Tutorials

    How to film yourself when nobody’s around to help

    Jan 8, 2018 John Aldred

    Filming myself is probably one of the more difficult things I’ve ever attempted to learn with a camera. It’s so easy when you’re filming other…

    Photoshop tutorial: five ways to make colors pop

    Jan 3, 2018 Dunja Đuđić Kalinin

    There are plenty of ways to enhance colors in Photoshop. Nathaniel Dodson of Tutvid shares five tips that will help you make the colors more…

    How to fake motion control camera movements manually

    Jan 3, 2018 John Aldred

    Motion control hardware and even fully articulated robotic arms have drastically come down in price the last few years. To the point where they’re very affordable…

    All food photography tips you can get in only three minutes

    Jan 2, 2018 Dunja Đuđić Kalinin

    When photographing food, you want to make it look as delicious as it tastes. In this video, Greg from LensProToGo gives you a set of…

    7 common studio portrait lighting mistakes and how you can avoid them

    Jan 2, 2018 John Aldred

    We all make mistakes in photography. All of us. But these are things which help us learn and grow as photographers. We make mistakes, we…

    How zone focusing will help you to get better street photography

    Jan 2, 2018 John Aldred

    Zone focusing is a term that often seems to confuse people. But if you don’t know what it is, then it’s quite easy to understand…

    The definitive guide to focal length, perspective, and why “zooming with your feet” is nonsense

    Jan 2, 2018 John Aldred

    Perspective distortion seems to be one of the most confusing topics in photography. There are all kinds of erroneous “facts” about it. Like focal length…

    Use strobes to freeze subject movement and action

    Jan 1, 2018 John Aldred

    A few days ago we showed you a way to freeze subjects in ice in Photoshop. Now it’s time to freeze their motion in front…

    How to create frozen ice effects in Photoshop

    Dec 29, 2017 John Aldred

    Christmas may have come and gone, but winter is only just setting in. And with Winter comes the frosty photos and similarly chilled subjects. In…

    A simple technique for faking subtle shallow depth of field in Photoshop

    Dec 29, 2017 John Aldred

    I’m not a massive fan of faking optical characteristics in post. I prefer to shoot it the way I’d like in the first place. But…