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Take the golden ratio with you everywhere you go using this wallet sized view finder

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The golden ratio isn’t really something I think about much, or at all, when composing a photograph.  But if it’s something you’ve wanted to start applying more to your compositions, then now you can do so with this handy dandy new pocket sized golden ratio view finder from Areaware.

Dating back to Euclid’s Elements over 2,300 years ago, it’s been a go-to aesthetic guide for many designers and artists.  It’s also been suggested that it was followed during the construction of the Parthenon in Greece, but that’s a whole different debate.

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Portraits are as much about psychology as they are about equipment

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As more and more of our clients are becoming familiar with being in front of the camera (Thanks, Facebook!), people today tend to present themselves the way they want the world to see them, rather than as the people they actually are.

In this video, photographer Sean Tucker talks about the difference between simply taking somebody’s picture, and making a portrait, as well as some tips on how to get it.

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Photographing the President; A look inside Pete Souza’s camera bag

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While many will be preparing their own camera bags right now and getting ready to record the evening’s festivities and celebrate American history, one photographer captures American history-in-the-making on an almost daily basis.

That photographer is Pete Souza, who has followed President Obama with his cameras since 2005. By the end of Obama’s tenure, Souza believes he will have created over two million photographs of the President.

That’s a heavy workload. So, what does Pete rely on to get the job done?

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When you’re having your photo taken, don’t be THAT guy

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“That guy” has been around since the dawn of photography, but with the ever advancing selfie generation, it just seems to be getting worse and worse.  You try to take a group photo, and one person always seems to want to be the centre of attention, or just doesn’t know how to not screw up the shot.

In this light hearted video from Don’t be That Guy, we several several such group-photo-spoilers that you may come across.

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One flash is all you need to make amazing portraits

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If you’ve only got one flash, or you’re about to dive into flash, and aren’t sure how many lights you need, or which lights to get in order to shoot portraits, then you’ll probably want to watch this video from Joe Edelman.

In it, you’ll see that it’s really not about how many lights you have, but how they are used. Or rather, how one light is used, in this case.

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Create 3DLUTs in Photoshop to colour match multiple video cameras

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One of the trickier aspects to shooting video is dealing with multiple cameras, and more specifically having to match the colour and contrast of footage recorded by each of those cameras to each of the other cameras.

Well, in this video from IWLTBAP, your life’s about to get a whole lot easier. In it, we see how to use Photoshop to correct a frame of a clip from one camera, to a frame of a clip from another, using Photoshop’s Match Color feature and then export out a 3DLUT using their free LUT Generator.

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German tourist dies while taking a “flying selfie” at Machu Picchu in Peru

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They say that two things are certain in life; Death and taxes. Taxes we can’t do anything about, but I don’t think anybody until now realised just how many of those entirely preventable deaths could be attributed to shooting selfies.

You just can’t seem to go very long these days without hearing about another one. Some countries seem to be attempting to do something about this, and it would probably be wise for other countries to follow their lead.

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How to enhance and create gorgeous light rays in your landscapes in Photoshop

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We’ve all been there, we see a gorgeous beautifully lit scene before us while we’re out with friends or family, but we don’t have our camera with us. So, we go back… every day.. for a month… and nothing. No matter how often we may return to a location to try and recreate that day, the light just doesn’t play as nicely as we’d like.

Well, Jimmy McIntyre’s here to save the day and show us how to use Photoshop to create those gorgeous light rays that didn’t quite make it back to the landscape in front of our camera.

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Making and framing a fine art print; What photography is all about

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I love digital analogue hybrid processes in photography, I find them absolutely fascinating, and this video from photographer Nick Carver helps to show why.

There is, of course, another message in this video. If you like your images, print them. Print them big and show them off. I couldn’t agree more.

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Apple may be planning to enforce “No Photography” zone rules with newest patent award

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With great power comes great potential for abuse. Back in 2011, Apple filed a fairly controversial patent, which would allow the cameras in their devices to be turned on and off at will by external forces. In theory, this would allow locations and venues that have “No photography” zones to enforce this rule more passively.

Aimed presumably at concerts, cinemas, museums, private company areas and the like, it comes across a feature for good. To help protect one’s rights and intellectual property. On the flipside, however, people are worried that this technology could also be used to prevent freedom of speech and freedom of the press.

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