Best 35mm film in 2022

Stan Horaczek Best for portraits Kodak Portra 400 Check Price A solid, professional option for all shooting situations Best black-and-white Kodak Tri-X Check Price This stock has been a classic for decades Best slide film Kodak Ektachrome Check Price For the better part of the 20th century, 35mm film was the primary way people took… Continue reading Best 35mm film in 2022

Is the end of the awkward, faceless Zoom call near?

Getty Images Have you ever been on a phone call with someone new or had to speak on a video conference to a screen full of faceless squares, with everyone’s appearance left to guesswork? You may not have to use your imagination in these scenarios for much longer. Researchers at MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial… Continue reading Is the end of the awkward, faceless Zoom call near?

A Photographer’s Guide to Colour — How to Work With Lighting Temperature

If you’d like to know more about the essential role that light plays in photography, then you’ll love our course, A Photographer’s Guide to Light. In this lesson you’ll find out why white light isn’t actually white. A Photographer’s Guide to Light: Noticing Colour Cameras and Eyes and Brains (Oh My…) A camera system functions in… Continue reading A Photographer’s Guide to Colour — How to Work With Lighting Temperature

Outsmart your iPhone camera’s overzealous AI

Dan Bracaglia Last weekend The New Yorker published an essay by Kyle Chayka with a headline guaranteed to pique my interest and raise my hackles: “Have iPhone Cameras Become Too Smart?” (March 18, 2022). Aside from being a prime example of Betteridge’s Law of Headlines, it feeds into the idea that computational photography is a… Continue reading Outsmart your iPhone camera’s overzealous AI

Landscape photographer Michael Kenna on viewing old work with fresh eyes, and the joys of the analog process

Draped Boats, North Whitby, Yorkshire, England. 1986. © Michael Kenna Photography In March 2020, when COVID-19 led to worldwide lockdowns, Michael Kenna had a full calendar of trips and exhibits planned for the months to come. Instead, he found himself stuck at home with nowhere to go. Rather than taking new photos, he went back… Continue reading Landscape photographer Michael Kenna on viewing old work with fresh eyes, and the joys of the analog process

How to Create a Campaign That Scares Your Audience

Data tells us that the macabre is in. Embrace the trend with these tips from artificial intelligence—and keep those customers clicking. The post How to Create a Campaign That Scares Your Audience appeared first on The Shutterstock Blog.

How your gear can uplevel your photography

Irving Penn built his own “light tent” using painted white boards. Yousuf Karsh swore by tungsten lights so he could make adjustments in real-time. George Hurrell invented the “boom light,” modeled on the boom microphone. For these historic photographers, gear was so much more than just camera equipment. All the details, from lighting patterns to… Continue reading How your gear can uplevel your photography