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An Emerging Artist’s Approach To Fantasy, Steampunk, And Victorian Portraits (NSFW)

Mike Wilkinson — Fri, 31 May 2013 12:14:16 +0000

In this interview, I speak with Russ Turner, a photographer who is relatively new to shooting fantasy portraiture, but has already received awards and praise for the quality of his work. Russ talks about working with costumed models, how he incorporates Photoshop, and shares some of the places where an aspiring shooter can get started doing photography in this genre. [more]

Testing Diffusion Materials with Jay P Morgan

Rebecca Britt — Mon, 27 May 2013 02:39:06 +0000

Have you ever wondered how different diffusing fabrics affect the quality of light that you shoot with? Jay P. Morgan from the Slanted Lens walks you through the different diffusion materials by Rosco. He explains how the different fabrics can lessen the stops of light and how it can affect your color temperatures and look of your shoot. [more]

Behind the Scenes of South Carolina Gamecocks’ Photoshoot

Rebecca Britt — Sun, 19 May 2013 21:39:13 +0000

I find athletic themed shoots to be especially interesting considering the amount of effort and expertise that goes pulling off that one perfect shot. Follow James Quantz Jr in this behind the scenes video as he takes on the challenge of shooting the South Carolina Gamecocks. [more]

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]

Iconic Rock Photographer Norman Seef’s Stories Behind the Photos

Nick Fancher — Fri, 17 May 2013 15:24:53 +0000

You may not have known it, but I’m certain you’ve seen a Norman Seef photograph. What photo do you think of when you think of Ray Charles? He shot that. Carly Simon? Yup. Steve Jobs? Seef again. After reading our own Douglas Sonders’ article on how short the window of time is when working with celebrities, seeing how much Seef could get out of his subjects is awe-inspiring. [more]

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]

Samsung’s New Campaign With Chase Jarvis Is A Colorful Mess

Patrick Hall — Tue, 14 May 2013 15:49:36 +0000

I woke up this morning to find an email from Chase Jarvis’s camp showcasing his new photo campaign for the Samsung 9 Series Monitors. It feels like ages since Chase has released one of his epic behind the scenes videos, so I was excited to see he’s still alive and kicking the creative cloud (pun intended). If your imaginative juices don’t start flowing after watching this video then it might be time to put your camera into retirement. Check out the behind the scenes video and then [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]

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]

Fstoppers Reviews Digital Photo Retouching: Beauty, Fashion and Portrait Photography E-book

Rebecca Britt — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 20:23:52 +0000

Beauty retouching can be an arduous task in any photographer’s workflow. The amount of detail that can go into retouching a glamor portrait can easily run into several hours. Learning the secrets of the pros can be even more difficult. Julia Kuzmenko McKim has made learning easy with her new book entitled ’Digital Photo Retouching: Beauty, Fashion and Portrait Photography‘ [more]