Tutorials

How To Photograph On A White Background Using Two Lights; Plus A Useful Bonus Editing Tip

Oct 3, 2014 Tiffany Mueller

In the video tutorial below, Gavin Hoey tackles an issue many photographers new to shooting on white backgrounds are faced with–white backgrounds that look grey…



Learn How To Make A Cinemagraph Using Photoshop In Under Two Minutes

Oct 2, 2014 Tiffany Mueller

Have some cool b-roll laying around that you’ve been wanting to something with? In this sweet, but short video tutorial by Howard Pinsky, we learn…



Hiring An Assistant Without Jeopardizing Your Business

Sep 30, 2014 Allen Mowery

Sooner or later, most of us photographers find ourselves in need of an extra set of hands or feet for a particular project, whether it’s…



Your Aperture Is Sort Of Lying To You: When Is An Aperture Of F1.2 Not Actually A F1.2?

Sep 30, 2014 Tiffany Mueller

One of the first things we learn as photographers are F stops and how we can use them to properly expose a photograph, but there…



How To Photograph A Wedding With One Photographer, One Camera, One Lens and One Flash

Sep 26, 2014 JP Danko

In our recent article How To Make Money As A High End Wedding Photographer, we explored the high end wedding photography market. But, it seems…



Build A DIY Slide Scanner For $10

Sep 24, 2014 Tiffany Mueller

Here’s a quick DIY project that can help you convert your collection of old slide film collection into digital images by Instructables user, barkergk. The project…



$7 DIY Diffusion Hack And Bonus Color Grading Tutorial All In Less Than 10 Minutes

Sep 20, 2014 Tiffany Mueller

Film Riot is awesome. Where else can you go to learn how to make the world’s easiest DIY diffusion and get a free bonus lesson…



When A Guest-With-Camera Saves The Wedding Photography

Sep 11, 2014 JP Danko

Have you ever knocked on the door of the bride’s suite on the morning of her wedding, camera in hand, ready to go – only…



[Strong Graphics] Big Ideas, Small Budget – How To Create Fun Conceptual Images On A Small Budget

Sep 7, 2014 Morgana Creely

Editor note. The post has some strong graphics in it which may not be to everyones taste. Proceed with caution. Photography can be an expensive…



How To Use Sound Sensors To Freeze Time And Motion

Sep 6, 2014 Tiffany Mueller

Not to long ago, we showed you how to do a similar, but more budget-friendly, method of using sound detection to fire your shutter using…