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5 Tips for lighting a green screen for a clean key
One would think that lighting up a green screen would be similar to working with something like a white seamless backdrop. But there are a…
Brilliant Bargain Basement Lens for Mirrorless Cameras
I’ve had my little NEX 5n marvel now for 5 years and long ago came to grips with its charms and deficits and reached a…
Using the Chronos high speed camera with motion capture rig for bullet time effects
We’ve posted about the Chronos high speed camera a couple of times before. We mentioned how it smashed through its kickstarter goal in less than…
Can off the shelf AI Vision systems detect and censor art nude photographs?
Question: can AI vision systems from Microsoft and Google, which are available for free to anybody, identify NSFW (not safe for work, nudity) images? Can…
10 street photographers worth following
There are a lot of passionate Street Photographers out there that create great free content that help me in very different ways. Some are more on…
How to build your own heart and star shaped DIY ringlights
It’s December. So it’s safe to talk about Christmas now, right? While the technique isn’t specifically related to Christmas, these videos obviously are. The music kinda…
15 photos of abandoned bedrooms show their dusty remains
The bedroom is one of the most personal spaces in a house, hotel or any other kind of building. It’s a place where my imagination…
Block traffic in NYC for a photo shoot and get your window smashed
YouTuber Coby Persin has over 2.7 million subscribers. He’s a serial poser prankster who performs “social experiments” on unsuspecting members of the general public. This…
The story behind the photo – Lunch atop a Skyscraper
Shot in New York in 1932, it’s an image that could never be photographed today. Even if you wanted to, various health and safety regulations…
The biggest mistakes made by new and aspiring models
While geared more toward those on the other side of the camera, I thought this video I ran across over the weekend was worth sharing….





































