A giant motel sign, a ghost town, a beautiful evening, and a camera. This is how I created this night selfie through light painting. The above night selfie photo is a blend. The base photo is 2 minutes f/8 ISO 200. The selfie photo was 3 seconds f/3.5 ISO 3200.
Early into the whole Shelter In Place phenomenon, I wanted ways to stay in practice with portraiture and off-camera flash. Clearly, my muse friends couldn’t come by and I wasn’t going to the studio space I rent for a while. So, self-portraits is was. The living room would be nice
Selfies with your phone are fun, but you can do so much if you use your camera. You can control the depth of field, lighting, lens choice and you can place the camera somewhere other than arm’s length. All cameras have a timer built into them, and many of them
Selfies. Love them or hate them, today is the day to embrace getting in front of your camera. Yes, there is a national day of just about everything, and today we get to indulge ourselves with selfies. Selfies vs. self-portraits Is there a difference? In my opinion, yes there is.
Selfies have made their way into the world of photography. And as a photographer, you should know how to make your own images look their best. We’ve gathered three great tutorials from Matthew Jordan Smith, a well-known fashion and portrait photographer. These tips may help you (and they certainly should
Ever thought of photographing yourself? I mean actually taking a portrait of yourself? Not just a selfie with duck lips. :) I have! In fact, I take them often and I would not consider myself self-absorbed either. It all started in my basement at 1 a.m. when the kids were
Confession: I love a good selfie! I am taking selfies all the time — and not the kind where I raise the camera above my head and make duck lips. I actually love a good creative artist selfie. I love coming up with an idea and trying to execute it
The golden ratio or golden mean — have you already heard about it? It’s a very popular composition rule in the photographic world. But did you know there is a golden ratio for a face’s beauty as well? What are those ratios based on, and how do people look like
In the past, retouching a model’s face or body for magazines covers or ads has often been a source of ethical debate. Now in 2019, it seems like reshaping one’s features have become globally adopted in photographs as in real life. What led to such a shift? Beauty enhancing vs. quest
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A panoramic photographer doesn’t view the world in the same way as other photographers and planning a shot in all 360 glorious degrees changes nearly everything. I’ve been passionate about the 360º image for several years now and probably talk about it too much. Part of this talk is encouraging other
