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Introduction To Tethered Shooting

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Tethered shooting is connecting a computer to the camera when you shoot so the pictures you take a downloaded to the computer rather than (or in addition) to a memory card.

Usually, the camera and computer are connected by cable, hence tethering.

In this tutorial, I am going to go over tethered shooting, why (or when) you should shoot tethered, how it is done and what is the gear involved.

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How To Make Your Body Disappear In A Photograph

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this submission for our How I Took It contest, is a n oldie but a goodie. Photographer AndrewVincent shows us how to create a transparent body. While this post is for a relatively simple end results, there are some great composite tips to be found in the tutorial, and sheds some light on how flying babies and axed head photos are made.

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Dancer Shoot Anatomy – The Workout

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I’m Antoine Willaeys, I’m a French 25 years old photographer & retoucher from France. I am, at present, creating a series of various images with artists and athletes during and after their workout. I really love these different universes and the stories which we can see there. Every person is different and every image has its strength. I chose to create this series, every time, in the same way : as a composite.

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Amazing Flowers Made With Water Splashes

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When it comes to creativity with water, Jack Long is one of the most out of the box photographers I know. (Jack is also the master mind behind this water curtain tutorial)

In his latest series he creates Vases with flowers, leafs and all using painted water splashes.

As usual Jack does not tell how the shots were taken but he does tell
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How To Organize A Mass Photoshoot (In Under 2 Weeks)

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Hey guys,

Benjamin “Von Wong” Montreal Based photographer here to write a quick article on what it’s like to put together a Mass Photoshoot with two week deadline.

[udi: Ben is leaving for a super awesome photography collaboration trip funded via indiegogo, if you like stuff like this, go and check it out]

First off, what is a mass photoshoot? Well I consider it a photoshoot that involves more than 10 people. In this instance, I successfully organized a massive medieval photoshoot with over 40 models, in a medieval village over one hour thirty minutes away from the city. Despite rain and a forecast of -3 degrees we still had a 90% turn-out rate. Quite amazing for a photoshoot in which nobody was paid![Read More…]

Shooting The Wettest Band You’ll Ever See

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Photographer Benjamin Von Wong sent over a couple of vids showing how he shot Triggered Response, A rock band from Montreal.

To go with the rocky band, Ben and Eva Jinn Productions got them completely drenched and splashed. All while keeping both photography gear and band gear safe.

The video is divided into two parts: a behind the scenes which explains the thought and execution of the shoot itself and a quick Photoshop composite primer that explains how the images were combined. vids after the jump.[Read More…]

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