Inspiration
Can the reliance on presets cost you your career?
Apr 3, 2017
Dunja Đuđić
When you’re editing photos, you probably use presets from time to time. But do you think you use them too much? I have stumbled upon…
How a photographer created fantastic light painting with fire
Apr 3, 2017
Dunja Đuđić
“Playing with fire” denotes something dangerous and with a possible negative outcome. But in photography, playing with fire can be exactly the opposite. If you do…
What does it really mean to be a professional photographer?
Apr 3, 2017
Dunja Đuđić
What does it mean to be a professional photographer, and what makes you a professional photographer? Is it about earning money and making a living…
Why Sharpness is Overrated
Apr 3, 2017
Eric Kim
“Sharpness is a bourgeois (rich person) concept.” – Henri Cartier-Bresson 1. Softer lenses often have more soul I remember when I started digital photography; the…
Quality over quantity – does Instagram care?
Apr 3, 2017
Joseph Parry
Last week I took a gamble on the idea of quality over quantity. My Instagram was sitting at 6.6k followers, a number I’ve worked my…
The best autofocus most photographers never use
Apr 2, 2017
Marius Vieth
Photography is so complex that there are a million approaches behind it. However, there is one thing that almost every photographer can agree on:…
The ethics of Photojournalism
Apr 1, 2017
Sebastian Jacobitz
From time to time when I read about Street Photography, or during discussions with other photographers I get to hear that Street Photographers exploit people on…
How I created underwater rooms for “Thinking Plastic” photo project
Apr 1, 2017
Joel Coleman
“Describe heroin, what’s it like?” he asked Wendy. “Oh it’s euphoric, it solves all your problems… Except it kills you. Sometime around 1994, Australian television…
From press photographer to capturing ailing children: John Maniaci’s Journey
Apr 1, 2017
Haje Jan Kamps
“This is the last picture where the family photo will have 5 children instead of 4…” John Maniaci tells me, before trailing off, letting the meaning of…
Photographer wanted to capture Moon, but then he focused and saw his mistake
Mar 31, 2017
Dunja Đuđić
How many times have you thought of an object to be something else? This happened to Fox 5 DC journalist Van Applegate and caused one…