How to Avoid the 5 Biggest Pitfalls of Book Cover Design

Learn how to create a book cover design by using templates that your audience will love while avoiding the biggest pitfalls and mistakes. The post How to Avoid the 5 Biggest Pitfalls of Book Cover Design appeared first on The Shutterstock Blog.

How to Create a Colour Grade for Film Stills in Adobe Camera Raw and Export It

Many film cameras are not designed to be great at stills. The Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera is an amazing, well-priced camera for movie making, but the quality of its dedicated stills isn’t the best. Even so, you may find you need to grade a film still for demonstrative purposes, as part of a development session,… Continue reading How to Create a Colour Grade for Film Stills in Adobe Camera Raw and Export It

OM Digital (formerly Olympus) is working on a stabilized 90mm macro ‘Pro’ lens

OM Digital Solutions Micro Four Thirds system users will soon have a new 180mm equivalent, image-stabilized macro lens to consider for their arsenal. The forthcoming OM Digital Solutions M.Zuiko 90mm f/3.5 Macro IS was just unveiled on the brand’s lens roadmap. Part of OM Digital’s prestigious”Pro” line, it joins other highly-capable, tough-built glass like the… Continue reading OM Digital (formerly Olympus) is working on a stabilized 90mm macro ‘Pro’ lens

How to Export Premiere Pro Projects to DaVinci Resolve for Colour Grading

It might sound a little odd to move a project from one editing suite to what could be considered its biggest rival, but many people find they want to send Premiere Pro projects to DaVinci Resolve. In this article we’ll take a look at why and how you can do that in a few different… Continue reading How to Export Premiere Pro Projects to DaVinci Resolve for Colour Grading

The new Wescott L60-B is the smallest 60W COB LED

Westcott L60-B 60W Bi-Color COB LED Video Light. Westcott Powerful photo and video lights have traditionally been relatively bulky, but Westcott has brought a new continuous light to the market that changes that. Wescott claims that its new L60-B 60W Bi-Color COB LED is 20% smaller than any other Chip-on-board LED currently available. COB represents… Continue reading The new Wescott L60-B is the smallest 60W COB LED

How to Use Focal Length and Field-of-View to Compose Photographs

If you’re a photographer and you’d like to know more about lenses, then you’ll love this lesson taken from our free course, What Every Photographer Should Know About Lenses. Focal Length and Field-of-View The basic description of a photographic lens is focal length, because this determines how much of the world in front of your… Continue reading How to Use Focal Length and Field-of-View to Compose Photographs

Sony’s new full-frame robot camera shoots 4K/120p video

Sony Sony has unveiled what it’s calling the world’s first pan-tilt-zoom (PTZ) camera with a full-frame sensor, interchangeable lenses, and remote shooting. Dubbed the ILME-FR7, this new addition to Sony’s Cinema Line is essentially an existing FX6 cinema camera affixed to an advanced PTZ mount. It’s designed to allow cinematographers to produce high-quality cinematic footage… Continue reading Sony’s new full-frame robot camera shoots 4K/120p video

Best photography insurance of 2022

Zanariah Salam/EyeEm/Getty Images Best overall PPA PhotoCare Plus Check Price Best value PPA PhotoCare Check Price Best budget Thimble Check Price Photography insurance is a less than glamorous topic but is a necessity. As a photographer, videographer, or droneographer, one thing is certain: gear is expensive. And when you look at the money you spend… Continue reading Best photography insurance of 2022