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Wedding Tutorial: How To Photograph Engagement Sessions

Patrick Hall — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 15:57:27 +0000

If you’ve been hired to photograph a wedding, there’s a very good chance your clients will also want you to take engagement photos. Recently we released our 14 hour long wedding tutorial How to Become a Professional Commercial Wedding Photographer which covers everything about how to start a wedding business. Lee Morris previously released a sample called How To Light Posed Photos In a Church but today I wanted to share a free excerpt on making the most out of your client’s engagement session. [more]

Freight Train Travel – Mike Brodie’s Decade-Long Adventure

Thomas Ingersoll — Sun, 10 Mar 2013 19:37:50 +0000

Mike Brodie (a.k.a. Polaroid Kidd) is a photographer out of Pensacola, Florida who in 2003 went on an adventure traveling across America. However, this travel was done by hopping onto freight trains and with no set destination in mind. All of this was documented through photography, with a heart wrenching Jack Kerouac-esque look into the world of train hopping. [more]

Five Ways To Never Become Successful

Lee Morris — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 19:17:12 +0000

I’ve been out of college for just 8 years now and in my mind I am far from being “successful.” I’m not going to pretend that I know what it takes to become successful, obviously I’m still trying to figure that out, but I’ve made enough mistakes to know what not to do. This is my list of the top 5 ways to never become successful. [more]

Behind The Scenes Of The 24×360 Project

Lee Morris — Mon, 21 Jan 2013 19:15:36 +0000

A few weeks ago Eric Pare released the 24×360 project which included 24 cameras taking a long exposure picture of a single subject. It’s difficult to explain but once you see it you will understand. Eric was kind enough to write up an article just for us on how these incredible video clips were made. [more]

The 2012 Best Entertainment Photographs by Vulture

Lauren Jonas — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 19:47:49 +0000

Vulture.com selected what they believe to be the best images of 2012 to wrap up the year. From Lady Gaga to David Cross, these are some of the most remarkable portraits made to print. Some actors, some musicians, quite of few of these portraits are just bizarre and unusual – making them all the more interesting. [more]

BTS Of Barbie’s 2012 Fashion Collection Photos

Lee Morris — Mon, 27 Aug 2012 05:32:14 +0000

Last year we posted a behind the scenes video of the 2011 Barbie fashion shoot and it was a massive hit. This year Mattel has once again teamed up with designer Robert Best and photographer/videographer Paul Jordan to create another amazing collection. The attention to detail in the clothing, set design, and lighting is staggering. Check out the full post for the images. [more]

These Woman Only Look Beautiful Upside Down

Lee Morris — Tue, 19 Jun 2012 06:19:26 +0000

Don’t believe this is the same image? I didn’t either and that’s why I created an animated gif to prove it. The Thatcher effect is a phenomenon where it becomes difficult to detect local feature changes in an upside down face. This strange human glitch was named after Margaret Thatcher, whose image this was first tested on. These images were taken by Anuschka Blommers and Niels Schumm for the new Dove Campaign. You’ll have to watch it a few times to believe it for yourself. [more]

The Real Life Barbie Photoshoot

Lee Morris — Thu, 14 Jun 2012 15:43:05 +0000

Check out this amazing photoshoot by Dina Goldstein she titled “In The Dollhouse.” Dina spared no expense as her team built set after set to complete this real-life Barbie and Ken series. Just like the last Barbie series we posted, this one is also a little twisted. Apparently you can’t go wrong with Barbie series because these images have already gone viral around the web. [more]

Will Video Cameras Kill Still Photography? Red Epic Vs Hasselblad

Patrick Hall — Mon, 28 May 2012 17:09:54 +0000

UPDATED WITH PETER’S Full RES FILES! New cameras are getting faster and faster each year. In over a decade DSLRs have gone from 6 fps to 12 fps, and now many can shoot 60 frames of HD video. We’ve all heard it before, “At some point photographers will just shoot video and pull the best frame out” but is this really even feasible? Fstoppers.com recently teamed up with Peter Hurley to test this theory as we compared the Hasselblad H3D-22 with the Red Epic. The results are shocking! [more]

How Canada’s Paralympics Created Their Amazing Ad

Lee Morris — Mon, 21 May 2012 14:48:56 +0000

If you surf the web as much as me you’ve probably seen either the still image or the commercial for Canada’s Paralympics. I waited to do a post on this because I was hoping a behind the scenes video would come out and lucky of us, one did. Check out the BTSV here and then view the full post to see the finished video and still image. [more]