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    Two quick tips to overcome harsh daylight without lighting tools

    Jul 12, 2016 John Aldred

    Creating portraits outdoors in harsh sunlight is a pain. It’s why people tell you to not go out and do it during a bright sunny day,…

    How To Get Great Sound With Facebook live using a $15 gadget

    Jul 12, 2016 Udi Tirosh

    If you’ve ever tried doing a facebook live session you know that using your phone’s onboard microphone really sucks. Here is how we solved this…

    Yi Technology’s new Yi 4K “GoPro Killer” now available to buy in the USA

    Jul 12, 2016 John Aldred

    The Yi 4K Action camera from Yi Technology was launched in China back in May. If buyers in other countries wanted it, they’d have to order…

    How to turn exposure into income

    Jul 12, 2016 John Aldred

    It’s that word again. Exposure. It doesn’t keep a roof over your head, it doesn’t pay the bills or put food on your table. But…

    Motion tracking in After Effects with Mocha for perfect tracks every time

    Jul 11, 2016 John Aldred

    Once limited to the realms of Hollywood, motion tracking has become easily easily accessible today. Adobe After Effects comes with three trackers. There’s the original 2D…

    This car transforms into any vehicle you want in post production

    Jul 11, 2016 John Aldred

    The company that brought us such amazing sequences as Jean Claude-Van Damme’s “Epic Split” and Super Bowl 2014’s Jaguar – Rendevous commercial seem like the…

    Animated photos from Fukushima show how abrupt its evacuation was after nuclear disaster

    Jul 11, 2016 Udi Tirosh

    Looking at Fukushima not easy. The place has been evacuated on 2011 after 4 of its nuclear reactors melted down.  Tohuku earthquake raised a 13 tsunami…

    Photographing on the streets and the law in the UK

    Jul 11, 2016 John Aldred

    Photographer rights are always a bit of a hot topic, and often brings out extreme points of view from all sides. There’s the law, there’s…

    Driver charged with felony assault for threatening photographer with his vehicle

    Jul 11, 2016 John Aldred

    Yesterday, we showed you a video of a somewhat agitated driver harassing automotive photographer Alex Stone, who he felt was trespassing on his “private driveway” (which…

    How to photograph dolls with this Barbie Dreamtopia behind the scenes video

    Jul 11, 2016 John Aldred

    Photographing dolls and action figures is something a lot of people ask me about. Sometimes it’s just product shots for classifieds or auctions, sometimes it’s…