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How does a $20 work light from a hardware store compare to a $900 studio strobe when it comes to food photography? Photographer Skyler Burt of We Eat Together recently decided to find out. He pitted a HDX 500w halogen work light against a $900 Elinchrom Pro HD 500W monolight. You can watch Burt’s experiment […] petapixel.com »
I’ve been studying the work of master portrait photographer Annie Leibovitz lately and something finally caught my eye. Not about her pictures, which are consistently great for going on five decades now, but about her process. thephoblographer.com »
I’ve been studying the work of master portrait photographer Annie Leibovitz lately and something finally caught my eye. Not about her pictures, which are consistently great for going on five decades now, but about her process. thephoblographer.com »
My name is Connar L’Ecuyer, and one of my main ongoing projects is photographing Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, or PTSD, in military vets and first responders. Some people may have heard of PTSD and not know much about it, or have loved ones that suffer from PTSD. Post Traumatic Stress Disorder is NOT a topic […] petapixel.com »
In the late 1950s and early 1960s, chemists Robert Bunsen and Henry Roscoe and showed that burning magnesium produces artificial light that’s similar to daylight. A man named Edward Sonstadt then brought the technology into the world of photography, and thus the idea for the photographic flash was born. The Atlantic made this 2-minute video […] petapixel.com »
Apple's dual-camera setup can create a depth map to simulate background blur - but now, someone's figured out how to simulate lighting effects with an impressive level of control. Apple's dual camera devices (the 7 Plus, 8 Plus and X to be precise) generate a depth map to create the effects of Portrait Mode and Portrait Lighting that we've all come to know well. dpreview.com »
Whether you're doing portrait photography or YouTube videos, good lighting is one of the first and most important element you should set up in a studio. The most straightforward way to this is to get a softbox for diffused light. thephoblographer.com »
Here’s a 6-minute educational video by Shutterstock in which filmmaker Todd Blankenship discusses the basics of diffusing light and introduces three cheap options for doing so… including a $5 shower curtain. petapixel.com »
Dustin Dolby of workphlo is great at creating professional product shots using just one or two speedlights and some compositing in Photoshop. In this tutorial, he combines that approach—it takes just two speedlights to light these bottles, and he could have made due with one—with some simple smartphone light painting to create a dynamic and colorful soft drink product shot. dpreview.com »
For years, photographers tried to negate or reduce the effect of light leaks on their film; but we began to embrace it after some time and now we've got DUBBLE Film Sunstroke. This film is a Kodak emulsion that has had light leaks hit it in just the right spots. thephoblographer.com »
Here’s a fantastic 16-minute tutorial by photographer Dustin Dolby of workphlo (he’s like the Bob Ross of product photography) on adding a creative background to a product photo by light painting with a smartphone. petapixel.com »
No matter your attitude towards Apple and its products, it's probably fair to say the company's iPhone ads are among the more visually pleasing and entertaining commercials we get to see on TV or online. dpreview.com »
Want to achieve gorgeous soft lighting for your portrait sessions but only have a limited space for a lighting setup? In a quick video tutorial for Adorama, Sony Artisan of Imagery Miguel Quiles shows us a simple setup that maximizes the space for beautifully lit portrait shots. thephoblographer.com »
A group of 50 light painting photographers around the world have recreated the famous Van Gogh painting The Starry Night as a mosaic comprised entirely of 456 individual light painting photos. Photographer Dan Chick of Light Painting Blog writes that the project used Piece Out, a website he created that helps groups of people coordinate […] petapixel.com »
The wide-angle camera on the Samsung S9+, along with its smaller S9 sibling, comes with an adjustable aperture, offering either F1. 5 or F2. 4. In a never-ending quest for better image quality, smartphone manufacturers are turning to all sorts of tricks to eke better performance out of very small image sensors. dpreview.com »
