Lens Flare Trends! What Is Lens Flare and How to Add It?

What You’ll Be Creating Today, we will be taking a look at what a lens flare is, why it can be both good and bad, and how to add lens flare in Photoshop. Let’s find out how this hardware error turned into an artistic asset! What We’ll Learn You’re ready to begin learning about lens… Continue reading Lens Flare Trends! What Is Lens Flare and How to Add It?

April Updates for Lightroom Classic, Lightroom, and Camera Raw

Adobe has just released an update containing new features, new camera support, new lens support, and some bug fixes. Open up your Adobe Application Manager, click on the Updates tab, and then click Check for updates if you don’t see the latest releases for Lightroom Classic 12.3, Lightroom 6.3, and Camera Raw 15.3. AI-powered Denoise… Continue reading April Updates for Lightroom Classic, Lightroom, and Camera Raw

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

The DJI Inspire 3 is a pro-level 8K cinema drone

The Inspire 3 is a highly advanced drone for cinematography professionals. DJI DJI is known for pushing boundaries on its drones, and that continues to be the case with its latest release. The new Inspire 3 is the company’s only cinema-grade drone, putting it at the top of DJI’s lineup. It’s packed full of advanced… Continue reading The DJI Inspire 3 is a pro-level 8K cinema drone

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

The Pentax K-3 III Monochrome is a DSLR that only shoots black-and-white

The camera looks very similar to its color-capturing cohort. Ricoh More than a decade ago, I went out to Berlin for Leica’s launch of its first M Monochrom camera. I was skeptical of a digital camera only designed to shoot in black-and-white. But, it didn’t take long for me to understand the benefit of a… Continue reading The Pentax K-3 III Monochrome is a DSLR that only shoots black-and-white

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

Venus Optics announces a 28mm f/1.2 lens for four mounts

The new Laowa Argus 28mm f/1.2 FF is the fastest 28mm out there. Venus Optics Third-party lens manufacturer Venus Optics may not be as well known as the likes of Sigma or Tamron. Nevertheless, the company makes some quality lenses that are typically much more affordable than first-party offerings. That’s in part due to the… Continue reading Venus Optics announces a 28mm f/1.2 lens for four mounts

The best Nikon cameras of 2023

Stan Horaczek We may earn revenue from the products available on this page and participate in affiliate programs. Learn more › Best high-resolution Nikon Z7 II SEE IT A high-resolution sensor offers maximum detail. Best low-light Nikon Z6 II SEE IT Large pixels translate into solid low-light shooting. Best entry-level Nikon Z50 SEE IT A… Continue reading The best Nikon cameras of 2023