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Three ways to mount a camera for overhead stills or video

Oct 10, 2016 John Aldred

Mounting a camera overhead can be a difficult task if it’s not something you need to do regularly. Many of those that do need it…



These photographers created an apocalyptic world in miniature

Oct 10, 2016 John Aldred

Creating apocalyptic worlds isn’t an uncommon theme for many photographers. Usually, however, this creation is finalised in Photoshop. They’re often composited images, blended with some…



How to set the tone and tell stories with geometric shapes

Oct 10, 2016 John Aldred

Most photographers know of the aesthetically pleasing qualities of certain geometric shapes and patterns. There’s all kinds of “rules” based around them. Triangles are a…



3 ways to smooth out jumpy time lapse movies

Oct 9, 2016 Udi Tirosh

If you’ve ever taken a long time lapse only to discover your shutter settings were bad, you know how frustrating it can be. Instead of…



How to build a high quality digital photo display

Oct 8, 2016 James Wallace

Most of you who read this web page take copious amounts of photographs. Unless you have unlimited wall space and a massive ink budget along…



How I built a killer lightbox with LEDs

Oct 7, 2016 Udi Tirosh

We saw Colin G Prickett’s light bo and was blown away. Lucky us! Colin sent us the complete build if you want to build one…



How to create the dolly zoom effect without a zoom lens

Oct 7, 2016 John Aldred

The dolly zoom, also known as the “Vertigo Effect” or “Hitchcock Zoom” can be an amazing technique to add tension or drama to a scene….



Sony’s new A6500 features five-axis in-camera stabilisation and RX100 V shoots stills up to 24fps

Oct 6, 2016 John Aldred

Sony’s much anticipated A6300 was finally released in March this year. An eagerly awaited update to 2014’s A6000. Now, a mere 8 months later, Sony…



In-depth 5D Mark IV Review – Probably not worth upgrading if you have a 5D Mark III

Oct 6, 2016 John Aldred

I’ll save you some time and give you the short version. If you thought the 5D Mark III was awesome, then you’ll think the 5D…



Get your GoPro airborne by shoving it into a giant Nerf football and throwing it

Oct 5, 2016 John Aldred

Drones have become the go-to method for getting you GoPro up in the air. But in more and more locations, new regulations limit where we…