Fishing rod, some lighting wires from the china and 12V drill battery were used to create custom drawing tool in order to get ready for this experiment. The second goal was to create three dimensional abstract drawings in the space raising a question what is it? Is it a 30 seconds light sculpture documented in one frame, illusion of an object as it vanished as soon as it was created, or something else? You can see the results below. boredpanda.com »
How do you find good quality natural light while walking out and about? It’s not always easy, but if you know where to look and what to look for, you can almost always find the perfect light for a portrait. dpreview.com »
Portrait photographers Manny Ortiz and Jessica Kobeissi just did a shootout that pitted flash against natural light. The two each shot portraits of the same model in a studio, except Ortiz used an off-camera flash as his main light while Kobeissi only used the sunlight bouncing around in the space. Here are the portraits that […] petapixel.com »
What would New York City look like at night if there were no light pollution to shroud the stars? That’s what this new 3-minute short film titled SKYGLOW NYC aims to answer. The video was created by photographers Gavin Heffernan and Harun Mehmedinovic of SKYGLOW, an ongoing project that raises awareness for endangered night skies […] petapixel.com »
Canon also released a video detailing it’s new 19um full frame low light sensor, improved from it’s first generation low light full frame sensor now capable of shooting up to 100 fps on 1080p video. canonrumors.com »
Google has announced that it is experimenting with light field technology to improve its virtual reality content. The company detailed the work in a recent blog post, explaining that it has modified a GoPro Odyssey Jump camera so that it features 16 cameras mounted along a vertical arc, which is itself mounted to a 360-degree rotating platform. dpreview.com »
Manfrotto Pro Light Cinematic are the first carry-on size backpacks to secure and organise a complete video kit. photographyblog.com »
You’ve probably learned about the exposure triangle countless times by now. If you want a deeper understanding of the science of exposure, though, check out this 30-minute video by Filmmaker IQ. petapixel.com »
Goodbye, Lytro. The pioneering light field camera company has officially announced that it’s winding down operations. This comes just one week after it was reported that Google would be acquiring the company for somewhere between $25 million and $40 million. petapixel.com »
The Manfrotto Pro Light FastTrack 2-in-1 is the first sling camera bag in the market to feature an integrated camera strap. photographyblog.com »
Photo: Lytro Last week, industry sources told TechCrunch that Google would soon acquire light field camera maker Lytro for somewhere between $25 million and $40 million. And while Google's part in all this hasn't been confirmed, Lytro has now formally announced that it will be shutting down, and an anonymous source has shed more light on how Google is involved. dpreview.com »
If you ever happen to stumble on a deal like I did with the Leica M4-P, then snag it as soon as you possibly can. In many ways, the Leica M4-P is one of the most perfect all analog cameras. While the Leica M6 goes a step further and incorporates the inclusion of a working light meter while allowing the camera to operate completely and totally mechanically at all shutter speeds, the Leica M4-P is essentially the Leica M6 without a light meter. thephoblographer.com »
Here’s an 11-minute video from photographer Sean Tucker that looks at how you can identify “good light” in street photography. As part of a series of videos, Tucker shows how he exposes and composes an image based on the light that is afforded to him. petapixel.com »
The 52-megapixel Light L16 camera has just launched in the UK. photographyblog.com »
It seems Lytro has a new formidable competitor in the area of light field cameras. Google revealed today that it has created a rotating arc of 16 GoPro cameras arranged vertically to experiment with light fields. petapixel.com »
Canon работала над технологией создания снимков на основе данных с нескольких модулей камер. Аналогичная камера Light L16 уже существует. Похоже, что Canon считает данное направление развития перспективным. photar.ru »
Adorama's ORLIT RoveLight RT 610 TTL Monolight is quite a powerful package. With 600 watt seconds of power, it's going to give you more than enough light output to light a wedding hall and for most portraiture gigs. thephoblographer.com »
