With Thanksgiving around the corner, we want to see your best food photographs for our November Photographer of the Day feature! Whether it’s that perfect turkey, stuffing, potatoes and cranberries on your table or some great 5-star restaurant-quality food items, submit your photos today for consideration. This summer, we made
In the wake of the Google+ ‘sunsetting’ announcement, it has me thinking of social media in general as I’m sure many of you are. If you haven’t heard about this, here is a link to the post on Google’s Keyword Blog. Basically, they are shutting down the consumer side of
In this article, I’m going to show you how I use Lutify LUTs in Capture One Pro 11 (CO 11). These LUTs will work in any software that supports LUTs like Affinity Photo, Luminar 2018, Photoshop, and Lightroom. The package you choose will determine whether it supports the RAW image for
Category: Outdoor Photographer: fiore_lla4ever Photo: “Non si può rinchiudere il cielo” Star trails around the north star with an interesting foreground catches me every time. I love the way these photos show the passage of time, the rotation of the earth, and the patience of the photographer to set up,
Anytime your subject is not facing directly into the camera you need to pay attention to where their eyes are looking and how they are framed in the eye sockets. Face over there, eyes over here Photographing a person’s profile or making a no-look portrait adds variety to your shoot
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All cameras, including iPhones and other smartphones, have built-in exposure meters. The job of the meter is to measure the light and return an exposure setting that records the brightness of a scene faithfully. The exposures are usually close but almost never right on. How camera light meters work The exposure
Category: Beauty Photographer: Ian Lewry Photo: “Steampunk – photo 56” I love steampunk! I love all of the meta-retro costume ideas people create around it. I can easily picture the woman in this photograph as the captain of an airship on a journey through dangers in some exotic world. I want to
Making pictures of people who are good at their craft while they are doing their craft is one of the best subjects you can ever find. They are passionate, you are passionate, and the pictures always turn out well. When I make environmental portraits, I do my best to control
Category: Architecture Photographer: Paul Parkinson Photo: “London Bridge and The Shard” In some cases, an architectural image is not about a single building, but how one or more structures have been designed to compliment each other, and especially from a particular point of view. In this case, the slow shutter
There are many online resources that offer eyelash brushes. A simple Google search for “Eyelash Brush Photoshop” will return several great sites. I downloaded the brushes from Obsidian Dawn’s website and paid a small $3 fee for commercial use.
October is full of different conference opportunities for me, so as I start to take care of the usual client communication (not to mention deciding what to pack), there are a few marketing items that are on my list too. Business cards This is the most obvious thing, and it’s
