In this tutorial, we’re going to explore and get to know all of the available Screen Modes in Lightroom Classic. Understanding the different options available to view your photo can help you gain some perspective on your edit, letting you bring out the best in your photo. What Is a Screen Mode? A screen mode… Continue reading How to Use Screen Modes in Lightroom Classic
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NFT Trends: Exploring AI in NFT projects
Alice has a personality and a face, but “she” doesn’t exist—at least not in the traditional sense. Inspired, in part, by the Lewis Carroll character, “Alice” was created by the artist Robert Alice in collaboration with a synthetic media company called Alethea AI. Her “face” was built from generic CGI stock models, and she can… Continue reading NFT Trends: Exploring AI in NFT projects
On-Camera Audio Recording: Shotgun Microphones
If I had to choose one desert island microphone for video production, it would be a shotgun microphone. Is it the best at everything? No. But compared to a lavaliere, a pencil condenser, or a handheld microphone, it wins in many more situations. In this tutorial, you’ll find out why. What Is a Shotgun Microphone?… Continue reading On-Camera Audio Recording: Shotgun Microphones
Tips for photographers on how to tackle pre-shoot anxiety
Consider this: according to research from the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence, artists experience more stress and anxiety when compared to those in other fields, but they also measure higher in terms of strengths such as hope or ego resilience—or the ability to recover from difficult times. In other words, artists might have more anxiety… Continue reading Tips for photographers on how to tackle pre-shoot anxiety
Top Templates for the Perfect Thanksgiving
Make your Thanksgiving memorable with some of our top assets, including Thanksgiving video templates, dinner invitations, graphics, and more. Top Templates for the Perfect Thanksgiving 1. Fall and Thanksgiving Reveal Perfect to use as a Thanksgiving dinner invitation template or even a Thanksgiving video card, this download includes three design options for After Effects. The designs… Continue reading Top Templates for the Perfect Thanksgiving
NFT trends: Poetry’s resurgence through NFTs
Late last year, the poet Arch Hades joined forces with the digital artist Andrés Reisinger and the musician RAC to create Arcadia. The nine-minute video sold as an NFT for $525,000 at Christie’s, and it also revealed the ways in which NFTs (non-fungible tokens) could foster a new way of consuming poetry beyond the page.… Continue reading NFT trends: Poetry’s resurgence through NFTs
50 Top Lightroom Preset Packs for Instant Image Filters and Photo Looks
In this article we showcase a selection of top Lightroom presets for portraits, landscapes, black-and-white, film, weddings, fashion and editorial, and special effects. All of these presets are included with an Envato Elements subscription. Within each category we’ll profile the best Lightroom presets available on Envato Elements. You can download all of these and millions… Continue reading 50 Top Lightroom Preset Packs for Instant Image Filters and Photo Looks
Tips to build a great landscape photo
In 2006, Edward Steichen’s 1904 picture of a pond in Westchester County, New York, bathed in moonlight, fetched a whopping $2.9 million at Sotheby’s. In 2011, Andreas Gursky’s photograph of the Rhine river sold for $4,338,500 at Christie’s. And in 2020, even at the height of the pandemic, an Ansel Adams print, created at Grand… Continue reading Tips to build a great landscape photo
How to unlock your smartphone camera’s best hidden features
Jeff Carlson What could be more fundamental to photography today than our smartphone cameras? They’re ever-present, ready in moments, and the technology behind them makes it easy to capture great photos in most situations. And yet, I regularly encounter people who are unaware of many of the core functions of the built-in camera app. Smartphone… Continue reading How to unlock your smartphone camera’s best hidden features
Jamie Beck’s photos from the French countryside look like Renaissance paintings
One of Beck’s self portraits in a Provence lavender field. Jamie Beck Six years ago, photographer Jamie Beck was seemingly living the life. She was running a thriving commercial photography studio in New York City and had all the trappings of success—prestigious clients from Vogue to Nike, a beautiful apartment, designer clothes, a vintage car.… Continue reading Jamie Beck’s photos from the French countryside look like Renaissance paintings