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They say rain on your wedding day is good luck, but what about a full-blown thunderstorm? That's what photographer Ashley Patton was faced with but she used the bad weather to make an incredible set of photos. [Read More] petapixel.com »
It's no secret that most photography equipment is expensive and typically highly specialized. But that doesn't always need to be the case. In the above video from Adorama, photographer Gavin Hoey walks viewers through how to create studio portraits using a simple sheet of cardboard and some studio lights. [Read More] petapixel.com »
As a product photographer, I use paper in various different ways as a background for still-life photos to keep costs down for creative shooting. In this article, I'll show you how I do it and how you can do it too. [Read More] petapixel.com »
Black holes. They’re an astronomical phenomenon that sucks in all available light with no escape. So what if you could create a photo backdrop that could mimic that kind of light absorption without reflecting? A photographer recently used an ultra-black fabric to make the darkest photo backdrop in the world. [Read More] petapixel.com »
The various accessories you consider essential can be overwhelming when it comes to studio photography. Although the camera is the most crucial piece of gear, having a perfect backdrop can be the difference between a breathtaking portrait and an uninteresting photo. thephoblographer.com »
Newborn photography has the power to capture these little bundles of joy of newborns and their true, natural beauty. One way to do this is by using a photo backdrop. A backdrop is anything behind the subject of a photograph that sets the mood or tone for the subject. thephoblographer.com »
What kind of photos do you get if you shoot with a backdrop made with one of the blackest materials available to the public? Photographer Mathieu Stern recently decided to find out, and he documented his experiment in the 5-minute video above. petapixel.com »
Want a tabletop wooden backdrop you can use for photographing everything from products to babies? Here’s a 10. 5-minute video by Erik Tande of DIY done wrong showing how you can make your own for basically zero cost. petapixel.com »
For those of us born in the 1970s and 80s, this new phenomenon of mottled, cloudy backdrops appearing in modern portraits is an odd one. You see, back when we were kids, we had horrendously cheesy family and school portraits taken in front of these bizarrely arranged patterns, so to us, it’s pretty weird to […] petapixel.com »
Any photographer that's spent time in a studio have undoubtedly photographed their subject in front of seamless paper and possibly even a cyclorama. When we look at some of the most iconic portraits throughout history, however, like those captured by contemporary greats like Annie Leibovitz and Mark Seliger or late legends like Irving Penn, you will often find that the subject(s) are placed in front of hand-painted canvas backdrops, lending a timeless, painterly look to the images. thephoblographer.com »
I love bokeh and wanted to incorporate it into some upcoming holiday-themed beauty shoots. Well, I didn’t want to shoot in the cold and I really didn’t want to buy strings of lights (or generally spend any money at all) so I put together this great backdrop with basically just tinfoil. I was really happy […] petapixel.com »
Wedding photographer Megan Allen was shooting a reception in Dayton, Ohio, this past Saturday when she and the bride noticed that a large fire had broken out at an abandoned building nearby. “[O]ne of the abandoned buildings […] went up in massive flames, shooting huge, black plumes of smoke into the sky, and leaving us […] petapixel.com »
Professional portrait backdrops can cost over $1,000 apiece. If you’d like to get creative without getting broke, photographer Jessica Kobeissi has a thrifty DIY idea for you in this 4. 5-minute video. petapixel.com »
This post may genuinely sound like an ad, but it really isn't as I've followed FTC laws since the first days of this blog. Instead, it's just genuine praise for pretty much everything about the system with the exception of folding the damn backdrop back down into a portable configuration. thephoblographer.com »
In this 9-minute tutorial from photography Andrew Boey of Beyond Photography, learn how to use a white wall to create any color backdrop you want by using just a speedlight and a colored gel. First, expose for your background and make it pitch black in the camera. That means a low ISO, small aperture, and as fast […] petapixel.com »
High-end photo backdrops can cost over $1,000 apiece. When photographer Jeremy Cowart couldn’t find a backdrop he needed a few days ago, he had an idea: Cowart drew his own backdrop on an iPad Pro and printed it out at 40×80 inches on a $4,000 professional Canon printer. petapixel.com »
In this creative 2-minute tutorial, Ukranian photographer Anya Anti demonstrates how to make an interesting bokeh effect using shapes cut out of a paper backdrop. To create the effect, you will need: Paper backdrop A marker Something sharp (preferably scissors) Flash heads or other light source to place behind the backdrop The idea is quite simple: […] petapixel.com »
