How to edit your digital photos to look like film

Edited using The Archetype Process Fuji Pro400H +2 Normal Frontier profile. The Archetype Process Analog photography has been experiencing a renaissance over the past several years, yet despite an increase in demand, film prices are sky high and availability is scarce. Luckily, there are plenty of ways to edit digital photos to look like film.… Continue reading How to edit your digital photos to look like film

Electrifyingly hot: our favorite reader-submitted photos of the day

“Quiet summer day in Istria”. Rudiescu on Flickr What’s the first thing that comes to mind when you think of heat? Summer? A backyard barbecue? A big bowl of chili, a hot bath, romance? Heat as a subject is versatile and vast. This week’s Photos of the Day winners provided unique perspectives that spoke to… Continue reading Electrifyingly hot: our favorite reader-submitted photos of the day

How NFTs are evolving DC Comics and fandom

The Bat Cowl NFT Collection comprises 200,000 unique works of 3D art, inspired by Batman’s iconic cowl. Drawing from the storied history of the comic book character, each work is generated from a whopping two billion possible combinations. Designed in collaboration with DC, Palm NFT Studio, and Daz3D, the project represents Warner Bros.’s latest foray… Continue reading How NFTs are evolving DC Comics and fandom

Excire Foto 2022 can analyze and keyword your entire photo library using AI

Thanks to tools like automatic keywording and duplicate detection, metadata management can take little effort. Getty Images I sometimes feel like the odd-photographer-out when it comes to working with my photo library. I’ve always seen the value of tagging images with additional metadata such as keywords and the names of people who appear (I’ve even… Continue reading Excire Foto 2022 can analyze and keyword your entire photo library using AI

Peter van Agtmael grapples with chronicling the post-9/11 era

A women sob as soldiers arrest their family. “It was one of my first raids in Iraq. At the time, I felt almost no emotion. I was consumed by the novelty and the mania. We got back to the base as the sun was beginning to rise. I opened the door to my trailer and… Continue reading Peter van Agtmael grapples with chronicling the post-9/11 era

How to Make a Populated Street Scene With ActorCore and Unreal Using Free Assets

In this step-by-step tutorial you’ll learn how to create a populated street scene using free ActorCore assets in Unreal Engine. What You’ll Learn in This Tutorial With ActorCore you can find a premium selection of animation-ready and fully-textured 3D models in a wide selection of styles, including photorealistic people, sci-fi, fantasy, historical and toon figures.… Continue reading How to Make a Populated Street Scene With ActorCore and Unreal Using Free Assets

Antigone Kourakou’s surreal exploration of nature & humanity, plus five other photo books for summer 2022

From Antigone Kourakou’s “Transfiguration”. © Antigone Kourakou In this month’s photo books selection, we take a look at an expansive annotated selection of Alec Soth’s work; a collection of images by famous photographers all shot on “the other film” (Polaroid); flowers in contemporary photography; Antigone Kourakou’s surrealist B&W images of women and nature; Curran Hatleberg’s… Continue reading Antigone Kourakou’s surreal exploration of nature & humanity, plus five other photo books for summer 2022

Best Photo Light Boxes for 2022

Stan Horaczek Best overall Fositan Photo Box Check Price Best kit Godox LST40 Check Price Best value Neewar Photo Studio Light Box Check Price A photo light box—otherwise known as a light tent or shooting tent—can make product photography a much faster and simpler process. These little boxes are essentially small studios with built-in backgrounds… Continue reading Best Photo Light Boxes for 2022

How to calibrate your monitor for perfect photo editing

If you’ve ever been told your photos are too dark, too bright—or worse, that your colors look wrong—you might have a calibration issue. Calibrating your computer monitor before editing your photos ensures your colors and brightness are accurate, according to a common standard. Without calibration, you run the risk of your photos looking “off” on… Continue reading How to calibrate your monitor for perfect photo editing