It's fairly safe to say the number of mirrorless options available to photographers is exploding at the moment, and you may be considering purchasing such a camera yourself. Here are 10 things to think about before you purchase a specific model.
When you're first starting out in photography, you may wonder what circular polarizers are and how they can improve your photographs. This quick and helpful video will show you why photographers use them and when you should consider pulling one out of your bag.
For a hobbyist or someone just starting out, the cost of renting your own studio space can simply be too much or something not yet justified by the amount of time you spend on photography. This great video shows how one photographer made a studio space out of a small room in his New York apartment.
We can learn quite a bit about storytelling, blocking, and camera movement from the masters of film. This great video takes a look at one of the less often considered masterpieces of the medium.
We can and often do talk endlessly about how to improve the look of your subject in a photo, but crafting a background that complements them can really complete an image. This helpful video will talk about three simple ways to improve the backgrounds of your photos.
Things like lighting ratios and f-stops can be objectively codified and repeated, but the essence of an image — what makes the viewer stop and peruse its story — can be a bit harder to articulate. This great video asks five photographers how to create that magic.
Depending on the environment you're photographing or the camera you're using, you might not be able to get all of the dynamic range of the scene into a single exposure. That's when you'll want to take multiple exposures and refer to this helpful video on how to blend them in Photoshop.
High-speed sync is a super useful technological advancement in flash technology that makes life a lot easier for photographers using strobes, but that doesn't mean you should always use it. This helpful video will show you some situations where high-speed sync has an advantage and others where standard flash should be your choice.
The Fstoppers community is brimming with creative vision and talent. Every day, we comb through your work, looking for images to feature as the Photo of the Day or simply to admire your creativity and technical prowess. In 2018, we're featuring a new photographer every month, whose portfolio represents both stellar photographic achievement and a high level of involvement within the Fstoppers community.
When you're working on composites, there are many variables that you need to attend to to make the final result convincing, matching colors being one of the most important. It turns out that Photoshop has a built-in tool to help you do this automatically.
Color grading is a step in the editing process where you can really add your personal style to your footage. This helpful video will give you seven tips for better and more professional-looking color grades.
The natural, backlit look is a highly popular style among wedding and portrait photographers that many clients are quite fond of. This great tutorial will give you some helpful tips for taking better backlit portraits.
No matter what your level of photography, it can be easy to get hung up on the idea of being a "pro" photographer and all the meaning and weight that term carries with it. Here's why you really shouldn't worry about it.
Making selections in Photoshop can be an incredibly tedious and time-consuming task, so it helps to know every possible method for a variety of situations. This helpful video will show you two lesser known but quite powerful procedures.
The day-to-day life of the creative is not full of the mystery and glamour whatever image society has of us seems to think it is. This great video reminds us that at the end of the day, when we're chasing our dreams, all we have is ourselves.
While Nikon's Z6 and Z7 have stolen the headlines recently, not much has been heard from Canon. However, that doesn't mean they're not planning anything, as it looks like they'll be updating two of their best lenses soon.
It's going to happen: people sweat, and sometimes, they do it enough that it leaves a stain on their clothing. When that happens, you'll be glad you learned this technique for removing sweat stains using Photoshop.
One of the most important aspects of virtually any image is contrast. However, contrast is not just a single, global property of an image; it has many different forms and usages. This helpful video will show you how to master each of them to create compelling images.
A lot of photographers love to proclaim that gear doesn't matter, but of course, the best way to test that is to give a good photographer a terrible camera. That's just what happens in this great video, and it's an excellent lesson on subject interaction.
If you're working with video, you sure know how much time can go into getting each edit just right — time that adds up very quickly. This helpful video will show you five in-camera tricks to get the transition or effect right while filming, cutting down on your post-processing work.
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