Beyond adjusting your White Balance or picking a color preset, have you ever stopped to think much about the color in your imagery and how that color is affecting the viewer of the image? It is easy to overlooks such things as you are growing into your own as a photographer, but how you use color in your imagery can have a profound impact on how it is perceived.
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Here's your chance to show other photographers how incredible and special your work is. We recently made the decision to lean harder into our tech background as a photography website. And with that said, we're curious to know how photographers are using their cameras and their gear to make work that's unique and intriguing instead of predictable and contemporary. thephoblographer.com »
2025-02-27 11:00
With everyone being essentially photographers now, how do you make your work more insightful and set them apart from the rest? How do you keep improving your photography? The short answer is that you work on your composition. thephoblographer.com »
2018-12-11 20:00
No matter how great your location, how great your setup, how well-posed your model or well-crafted your story board, camera shake will ruin your shot. So here are 6 stabilization hacks that’ll help you keep that camera steady for sharper photos and smoother video. petapixel.com »
2017-05-10 21:50
If you were to ask me about a specific time in my life when photography made a significant impact, I would say the fall of 2011. For my birthday, my husband surprised me by taking me out for lunch at a tiny burger dive, and then stopping in at the local art museum. He’s not […] petapixel.com »
2016-12-24 20:09
For years, I battled choosing a niche and style. Everyone will tell you to pick a niche if you want to find success, but I was resistant. In hindsight, I realize it was because I hadn’t found the right niche. petapixel.com »
2016-12-14 00:45
One of the ongoing pain points of being a photographer is the time we spend editing. Don’t get me wrong, I love turning a flat image into something breathtaking, but it does take a while to get through a batch of 1000+ photos from a wedding or concert. Combine that with the volume of events […] petapixel.com »
2016-12-06 23:51
Rugged cases like Pelicans are great at protecting your gear: they’re waterproof, climate proof, indestructible, and make a great apple box when you need to sit or stand on something. After having more camera equipments than I am willing to carry on my shoulders, I bought a Pelican 1560 with padded dividers to carry it […] petapixel.com »
2016-11-09 22:52
We don’t usually recommend taking a band saw to your $2,000 lens… in fact, we still don’t recommend it. But that’s what it took for nerd hero of Mythbusters fame Adam Savage to get a broken filter off of his friend’s Canon 24-70mm f/2. petapixel.com »
2016-10-31 19:43
Leading lines, negative space, rule of thirds, all of these compositional elements are discussed ad nauseam in the world of photography. This short video ignores all that, and instead focuses on a different, but equally powerful element in an image: geometric shapes. petapixel.com »
2016-10-10 21:29
Improve your tabletop and food photography! Learn how to capture clouds of steam over coffee. The post But First, Coffee: How to Photograph Steam Over Your Coffee appeared first on 500px ISO. iso.500px.com »
2016-10-06 19:55
You don’t need ON1 Effects 10 or Topaz Clarity to get that “Dynamic Contrast” pop in your landscape images. This short tutorial shows you how to create the effect from start to finish using only Photoshop. petapixel.com »
2016-09-17 01:13
The hardest part of a 365 project is the first week. Actually, maybe it’s the first two-three weeks. It’s the period between introducing something new into your life and then making that thing a habit. petapixel.com »
2016-08-23 18:52
We get it--you're one of those photographers that love the film look, but you don't want to shoot film. First off, I'll be the first to tell you that shooting film is about much more than just the final image.
We get it--you're one of those photographers that love the film look, but you don't want to shoot film. First off, I'll be the first to tell you that shooting film is about much more than just the final image.
Getting that beautiful Pastel look is great. But would you believe us if we told you that there is an easier way to do it than to just work with presets? There is. In fact, it doesn't require a lot of work.
There is a lot of editing software out there to choose from, but PhotoWorks is a photo editor for PC that stands out from the crowd. Combining professional capabilities with an incredibly easy-to-master interface, this photo editing software for PC could be the answer for masses of photographers who have been looking to switch to a less complicated system without compromising on quality.
One of the biggest problems that photographers have when it comes to portraiture can be dealing with the colors. The simple way to do this is to simply just shoot during the golden hour, but that takes away a major part of the creative process.
One of the reasons why many professional photographers opt to shoot in RAW as opposed to JPEG is the versatility that RAW files offer during post-processing. RAW files are unprocessed images that contain all of the data your camera sensor is capable of capturing, whereas JPEGs are compressed files that have already been processed by your camera and contain significantly less information for you to work with during post.
All images by Kelly-Shane Fuller. Used with permission. “Absolutely everywhere I turned people told me home processing was impossible,” says photographer Kelly-Shane Fuller about processing Kodachrome in color at home.