Inspiration
Photographing a Solar Eclipse – Random Tips
For the folks who don’t have NASA on their RSS stream, this is a short announcement to remind about the upcoming Solar Eclipse on May…
(kinda) Crowdsourcing Bullet Time Dancers
It is amazing what you can do with a little vision, even if you are pretty tied by budgetary constraints. Nate Powers and his team…
Shooting High Speed Spirit Photographs
This story tells the tale of how Jolene Lupo shot her high speed spirit photograph. While some of the stuff is pretty specific, I love…
Vintage Color Cross Processing in Lightroom 4
If you like the cross-processed look you get with Instagram but would rather shoot with a DSLR than an iPhone, the guys at SLR Lounge…
The Amazing Camera Truck of Ian Ruhter
Tired of the similarity of the digital age, Ian Ruhter tried to make something completely new. Ian travels the US with a track sized camera…
Shooting For Friends And Family
This is not a DIY kinda post, it is more related to my career as a photographer. If you here for the nuts and bolts,…
Make Your Own Photogram Cyanotype
If you are not familiar with photograms and cyanotypes, here are two new words for you: A Photogram is a photograph made without a camera…
Use Open Source Software To Emulate Every Possible Lighting
One of the ways to understand how light works in photographs is to do basic exercises. We did one way by creating the portrait lighting…
Setting A Model On Fire. Twice.
Benjamin Von Wong is no stranger to this blog. In his latest installment Ben shares how he lit his model on fire. For me it…
Valentines: 6 Hearts Bokeh Pictures
With Valentines evening fast approaching I thought I would do a small shameless plug for the bokeh masters kit and showcase 5 romantic pictures taken…





































