The best macro lenses for 2023

Stan Horaczek We may earn revenue from the products available on this page and participate in affiliate programs. Learn more › Best for Canon Canon RF 100mm f/2.8 L Macro IS USM SEE IT Best for Nikon Nikon NIKKOR Z MC 105mm f/2.8 VR S SEE IT Best for Sony Sony FE 90mm f/2.8 Macro… Continue reading The best macro lenses for 2023

The best cameras for sports photography in 2023

Abby Ferguson We may earn revenue from the products available on this page and participate in affiliate programs. Learn more › Best overall Canon R3 SEE IT Best Nikon Nikon Z9 SEE IT Best budget Canon R7 SEE IT Like high-level athletes, cameras for sports photography can achieve feats their more casual competition can’t. Sure,… Continue reading The best cameras for sports photography 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

The best low-light cameras of 2023

Abby Ferguson We may earn revenue from the products available on this page and participate in affiliate programs. Learn more › Best overall Canon EOS R6 II SEE IT Best for video Sony A7S III SEE IT Best M43 for video Panasonic GH5S SEE IT If you’re looking to take photos or videos in low-light… Continue reading The best low-light cameras of 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

Fujifilm shows off camera-to-cloud features for X-H2 and X-H2s

Fujifilm has been demonstrating the camera-to-cloud feature of its X-H2 and X-H2S cameras at the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) industry trade show in Las Vegas, Nevada. The feature, originally announced in October 2022, was added in recent firmware for the two cameras. X-H2 and X-H2S users with the FT-XH file transmitter grip are able… Continue reading Fujifilm shows off camera-to-cloud features for X-H2 and X-H2s

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

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

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

How to Composite Multiple Videos Using Clean Plates in After Effects

What You’ll Be Creating In this tutorial, we’ll be looking at how to composite multiple videos using clean plates in After Effects in order to get the best out of our lighting tools that we have on hand, when creating content on a budget. In a previous tutorial we talked about how we can create… Continue reading How to Composite Multiple Videos Using Clean Plates in After Effects