Photographer James Quantz Jr. was commissioned by the United States Naval Academy to photograph its 2021 football team uniform on an active aircraft carrier ahead of the annual Army-Navy game. Quantz Jr. previously worked with the Naval Academy in 2020 to help produce the images for last year’s Army-Navy football game and also recently worked… Continue reading Photographing the 2021 Navy Football Uniform on an Aircraft Carrier
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Wider Than 85mm. 3 Great Portrait Lenses For a Different Look
If there is one thing that’s often taught, it’s to not shoot portraits with anything wider than an 85mm lens. But honestly, that’s also changed in the past few years. Lenses as wide as 28mm are great for shooting portraits. And in their pursuit of clinical perfection, manufacturers have made portrait lenses more capable. Lucky… Continue reading Wider Than 85mm. 3 Great Portrait Lenses For a Different Look
The Winning Photos from the Hasselblad Masters 2021 Competition
Hasselblad has announced the winners of the 2021 Masters photography competition across 12 categories. The winning photographers gain the title of “Hasselblad Master” and receive a medium format mirrorless Hasselblad camera. The Hasselblad Masters competition is regarded as one of the world’s most prestigious professional photography competitions, and winners are selected through a combination of… Continue reading The Winning Photos from the Hasselblad Masters 2021 Competition
Up the Production Value of Your Portraits With Topaz Labs
Perhaps some of the biggest dealbreakers for images are sharpness, resolution, and noise. No one likes a blurry low-res ISO 25,600 file. Yet, sometimes the client picks the worst possible file that is the definition of poor image quality. Luckily, Topaz Labs have developed AI-enabled software which lets you save your portraits. Act fast and… Continue reading Up the Production Value of Your Portraits With Topaz Labs
4 Ways for a Portrait Photographer to Get a Different Look
The modern world of portrait photography is very sterile. We shoot with a modern camera and lens that gets rid of all the fun. And then a portrait photographer needs to spend hours grinding away in post-production to get what they want. But seriously, you don’t have to do it. Want that cool vintage lens… Continue reading 4 Ways for a Portrait Photographer to Get a Different Look
How to Retouch a Dramatic Portrait From Start to Finish
Portraiture is one of the most popular genres of photography for many reasons and photographs of people are often the ones that are looked at the most and for the longest. One style within portraiture that is a staple is the dramatic look. In this video, watch a start-to-finish edit of a portrait with the… Continue reading How to Retouch a Dramatic Portrait From Start to Finish
Helpful Tips to Improve Your Portrait Photography
Portrait photography is a challenging genre that requires you to not only be deft and confident with your camera and post-processing, but also able to make the subject comfortable in front of your lens. If you would like to improve your portrait photography, check out this awesome video tutorial that will give you a wide… Continue reading Helpful Tips to Improve Your Portrait Photography
How to create a photo essay: Step-by-step guide with examples
In the 1930s, Life magazine did something radical; while most magazines of the time prioritized words, its editors published pages and pages of photographs, sometimes accompanied only by brief captions. Over the next few decades, Life’s photographers—Gordon Parks, Margaret Bourke-White, and W. Eugene Smith among them—would help pioneer a new genre known as the “photo… Continue reading How to create a photo essay: Step-by-step guide with examples