Elinchrom has just announced the new ELB 500 TTL, the most powerful and portable TTL light ever made. It’s a light for “adventurous portrait photographers shooting both in studio and on location. petapixel.com »
Now before I go on, there's pretty good reasons why the Elinchrom ELB 500 TTL will be great for wedding photographers and it really has to do with more or less enhancing ambient light and creating the light that isn't there. thephoblographer.com »
"I built the curved plane paper negative camera as I liked the idea of creating images in a cinematic style. " is what John Potter tells us about his camera after a conversation about curved film planes. thephoblographer.com »
Light, the company behind the innovative (if still in its infancy) Light L16 camera, has announced a new initiative called Depth Collective that aims to support photojournalists in their efforts at "pursuing the truth. dpreview.com »
The Sekonic L-308X is a new light meter aimed at both photographers and filmmakers. photographyblog.com »
Cactus has just announced the RQ250: a ‘palm-sized’ bare-bulb flash head that will feature wireless control and three times the power of a typical GN60m hotshoe unit. The battery-powered RQ250 is designed to offer 250Ws of power to photographers who want to work on-location/in-the-field without carrying around bulky lighting equipment or sacrificing power by shooting with speedlights. dpreview.com »
The Samsung Galaxy S9 and S9+ smartphones feature Super Slow-mo video, best-in-class low light camera and AR Emojis. photographyblog.com »
Canon's new 470EX-AI flash, with auto-intelligent bounce feature. Canon has just introduced the new Speedlite 470EX-AI, a flash that automatically pivots and rotates to the optimum angle to 'bounce' the light off the ceiling for softer, more flattering images. dpreview.com »
In this post, I’ll share the story and results of a recent experiment I did with lighting a model with a neon light. I was hanging out with a friend in a local coffee shop when he showed me an awesome album artwork he saw online. It was for the album A Moment Apart by […] petapixel.com »
Introduction One Neo 2, lit by another Neo 2. Artificial lighting falls into two categories: Continuous and strobe. Continuous lighting is a great option for beginning photographers, because you can see your results before tripping the shutter (also, they're handy for the whole 'video' thing). dpreview.com »
Wondering how you can get those clean, and sometimes dreamy portraits with a light and airy look? We've found some easy tips from Chelsea Nicole Photography so you can give it a try on your next portrait project. thephoblographer.com »
Whether you're not yet well-versed in studio lighting setup or simply prefer shooting in natural light, here's an easy tutorial that will help you get stunning results. Just look for a location with open shade lighting and you're halfway there! Mark Wallace demonstrates how you can work with this simple but clean lighting for your next natural light portrait sessions. thephoblographer.com »
Because everything seems warmer under colorful, fluorescent light. iso.500px.com »
Unless you’re solely a studio photographer, it’s likely that working with natural light forms the cornerstone of your photography. The light from the sun has a huge variety of characteristics, and varies in strength, contrast and colour wildly, creating a host of different effects for photography. digitalrev.com »
A Canon patent from October, 2017 resurfaced on the Canon rumor mill today, and it describes something pretty innovative from the Japanese camera giant. The patent shows a lens adapter—ostensibly designed for a mirrorless camera—that features a built-in variable-voltage ND filter. dpreview.com »
If you’re into shooting high-quality portraits with minimal studio equipment, here’s a 6-minute video from photographer Manny Ortiz that explains how you can take great, dramatic portraits with just a single studio light. petapixel.com »
Мы искали полноразмерный лёгкий и доступный штатив. Нашли Manfrotto с длинным названием MKCOMPACTLT-BK Compact Light. Ниже наши впечатления. Выбираете штатив? Начните с нашей статьи Как выбрать штатив. fototips.ru »
The Fotorgear Magilight is a new all-in-one light painting stick that aims to be “the easiest and most professional tool to improve your light painting photography.” Incredibly, the project blew past its $30,000 funding goal on IndieGoGo within just 2 hours of launching on the website. Now backed by over 800 individuals who have pledged […] petapixel.com »
