Tutorials

    Expert advice: Web design basics for photographers
    Dec 18, 2021 Lindsay Thompson

    Even as Instagram has largely displaced most photographers’ blogs, a professional website that displays your portfolio is still a vital marketing tool for commercial and…

    Dos and don’ts of writing a photographer bio
    Dec 15, 2021 Ashley Vaught

    It would be nice if your photographs could do all the talking for you, but occasionally you need to use words. The about page on…

    How to light-paint a Porsche 911, from start to finish
    Dec 13, 2021 Alex Baker

    A car is never just a car, particularly a luxury car like a Porsche. Just as each image should tell a story, so does every…

    Lighting setup: Combining hard and soft light
    Dec 9, 2021 Jake Hicks

    Trigger Warning: Yes these shots are of a young lady in her underwear and no that is certainly not necessary for this setup to work….

    Try these DIY portrait backgrounds to improve your holiday portraits
    Dec 7, 2021 Joe Edelman

    It’s the holiday season and I have a few cool tips to help you upgrade your portraits of family and friends this year. I am…

    How to create 30 different interview and portrait lighting setups in less than 15 minutes
    Dec 6, 2021 John Aldred

    While understanding how light actually works is a much more reliable way to figure out how you’re going to light your subject, when you’re just…

    13 iPhone camera settings photographers need to know
    Dec 6, 2021 Jefferson Graham

    Common sense says you pick up the iPhone, open the camera app and just start shooting. That’ll work, but there happens to be so many…

    A Free Guide to Mobile Journalism Part 7 – Best mobile editing apps for smartphones
    Dec 2, 2021 Ivo Burum

    Synonymous with smartphone editing is a growing tendency to worship new apps and post on social media about the new features as quickly as possible….

    A Free Guide to Mobile Journalism Part 6 – Using smartphone audio to tell a story
    Dec 2, 2021 Ivo Burum

    In the TV business, we have a saying “waiting on sound” and no truer words have ever been spoken. Soundos are always doing something like…

    A Free Guide to Mobile Journalism Part 5 – Recording audio with smartphones
    Dec 2, 2021 Ivo Burum

    First and foremost, story rules and a story focus should always dictate the relevant technology and approach — mojo, or hybrid. Having said this, once…