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$10 vs. $30 seamless backdrop for portraits: should you save money on backdrops?
Roger Rosales
Photography. It’s expensive. And who really has the money to buy all the name brand photo gear? I certainly don’t. With that said, expensive equipment...
The IR Chrome infrared filter is a digital version of Kodak Aerochrome IR film
Yann Philippe
Before photography went digital, infrared imaging was possible using one of several infrared films available on the market at that time. Most of them were...
Limiting your gear makes your photography better
A.B Watson
I stumbled upon a wonderful quote about creativity when I was reading a book about waiting. “The enemy of art is the absence of limitation.”...
Shooting film vs. digital in music photography
Owen Humphreys
Film is very rarely used in music photography anymore. Primarily the reason for this is because of social media and instant news. There’s no time...
How to lightpaint complicated shapes with your drone
Russell Klimas
A few months ago I was inspired to try and see what shapes I could create while attaching a Lumecube to my drone. I’d seen...
The Complete Lightroom and MIDI tutorial – My MIDI2LR Setup (final installment)
Carsten Schlipf
In the final part of this series, I am giving you my configuration for the Behringer X-Touch Mini that I’ve shown you in the previous...
The Complete Lightroom and MIDI tutorial – MIDI Controllers (second installment)
Carsten Schlipf
One of the biggest challenges, when trying to use a MIDI controller with Lightroom is to find a controller that works well for Lightroom. As...
The Complete Lightroom and MIDI tutorial – Introduction (first installment)
Carsten Schlipf
Editing images with Software like Lightroom typically involves changing parameters like exposure, contrast, highlights, shadows, and so on for more than 90% of your work....
How to emulate dappled natural light in the studio using flash
Jake Hicks
Sometimes the hardest lighting setups to achieve are actually the ones that look the easiest. For years I’ve wanted to emulate that dappled lighting you...
Triple processing of a single RAW file
Ole Henrik Skjelstad
Please note that this tutorial is meant for advanced users of Photoshop who are well familiar with layers, masks and luminosity masks. Occasionally when examining...