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I Created Self Portraits In Iceland & The Pacific Northwest To Tell My Coming Out Story
Rob Woodcox
Over the course of the last two years following my personal coming out experience, I created a series of images to portray the deep emotions...
The Simplest, Fastest and Most Effective One Light Setup I’ve Ever Used
Jake Hicks
Sometimes, getting a sweet lighting setup is a matter of pure luck and this is the case with this setup. I’ll collect setups like tools,...
A Look Into Four Photography Industry Power Couples
Pratik Naik
The photography industry is one that requires the best of everyone. We have to constantly be producing quality at the drop of a hat. Amid...
How To Create Digital Double Exposure Portraits
Boris Untereiner
This technique is inspired by what was possible way back using film, by exposing the same position of the roll for several times. Doing this, enabled...
How To Create Three Dimensional Space In Your Composites
Joseph Parry
Hey, just a really quick gloss over the basics of how to create three dimensional space in your composites. I’m going to show you how...
8 Steps To Creating A Fantasy Lighting Effect
Robert Cornelius
One of my ABSOLUTE favorite things to do in Photoshop is to play with lighting effects. Whether that be to make something glow, create a spotlight...
How To Make a DIY Honeycomb Strobe / Flash / Speedlight Grid with Straws
Sandra Luoni
So, this article is for stylish-or-so (mostly wedding) photographers on a budget; if you were looking for a DIY honeycomb speedlight grid that is sleek, easy to...
How I Created This Geppetto’s Workshop Photo Composite
Karen Alsop
Geppetto’s Workshop is a precious image to me because it features my own father and my son acting the part of Geppetto and Pinocchio. When...
Best Value in Nikon Mount Wide-Angle Zoom Lenses
Andy Lassiter
Let’s first be clear about something: Most zoom lenses, particularly full frame wide-angle zoom lenses, are prohibitively expensive. The term wide-angle refers to lenses somewhere...
The Last DSLR I’ll Ever Need
John Aldred
This post stems from a conversation started with my good friend Chris Frosin, during a rainy visit to the Lake District a few days ago....