Tag: surreal

Meet the 500px Global Photography Awards Fine Art Category Winner

The 2022 500px Global Photography Awards serves creatives working with photography and provides them a chance to showcase their skill and be rewarded for it. The second edition of the competition consisted of six categories: Technical, Storytelling, Commercial Content, Documentary, Fine Art, and Landscape. Today on the blog we’re talking with the winner of the… Continue reading Meet the 500px Global Photography Awards Fine Art Category Winner

Lens Flare Trends! What Is Lens Flare and How to Add It?

What You’ll Be Creating Today, we will be taking a look at what a lens flare is, why it can be both good and bad, and how to add lens flare in Photoshop. Let’s find out how this hardware error turned into an artistic asset! What We’ll Learn You’re ready to begin learning about lens… Continue reading Lens Flare Trends! What Is Lens Flare and How to Add It?

Meet the 500px Global Photography Awards Documentary Category Winner

The 2022 500px Global Photography Awards was created for the photography community to provide them a chance to showcase their skill and be rewarded for it. The second edition of the competition consisted of six categories: Technical, Storytelling, Commercial Content, Documentary, Fine Art, and Landscape. Today on the blog we’re talking with the winner of… Continue reading Meet the 500px Global Photography Awards Documentary Category Winner

Make a Trendy Double Exposure Effect in Photoshop

What You’ll Be Creating You’ve probably seen this interesting effect of two or more overlapping photos. In this double exposure Photoshop tutorial, we’ll create a trendy double exposure effect from scratch. We’ll use Blending Modes and Clipping Masks in a few steps. But first, let’s get the basics right. What Is Double Exposure? The multiple… Continue reading Make a Trendy Double Exposure Effect in Photoshop

How Create Stellar Composite Images

Take your designs and photography to a new level with insights on creating realistic (or super surreal) composite images. The post How Create Stellar Composite Images appeared first on The Shutterstock Blog.

Landscape photography tips

Picture it: Yosemite Valley, 1861. There were no roads yet, but a photographer by the name of Carleton Watkins was there, alone in the vast landscape and surrounded by the sounds of the waterfalls. With him was a custom camera, equipped with a wide-angle lens. His goal was to show the rest of the world… Continue reading Landscape photography tips

Exciting photography challenges to inspire you

In 2018, a photographer named Kelsey Maggart went viral online after creating “The Hobby Lobby Challenge,” inviting people to shoot remarkable photos in the aisles of ordinary craft stores. During the pandemic, people got creative when photographing their pets as part of the “see a dog, share a dog” challenge. Meanwhile, the “challenge accepted” trend… Continue reading Exciting photography challenges to inspire you

12 of the top fine art photographers to follow on 500px

The year was 1902. It was early March, and Alfred Stieglitz had just formed the Photo-Secession, an art movement for photographers. It was snowing in New York City, and Stieglitz and his colleagues were getting ready to open their first exhibition. They were a daring bunch, employing tools like darkroom manipulation and special lenses and… Continue reading 12 of the top fine art photographers to follow on 500px

46 Best Photoshop Actions With Creative Photo Effects

Creative Photoshop actions can achieve very high-quality photo effects without it having to take you days, hours, or your whole work week creating them from scratch. In this article, I’ll show you the 46 best Photoshop actions with creative photo effects. Create an awesome photo easily with this premium photo effect from Envato Elements. These… Continue reading 46 Best Photoshop Actions With Creative Photo Effects