How to Get Started in Film Photography
We’re beginning to see a resurgence in film photography and for those of you who are looking to get into it but have no experience, it can be hard to decide where to start. [Read More]
We’re beginning to see a resurgence in film photography and for those of you who are looking to get into it but have no experience, it can be hard to decide where to start. [Read More]
Never take a blurry city twilight shot again! If you follow these tips, techniques, and gear recommendations, you'll never be disappointed with your cityscape photos again. [Read More]
Never take a blurry city twilight shot again! If you follow these tips, techniques, and gear recommendations, you'll never be disappointed with your cityscape photos again. [Read More]
As a professional photographer, I use a lot of different cameras. At any given time, I can use really expensive full-frame cameras combined with the best glass money can buy, to mid-range cameras with kit lenses, all the way down to even compact cameras that fit in my pocket. I need all these tools to […]
If you’re just getting started in photography and want to build upon a solid foundation, here’s a helpful 9-minute video by the popular YouTube channel Mango Street that covers 5 basic photography techniques for beginners.
Landscape photographer and LUMIX Ambassador James Popsys has put together a video breaking down five of the most overused photography techniques in landscape photography. From long exposures of water, to sky replacement, he explains why he feels that each of these are either used badly, too often, or both. The five techniques Popsys singles out […]
Feeling stuck in a dry spell with your creative projects? Time to shake things up and pick up a film camera. Whether you're doing it for the first time ever or first time in a long time, the constraints of film will definitely get you thinking about your photos and squeeze creativity out of you.
Feeling stuck in a dry spell with your creative projects? Time to shake things up and pick up a film camera. Whether you're doing it for the first time ever or first time in a long time, the constraints of film will definitely get you thinking about your photos and squeeze creativity out of you.
"It took months of experimenting with different techniques and combinations of digital and film equipment to achieve this unique in-camera look. " photographer Michel Leroy tells us about his series Alchemy.
There are no unbreakable rules when it comes to how you should compose your photographs. After all, who likes rules except for your old school principal or heads of H.R. departments? There are however, several guidelines you can use to help improve the composition of your photos. In this tutorial, I’ve listed 20 of these […]
For this landscape photo, I wanted to get back the warm sunrise light, especially on the mountain face in the back. Also, I wanted to restore details, mostly from the darker parts in the foreground to have a nicely balanced exposure. [Read More]
After I published a story on sunglasses for photographers, I got a ton of emails asking how I lit the series. So, while on the road for a recent photo shoot, I took some time at my AirBNB and wrote out how I approach what is called "split color lighting." [Read More]
Turning on the lights in your photos can change the whole atmosphere of your scene and let the glow …
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I'm sure over the last few years all of us photographers have heard the word cinematic so much that in the end, it may have lost all meaning. Is every photo with crushed backs and a cyan-orange color grade "cinematic?" I'd say, no. [Read More]
Street photography is a category of photography that is dear to my heart. It’s the first category of photography that I tried to learn and master and over the many years, I’ve learned many skills and techniques. [Read More]
By removing color, we change how the viewer’s eyes see the photograph. No longer dependent upon color cues, we must find our visual information in the physical characteristics of shape, form, texture, and lines.