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The Best Viral Music Video You Never Saw

Corey Melton — Fri, 17 May 2013 18:58:01 +0000

Today, for the first time I watched this fantastic one-take music video for Brooklyn based band, Eytan and the Embassy. On the Vimeo page for ‘Everything Changes’ they tout the video as “18 Costume Changes — 1 Music Video — 0 Edits!” It has been online for 10 months, is a Vimeo Staff pick, but only has 20,000 views. Well I think it deserves more! Check out this video and click through for a BTS video as well. Enjoy! [more]

Kate Upton Brings Curves To Vogue

Corey Melton — Sat, 11 May 2013 03:17:10 +0000

Photographer Mario Testino shoots my favorite super lady, Kate Upton, for the June 2013 Vogue. Kate keeps things super classy for her spread and even rocks some rather large, dark eyebrows with her look. I am certainly one that appreciates some curves on a model, so I am glad to see Vogue is beefing up to the competition (see what I did there) instead of the same ol’ too-skinny girl. Click through to see the shots from her upcoming feature [more]

Kenneth Volpe On Mixing Ambient Light With Strobes

Corey Melton — Fri, 03 May 2013 15:56:43 +0000

NYC-based commercial photographer Kenneth Volpe sat down with the good folks over at Profoto to give some insight on the way he lights his images and a bit of his philosophy when it comes to his photography business, Transposure. With Bachelors and Masters Degrees in Engineering, Kenneth is a guy that definitely understands fine light and exhibits it in the way he makes his photos. Check out the full write up over at [more]

BTS Breakdown: Comedian Jim Gaffigan

Corey Melton — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 17:42:31 +0000

Since last November I have been shooting a photo series titled ‘Comedic Value‘ which consists of NYC comedians shot in NYC locations for NYC charity, Art-Start. Of the 25 comics featured in the project, 1 of my favorite shoots was with Jim Gaffigan and his fantastic family. When discussing concepts with Jim, he mentioned that he needed a shot of him and his kids for his new book, ‘Dad Is Fat’ which will be out next month. [more]

Pyromania Meets Paint at 15,000 FPS!

Corey Melton — Sat, 13 Apr 2013 02:45:38 +0000

The ‘Slow Mo Guys‘ are no strangers to Fstoppers. Anyone that uses a Phantom at extremely high FPS and breaks stuff or blows stuff up in HD has a pretty good shot of me posting their videos. I love being able to see things happen in such a different way than what we are used to, and this video is no exception. Low production value, messy backdrop, terrible lighting … still awesome! Enjoy!

Memes Take The Leap To The Darker Side

Corey Melton — Sat, 06 Apr 2013 03:49:37 +0000

I know I know, memes on Fstoppers? YES! Memes on Fstoppers. I am rarely a fan of these corny internet trends, but this ‘Vadering’ craze is pretty dang creative. Also note that I am not a Star Wars fan, and I still find these things to be incredibly entertaining. I have said it a million times, it isn’t always how a shot is executed or how technically sound or high quality an image is, sometimes it’s all about the concept. Enjoy! [more]

100,000 Photo Timelapse of NYC!

Corey Melton — Sat, 30 Mar 2013 02:12:56 +0000

Samuel Orr is a film maker from Bloomington, IN. He created this beautiful 4 minute long timelapse of NYC titled ‘A New York Day’ from over 100,000 photos and from dozens of locations. This video is just a fraction of a much longer timelapse film, which he hopes will be around 25 minutes once it is finished. He has created a Kickstarter for ‘New York Year’ which explains more about the film and shows other work that he has done. Enjoy!

How To (And Not To) Shoot Underwater Pt.1 Natural Light

Corey Melton — Sun, 24 Mar 2013 18:41:05 +0000

This year my family and I escaped the cold of NYC and went to South Florida to celebrate the holidays. I was so glad to be heading to some warm weather, and I planned some shoots that wouldn’t be typical of the winter weather up North. I had never shot underwater before, so I wanted to challenge myself and try it out. I contacted BorrowLenses to see if they had an Aquatech housing that I could [more]

Free Prints From Your Facebook and Instagram Feeds, Automatically!

Corey Melton — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 17:58:03 +0000

The other day my brother told me about 2 of his friends, Stephen Potter and Jackson Stephens, that have created a very cool service called Prints Forever. Prints Forever sends you prints from your Facebook and/or Instagram feed and mails them to you automatically! For the next few months the service is in beta mode and they are sending out prints free of charge to everyone that signs up, no strings attached. Click through to the post for the registration link. Enjoy! [more]

Pornstars Before And After Makeup!

Corey Melton — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 17:55:56 +0000

Today the NY Post published a pictorial which reveals the one remaining entertainment industry that was pure and honest with nothing to hide, the adult entertainment industry. Who would have thunk it?! You mean the girls starring in pornographic films across the world may be augmented, made-up or skewed in their appearance? [more]