Best cameras for sports photography in 2022

Abby Ferguson Best overall Canon R3 Check Price Best Nikon Nikon Z9 Check Price Best budget Canon R7 Check Price Like high-level athletes, cameras for sports photography can achieve feats their more casual competition can’t. Sure, you can shoot sports with just about any camera. David Burnett has famously created incredible Olympic photos with an… Continue reading Best cameras for sports photography in 2022

How to Add Area Lighting Effects to a Cartoon Animation Using After Effects

What You’ll Be Creating Area lighting effects are essential for illuminating specific areas and for creating mood in your animation. In this lighting tutorial for After Effects, you’ll learn how to create cartoon lighting effects using Cartoon Animator and Adobe After Effects. What You’ll Learn in This Tutorial After Effects has many different tools that allow… Continue reading How to Add Area Lighting Effects to a Cartoon Animation Using After Effects

Wildlife photographer David duChemin on finding your voice

David Duchemin David duChemin is a photographer, author, and educator, known for both his humanitarian work as well as his nature and wildlife photography, both on land and underwater. As with most image makers who travel to create their work, COVID-19 put the brakes on many of his projects, but also gave him time to… Continue reading Wildlife photographer David duChemin on finding your voice

Best camera backpacks for hiking in 2022

Abby Ferguson Best overall Shimoda Explore V2 25L Check Price Best small Lowepro PhotoSport BP 15L AW III Check Price Best for winter trips Lowepro Whistler Backpack 450 AW II Check Price Having a proper camera backpack for hiking will make it easier and safer to bring your gear along on adventures. They offer protection… Continue reading Best camera backpacks for hiking in 2022

How to Animate Inertial Bounce Expressions in After Effects

What You’ll Be Creating In this After Effects animation tutorial, we will look at how to animate inertial bounce expressions in Adobe After Effects by using an example project. In our example, we have some leaf elements broken out into individual elements, which makes it easier for us to animate them in a fun and… Continue reading How to Animate Inertial Bounce Expressions in After Effects

Tips for incorporating action photography into your commercial portfolio

In 2002, Nike won an Emmy for Move, a campaign featuring gymnasts, joggers, basketballers, hockey players, footballers, and more in constant motion: skating, dribbling, sprinting, vaulting, and dunking. In 2003, Apple’s iPod Silhouettes campaign highlighted people mid-dance, capturing the energy of movement. And in 2012, Red Bull financed the skydiver Felix Baumgartner, as he broke… Continue reading Tips for incorporating action photography into your commercial portfolio

Juxtaposition in photography | 26 Examples to inspire your photography

The word “juxtaposition” has long dominated exhibition catalogs and artist statements, used by everyone from architects to painters, but some of today’s biggest mainstream photography trends also revolve around the theme of juxtaposition. From forced perspectives of people “holding up” the sun or moon to landscape photos of “tiny people in big places” to double-take… Continue reading Juxtaposition in photography | 26 Examples to inspire your photography

US Copyright Office sides with photographer in Warhol infringement case

Warhol in Paris, 1986. Getty Images First Dua Lipa, then Snoop Dog, and now Andy Warhol. The unlikely group have something in common: All have had a copyright entanglement. From Snoop Dog’s controversial opinions on the topic to Lipa being sued twice, the laws surrounding image rights come back to bite. Such is the matter… Continue reading US Copyright Office sides with photographer in Warhol infringement case

$4000 in prizes to be won this World Photography Day

Hey Photographers! This one’s for you. No matter where you live or what your skill set is you’ll have a chance to win one of seven amazing prizes this World Photography Day (or month as we’re calling it). Starting today and running until September 17, you can submit your photos to “Around the World in… Continue reading $4000 in prizes to be won this World Photography Day