How to Freeze a Frame in After Effects

What You’ll Be Creating In this tutorial we’ll learn how to freeze a frame in After Effects. We’ll be using a stock video footage of a motocross racer flying mid air to explain how to achieve this freeze frame effect. However feel free to try out these techniques on your own footage or stock videos… Continue reading How to Freeze a Frame in After Effects

The best lenses for street photography in 2023

Stan Horaczek We may earn revenue from the products available on this page and participate in affiliate programs. Learn more › Best overall Sigma 35mm F1.4 DG DN SEE IT Excellent sharpness with beautiful bokeh Most versatile Tamron F1.8 VC 45mm USD Lens SEE IT A sturdy lens with built-in stabilization Best budget Canon EF… Continue reading The best lenses for street photography in 2023

The best ASMR microphones in 2023

Abby Ferguson We may earn revenue from the products available on this page and participate in affiliate programs. Learn more › Best overall Rode K2 SEE IT Best budget Audio-Technica AT2020 SEE IT Best binaural 3Dio FS Binaural Microphone SEE IT There aren’t many performances more dependent on the microphone than ASMR videos, which is… Continue reading The best ASMR microphones in 2023

The best camera straps in 2023

With the best camera straps, you can keep calm and carry on. Haupes, Unsplash We may earn revenue from the products available on this page and participate in affiliate programs. Learn more › Let’s face it: The best camera straps don’t necessarily include the one that came with your camera. Sure, it’s functional, but it’s… Continue reading The best camera straps in 2023

The best photo blankets for 2023

Stan Horaczek We may earn revenue from the products available on this page and participate in affiliate programs. Learn more › Best overall MPIX SEE IT Best custom Shutterfly SEE IT Best water-resistant Walgreens SEE IT Photo blankets may not be the best way to show off your work when compared to a gallery-grade print… Continue reading The best photo blankets for 2023

How to Create a Call-to-Action End Screen Animation in After Effects

What You’ll Be Creating For this tutorial we’ll learn how to create a call-to-action end screen animation in After Effects. This will be used at the end of our collage animation project example, which comprises of many different scenes and animations moving across the screen. However you can use these tips and techniques at the… Continue reading How to Create a Call-to-Action End Screen Animation in After Effects

How to Create Volumetric Lighting in After Effects

What You’ll Be Creating In this tutorial, we’ll be looking at how to create volumetric lighting in After Effects by looking at how we can practically recreate it or accentuate it here in After Effects. We’ll be following on form our previous lesson on how to add volumetric lighting and move on to how to… Continue reading How to Create Volumetric Lighting in After Effects

An AI-generated image won a prestigious photo contest award, but the artist won’t accept the prize

This image isn’t an old-school tintype photograph; it’s AI-generated. Boris Eldagsen The Sony World Photography Awards represent one of the year’s biggest photography contests, with thousands of entries and very desirable prizes. This year, a German artist named Boris Eldagsen won the “Creative” category in the Open Competition with a portrait of two women. It’s… Continue reading An AI-generated image won a prestigious photo contest award, but the artist won’t accept the prize

11 tips for better black and white street photography

Black and white street photography has a long history, dating back to the 1930s, when Henri Cartier-Bresson roamed the hidden corners of Paris and Walker Evans and Helen Levitt rode the New York City subway. In the following decades, even as color photography began to dominate—first in advertising, then in fine art—pioneering street photographers continued… Continue reading 11 tips for better black and white street photography

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