Tutorials

    The Black and White Portrait – The Lighting Series #10

    Jan 13, 2019 Stefan Kohler

    Taking a 180-degree turn from our color-bursting portrait, here is a very soft black-and-white portrait and how to build a great setup for it.

    Stylized portrait, right out of the camera – The Lighting Series #9

    Jan 12, 2019 Stefan Kohler

    In some portraits, you just want to be beautiful, not after retouching, but when you’re taking them, right out of the camera. That’s how this…

    How to quickly replace eyes in Photoshop if your focus is slightly missed

    Jan 8, 2019 Dunja Đuđić

    Slightly missing the focus on the eyes when shooting portraits – this has happened to me more times than I’d like to admit. But what…

    How to see heat and shockwaves using a regular camera and Photoshop

    Jan 8, 2019 John Aldred

    Making cameras see things that our eyes cannot is something that’s always really fascinated me about photography. Whether it’s super extreme macro, infrared & ultraviolet…

    5 ways to use an umbrella for stunning portraits

    Jan 7, 2019 John Aldred

    The umbrella is one of the most underrated modifiers in photography, I think. It’s one of the first that many of us usually encounter once…

    Multiple lights, Multiple colors setup – The Lighting Series #8

    Jan 6, 2019 Stefan Kohler

    There is one genre of photography that is black and white. There is another genre that is exactly the opposite and it is full of…

    Here are seven best ways to create smooth, buttery bokeh in your photos

    Jan 4, 2019 Dunja Đuđić

    If you want your images to have rich bokeh, you’ll need to create a shallow depth of field. In this video from B&H, David Flores…

    Check out this free flash photography course for headshots and portraits

    Jan 2, 2019 John Aldred

    With the prolific use of flash in photography these days, and the amount of information that is out there, you’d think it would be quite…

    Demystifying the histogram to get great exposures every time

    Jan 1, 2019 John Aldred

    We often hear that people meter with their histograms. And although that method comes with some caveats, it can be a fantastic way to meter…

    How to photograph glass like a pro

    Jan 1, 2019 Dunja Đuđić

    Photographing glass can seem tricky and difficult to do right. But in this video from Adorama, photographer David Bergman shows you that it’s easier than…