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Getting creative with one light
Barry Mountford
So you have just picked up your first light or you have had one light for a while now and you are wondering what more...
Colour in Cinema: Daredevil
Jake Hicks
I’m not a fan of western superhero franchises. Yes I fully appreciate that I’m in the minority here and it’s certainly not my intention to...
Four things I hate about portrait photography in 2019
Michael Comeau
OnPortraits.com was built to fulfill a positive mission: I want to give you actionable tips and tactics so you can create the portrait photographs you want....
Five tips for creating cyberpunk artwork
Robert Cornelius
For all those who are reading the title of this article and thinking to themselves, “What the crap is Cyberpunk?” … Well, according to the...
Why can’t we celebrate an image without snark?
Allen Murabayashi
I’ve read The Onion headlines and McSweeney’s pieces that have knocked me off my chair. I can still remember staying up late during high school to watch Saturday Night...
Are you sharpening your images enough?
Jake Hicks
I’ll own up to this and say that I’m guilty of being stuck in my ways. But age is no excuse for not being as...
Three essential tips for landscape photography
Christian Hoiberg
Before a presentation we did during a bad-weather day on a photography workshop I co-guided in Northern Norway, I was asked to give my best...
Model release in travel photography
Etienne Bossot
While most commercial photographers know about copyright laws and the use of a model for their images, it seems the answer isn’t so clear when...
Shooting with a 50 year old, $100 lens on a $6K camera
Neil Ta
So I made a big purchasing decision a few months ago by investing in the new Fujifilm GFX 50R camera. It is a larger-than-full frame, ‘medium format’ sensor...
Here’s a detailed guide to prepare you for your actor headshots
Roberto Vivancos
Your actor headshots, combined with your actor showreel, are the foundations of your actor profile. They are without shadow of a doubt a key marketing...