Tutorials

How to use light painting and compositing to make perfect car photographs

Feb 5, 2018 John Aldred

Automotive photography is such a wide and varied field with a whole lot of options. There are so many different styles and techniques for photographing…



How to use channels to create masks in Photoshop – a comprehensive tutorial

Feb 3, 2018 Udi Tirosh

If you are doing any kind of compositing or digital work that requires masking and object extraction you owe it to yourself to watch this…



Five creative tips for using a cheap smoke machine in your videos

Jan 31, 2018 Dunja Đuđić Kalinin

Smoke can be useful in all sorts of ways in your photo and video work. Jordy Vandeput and Yannick Theunissenof Cinecom.net share five creative ideas…



How to photograph seascapes

Jan 31, 2018 Albert Dros

Photographing the sea and the waves can be both challenging and fun. People often ask me what are ‘the right settings’ to shoot moving water…



Speed up Lightroom by splitting up your image previews

Jan 29, 2018 Paul Snow

The article contains information that may speed up Lightroom by spreading disk reading load across multiple drives. It achieves this by utilising symbolic links within…



How to photograph glass perfume bottles with one light for compositing

Jan 29, 2018 John Aldred

Photography Dustin Dolby is a great source of information for creating small product photography. Especially with minimal kit. He often uses just one or two…



How to capture electric sparks on film

Jan 29, 2018 Ted Kinsman

There are still a few very unique and interesting things that can be done with film, but not with a digital camera.  One of these…



10 tips to create better animal photos for rescue shelters

Jan 28, 2018 Darcy Evans

Good photos are instrumental in the animal rescue/shelter world. You only get one chance to have the animal make their first impression on a prospective…



Here’s how to nail focus every time even at f/1.4

Jan 26, 2018 Dunja Đuđić Kalinin

Getting precise and sharp focus at f/1.4 isn’t always an easy task, even with autofocus. In this video, Manny Ortiz shares some techniques that help…



How to use a polariser to remover glare from portraits

Jan 23, 2018 John Aldred

Polarisers are one of the few filters that still hold an advantage for digital cameras. Pretty much everything else can be done these days much…