Tutorials
How to create a perfectly white background – The Lighting Series #4
Dec 23, 2018
Stefan Kohler
Sometimes, all you want are super-clean pictures against a white background. To achieve this, you can use a softbox for your background, and that’s exactly…
How we made a landscape photo with fog machine and won an award for it
Dec 22, 2018
Tim Shields
I needed a landscape photo of a foggy forest on sunny day, where beams of sunlight were streaming through the trees and creating beautiful sun…
Here is how to create a cinematic video piece under extreme time pressure
Dec 22, 2018
Adam Frimer
When Benjamin Von Wong approached me to make a video for him I thought to myself that it would be like any other project. It…
How to use frequency separation to remove chromatic aberration and colour fringing
Dec 21, 2018
John Aldred
Frequency separation is typically seen as a technique for retouching skin – albeit often quite badly these days. But that’s not its only use. Separating…
Five tips for making green screen shots more realistic
Dec 20, 2018
Dunja Đuđić
Green screen shots can look stunning, or they can be hilariously bad. I’m sure you want to create the former ones, and Ryan Connolly of…
Astrophotography: How I shot Comet 46P from start to finish
Dec 20, 2018
Jack Fusco
If you have access to dark and clear skies, you should have a great opportunity to catch Comet 46P / Wirtanen leading up to it’s…
Stop using tape to attach your gels – use magnets instead
Dec 19, 2018
Jake Hicks
If you’re like me and you’ve tried to attach gels to your lights in the past, you’ve likely resorted to using one of the many…
Focus stacking: 89 images of an old screw
Dec 19, 2018
Daniel Sigg
I love macro photography as it enables us to see the beauty in small things. For this particular project, I wanted to show details (including…
How I used a portable image projector to create an 80s themed photo
Dec 16, 2018
Clinton lofthouse
Now and again we get to play around with cool equipment that we wouldn’t normally use. I got my hands on the spiffy Lightblaster and…
This is how the metering modes in your camera work
Dec 14, 2018
John Aldred
Metering is one of those strange aspects of photography. It’s actually a rather straightforward principle, but it seems complex to new camera users due to unfamiliar…