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How to Find Good Light for Portraits Even at Midday

Dec 8, 2014 Darlene Hildebrandt

You’ve probably heard you need to have good light for portraits. Okay great, but what does that mean exactly, and how do you find that…



Sasha O’s Inspiring 365 Day Self Portrait Project Is A Refreshing Step Outside The Ordinary

Dec 8, 2014 Tiffany Mueller

Sasha Oleksiichuk is a young Ukrainian photographer (currently based in Belgium) that is gaining some much deserved attention after finishing up her enchantingly surreal 365…



It’s Anything But A Normal Lens

Dec 7, 2014 Shaun

Right off the bat I have to clear up a misunderstanding some have to what a 50mm ‘standard’ lens actually is. Throughout my teaching career…



Ikea Hack: Warm Up LED Accent Lighting Using Photography Gels

Dec 7, 2014 JP Danko

Installing new LED accent lighting or replacing your old energy wasting halogen under-cabinet lighting with new LED accent lights?  Notice that even the “warm white”…



DIYP Reviews The Max Stone IR Camera Controller

Dec 7, 2014 Paul Faecks

The Max Stone (Amazon | B&H) is a little IR- based camera remote that was successfully funded on kickstarter in February, earlier this year. The Max Stone…



Behind The Scenes: Mythbuster’s Jamie Hyneman Gets Tintyped

Dec 6, 2014 Tiffany Mueller

The team from Tested, including Jamie and Adam of Mythbusters fame, all had their portraits taken by San Francisco based tinytpe photographer, Michael Shindler. Take…



How To Transform A Space With Lighting: Quality Of Light Vs. Quantity Of Light

Dec 6, 2014 Tiffany Mueller

When it comes to lighting, a good quality light is almost always better than just having more light. Yet, when presented with a room in…



On the Sidelines with High School Junior at LSU Football

Dec 5, 2014 Mitch Highman

UPDATE: We want to clarify that there was a misunderstanding in the text of the interview. Jansen A. Nowell is not an official LSU Staff Photographer. He…



We Got A High End Strobe System For 4 Days – Here Is What We Did With It

Dec 5, 2014 Stefan Kohler

Multiblitz was very kind. They said: “Here is our catalog, choose wisely”. So we did! We prowled through their catalog and picked a small yet very powerful…



Behind The Scenes: How They Restored The Original 35mm Negative Of Jaws And Updated It Into The Digital Age

Dec 5, 2014 Tiffany Mueller

Here’s a really in depth behind the scenes look at an aspect of photography and cinematography that we rarely get to experience. As part of…