find out what you can learn from them at the conference, plus some pre-conference insights. Don’t have your free ticket yet? Register today and join us for free, May 14-17, 2021!
It’s been over a decade since the so-called film photography resurgence took off. Still, it continues to be a popular medium, especially among the younger photographers. Many of them didn’t even see or hold a film camera until the recent years. There has also been so many discussions and opinions
Photowalks. I don’t know about you, but I miss them a lot. This past year we had to give up our time spent with our photographer friends. My guess is that many of you are ready to get back out there and put our cameras (and social skills) back to
I am a big fan of using presets in Lightroom Classic to speed up your workflow. I find that you can create a certain look for a series and keep it completely cohesive throughout all the images in that series. Doing this means there is no need to continually compare
A lot of image files are precious to us. We need to back them up and store them. And we need to do so safely so we don’t lose them! But they keep accumulating and accumulating and accumulating …. Storing terabytes of data on a budget I’m going to describe
Been shooting with a Pentax 67 mostly outdoors and never in the studio? It’s time to add another feather to your cap and get you working with strobes and modifiers. It can be intimidating to do since you don’t have the advantage of seeing your results immediately. But knowing how
In this episode of Pixel Punisher, Frederick Van Johnson sits down with portrait photographer James Anthony. James recently teamed up with Adobe for the #LifeReflected project, where he, along with three other photographers, developed a set of one-word prompts to inspire people to share their photos. James is based in
On Friday, May 14, 2021, the Visual Storytelling Conference officially kicks off with free photowalks around the globe! It’s the perfect way to dust off your camera after a long quarantine due to Covid-19. Get out there (socially distanced, of course) and get together with your photographer friends again. Plus,
