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How to use Instagram to promote your photography in 2021
Lani Assaf
Instagram has nearly 500 million active users per day and pulls in engagement rates 23% higher than Facebook and 84 times higher than Twitter. With statistics like...
Five things we can learn from cinematic lighting
Jake Hicks
One of the bigger personal projects I’ve been working on recently is my Cinematic Studio Lighting course. During the process of writing the accompanying notes...
Fujifilm X Prime Lens Review – Viltrox AF 23mm f/1.4
Michael Sladek
Until recently, if you were a Fujifilm X-Series camera owner, your options for fast prime lenses (f/1.4 or wider) were limited to (relatively) expensive options...
How I made a 3D-printed wigglegram lens from three disposable cameras
Joshua Bird
I gotta admit that half of the reason I bought a film camera was to post cool-looking pictures on Instagram, so when I saw these...
Blender for photographers – Compositing photography with CG elements
Nicolas Ramirez
I started in photography as a stepping stone into digital art. As with most photographers, I started taking pictures of everyone and everything. It was...
Apple tackles child sex abuse imagery: Slippery slope or necessary intervention?
Allen Murabayashi
Apple recently announced a new set of features aimed at combatting Child Sexual Abuse Materials (CSAM), which include the ability to scan a user’s phone...
How I made a DIY compact flash from a disposable camera’s flash module
Joshua Bird
A bit of background Recently I bought a film camera from the 1970’s – the Canon A-1. Considering that the camera is almost 3x older...
What I learned during quarantine: Shooting watches with the Hasselblad X1D II and Godox V1 flash
GaryG
Putting it mildly, we are living in interesting times. Longstanding habits, including getting out into the world, have been broken for most of us. And...
The secrets to great long exposure photography
Christian Hoiberg
I remember the first time I saw an image captured using the long exposure photography technique. It blew me away. The skies were stretched across...
Follow the two-minute rule for more interesting photos
Michael Sladek
Follow the two-minute rule for more interesting photos Click. Press playback button. Look at photo. Mehhhh. We’ve all had it happen – the photo on...