Using Window Blinds for Creative Portraits in Studio
When looking for things to add to your list of gear and props for your photography studio, some items may not be as obvious as others. Are windows blinds on your list? Here's how you can use Venetian blinds to add a different look to your portraits.
8 Months With the Fujifilm GFX 100S: How Does This Medium Format Mirrorless Camera Perform?
Perhaps no camera series has created a larger paradigm shift in the industry in the last decade than the Fujifilm's GFX series, which brought medium format prices into direct competition with the upper levels of full frame and modernized many of its capabilities at the same time.
How to Find the Best Landscape Composition in Small Steps
Photographing landscapes is easy. After all, landscapes are everywhere. Choosing a good composition is often much more difficult. It can be helpful to take small steps, slowly building up the most attractive composition. Let me show you how I often work for my landscapes.
Using V-Flats for Background and the Perfect Lighting
Are you looking for an easy way to achieve great lighting with minimal gear? Regardless of whether it's because you are starting off and have to stay within a certain budget or you simply do not want to carry and set up a lot of gear, here's an easy way to get perfect lighting.
How to Give Your Photos 3D Pop Using Color Grading
Three-dimensional "pop" is a sort of nebulous thing that portrait photographers often chase in certain lenses, as it can take an inherently two-dimensional representation of a person and make it feel more lifelike.
The Evolution of Sue Bryce's Portrait System
Like life itself, all things evolve and change over time. Though as business owners, photographers don't always know what that is going to look like.
Here Come More Exciting Canon Lenses
Once Canon brought the EOS R5 and RF 28-70mm f/2L USM to the market, they showed they were extremely serious about mirrorless innovation, and they have not looked back since. And it looks like they plan on keeping their foot on the gas, as more patents have emerged for interesting lens designs sure to please a lot of photographers.
7 Ways to Be Way More Productive in Your Landscape Photography
Some genres of photography allow you to produce a large number of images in a given span of time, while others tend to be more methodical and require a fair amount of patience. Landscape photography tends to fall into the latter camp, but that does not mean there are not things you can do to make yourself more productive on location.
How to Take Beautiful, Backlit Portraits at Golden Hour
Golden hour is the holiest of times for photographers of many genres, however, it takes some technical understanding if you want to get the most out of it in your portraiture. In this video, Irene Rudnyk takes you behind-the-scenes of her beach portraiture shoot at golden hour to give you some tips.
How to Take Sharp Landscape Photos
When it comes to landscape photography, sharpness is often one of the top priorities. If that is something you want to improve in your images, check out this excellent video tutorial that details a straightforward process for coming home with sharp photos every time you head out with your camera.
Fstoppers Reviews the Liene Photo Printer: An Easy-To-Use, Affordable Dye-Sub Printer
Liene may not be a name that immediately comes to mind when you think of photo printers, but its first U.S. offering, the Liene Photo Printer makes the case that it should be. It's a strong entry into the niche market of 4x6" photo printers.
Basic Lighting Setup for Capturing Catalog Images
Boutiques, clothing brands, and some stores usually require catalog images for their business and e-commerce websites. Would you be able to deliver clean catalog images? Here's how you can do just that!
8 Creative and Technical Tips for Better Long Exposure Photography
Long exposure photography is a beloved technique, utilized by many genres, as well as forming something of a genre itself. In this video, one photographer walks you through his process and some tips on how to get the best out of your own long exposure images.
Creating a Powerful Print From a Unique Camera
Before the digital era, you could still shoot panoramic photographs, but you generally had to resort to using a special kind of camera to do so, especially if you wanted the best possible image quality. This neat video follows a landscape photographer as he uses an absolute behemoth of a camera to create a special panoramic print.
Adobe, Billie Eilish, and Copyright: Why You Should Always Read the Fine Print
As creatives, we are often focused on just that: creating works that help us relate to ourselves, others, or the world around us. Unfortunately for some, this means that creating takes precedence over some other tasks.
Is the Fujifilm X100V Mirrorless Camera One of the Best Out There?
I have rarely been a big fan of fixed prime lens cameras, but the exception has always been the Fujifilm X100 series. What started out as a quirky and fun camera has evolved into a highly capable professional tool in its fifth generation — all without losing any of the unique personality that first endeared it to photographers.
This Photographer Is Having a Very Bad Day
The Winter Olympics are underway, and just like the summer version, the games have drawn a ton of photographers from all around the planet to capture some of the world's best athletes in action.
Why Is It So Hard To Let Your Camera Go?
Logic and emotion don’t always mix. In this article, I’ll tell you about one such moment for me.
Make Insanely Difficult Masks Easy With This Little-Known Photoshop Tool
Masking is an important part of any decent photographer's post-production process. Sometimes, the masks are easy, but other times, they can be painfully time-consuming. However, if you learn about this hidden tool in Photoshop, your editing life will instantly become so much better.
5 Psychological Sales Techniques All Photographers Should Learn
All photographers need the ability to sell well, from selling prints to selling ideas to others to selling themselves. Use these psychological concepts to help you get more of what you want.
These Are the Best Film Cameras to Buy in 2022
Film has seen quite a resurgence in the last few years, and after over a century of production, the number of used cameras available can be a bit overwhelming. If you are interested in getting into film but are not sure which camera is right for you, this helpful video will show you a variety of different styles at various price points to help you choose the right one for you.
Incredible Drift Car Photos Shot on Game Boy Modded With a Canon Zoom Lens
Maybe it’s nostalgia or maybe it’s a design classic. Whichever way you look at it, the Nintendo Game Boy and its camera accessory have achieved cult status among photographers and gamers alike thanks to the distinctive lo-fi digital images it creates.
A Review of the Powerful Nikon Z 9 Mirrorless Camera
The Nikon Z 9 has arrived, and it has officially brought the company back into competition with Sony and Canon for the most powerful full frame camera crown. So, just how good is the new body? This excellent video review takes a look at what you can expect from it.
One Reason Why You Shouldn't Watermark Your Images
If you look around right now, chances are, you will come across something that's branded. Brand recognition is a big thing, especially in the commercial world of products. When it comes to your photography, should you still watermark your images?
How to Capture Amazing Detail in Your Drone Photography
In the last decade, drones have created a completely new genre of photography for the average consumer.