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Creating Creative Portraits By Dragging The Shutter And Adding Movement

Noam Galai — Thu, 16 May 2013 23:12:04 +0000

As photographers, we usually use two different techniques to capture our images: The first is freezing the moment and capturing the split second we are witnessing. The other option is using a long exposure, to show movement, changes, or show things we don’t normally see with our eyes. But what if you combined these two concepts – freezing a moment while adding movement? Check out these creative and unique portraits using this technique. [more]

Wyn Wiley Shoots Gymnasts In An Awesome Way

Chris Lambeth — Thu, 09 May 2013 23:02:56 +0000

Wyn has been featured on Fstoppers quite a few times. Why? His work is outstanding. He comes up with some really cool concepts for shots. From using LED’s on a basketball shoot to powder with Gymnasts. He does it all perfectly. [more]

Behind the Scenes of a Jewelry Lifestyle Photo Shoot

Nick Fancher — Wed, 08 May 2013 14:18:02 +0000

Last week I did a photo shoot for Leo’s Wisdom, which is a company that makes handmade, high end jewelry. The purpose of the shoot was to provide the client with product shots and lifestyle images for their promotional needs. Their mood board for the shoot was filled with images depicting lush locations and high society. But we were shooting on a rainy day in Columbus, Ohio. So we made lemonade. [more]

Personal Project to POYi: Bob Croslin’s “Grounded”

Joseph Gamble — Tue, 07 May 2013 14:18:01 +0000

You submit your assignment images each year as a staff photojournalist at a major newspaper and never place in the prestigious Picture of the Year International competition. Then, years later as a freelance photographer, you win first place for a body of work that was undertaken solely as a personal venture. This is the story of Bob Croslin’s self-assigned “Grounded,” a portrait project of injured birds undergoing rehabilitation at a sanctuary in western Florida. [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]

How To Light and Compose a Parkour Photoshoot

Rebecca Britt — Thu, 02 May 2013 04:45:32 +0000

Posing multiple people can be a difficult task as it is, but throw in parkour performers into the mix and the shoot can quickly become tedious, but if done correctly the results can turn out nothing short of amazing. In this video Benjamin Von Wong walks you through the lighting set up he used to bring a three dimensional feel to the photographs. He also explains the different composing techniques he uses to get the posing and composition spot on for the shoot. [more]

It’s A Wrap! Check Out All Of The Submissions From Our April POTD Contest!

Mike Kelley — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 04:03:14 +0000

We received over 1000 submissions from our readers to our new POTD contest, and yes, we looked at every single one of them. There were some brilliant entries and it was incredibly tough to select the top 30 for the month of April, but they’ve all been chosen, and you can check out the gallery here [more]

Test Driving the Profoto Pro-B4 at 1/25,000 of a Second

Nick Fancher — Sun, 28 Apr 2013 13:00:11 +0000

Several weeks ago I wrote an article about Profoto’s new-ish pack, the Pro-B4, which has a flash duration of 1/25,000th of a second. Well, last week I was finally able to take it for a test drive. And what better way to test an insane flash duration than with water? [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]

Fstoppers Lighting Diagrams- One Light with Pegboard

Nick Fancher — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 16:45:52 +0000

Pegboard is such a fun material to use when experimenting with lighting. You can change the shape of the light pattern by changing the distance of your light to the pegboard and the distance of the pegboard to your subject. We posted previously about how you can use pegboard to construct an entire backdrop. In this week’s diagram I will show you how I used one speedlite and a small strip of pegboard to shape the light in my shoots. [more]