Inspiration Archives

The Met Museum digitizes the entire collection and releases over 375,000 images for free

Feb 15, 2017 Dunja Đuđić Kalinin

The Met Museum in New York recently published over 375,000 images under Creative Commons Zero (CC0) license. In other words, this is 375,000 images to…

Shoot outside your comfort zone: here’s how and why to do it

Feb 15, 2017 Steven Starr

One of my goals as a photographer is to always improve. Regardless of how well others may think my work is I am always trying…

How to use complementary backgrounds to make subjects pop

Feb 14, 2017 John Aldred

In the studio, making your subjects stand out from their background is relatively straightforward. Because you have control over everything. You choose what goes behind…

This is how a piece of photographic gear became the iconic Star Wars prop

Feb 14, 2017 Dunja Đuđić Kalinin

Did you know that the most iconic movie prop ever was made out of a piece of photographic gear? While George Lucas was making A…

7 tricks and tips to let you get the most out of your smartphone photography

Feb 14, 2017 John Aldred

I use my phone’s camera far more than I would have ever expected a few years ago. Sure, they never really compete with large sensor…

This video explains linear perspective and geometry when shooting portraits

Feb 14, 2017 Dunja Đuđić Kalinin

Remember the animation showing how focal length impacts the portrait? When you shoot with different focal lengths and your subject takes the same space in…

I was in a refugee camp with my cameras when Trump shut the borders. Here’s what I saw

Feb 14, 2017 Daniel Farber Huang

I was documenting the Souda refugee camp in Chios, Greece in January, when President Trump signed the Executive Order to close US borders to immigration…