How to Photograph With Makeup: Understanding Skin Type

Understanding skin type is important when deciding what makeup to use and how to prep the skin for makeup. In this tutorial, you will learn how to approach the four different skin types. To understand makeup, it’s very important that you first understand the skin. The skin is a blank canvas that your makeup is… Continue reading How to Photograph With Makeup: Understanding Skin Type

How to create double exposures on film

Double exposures are easy to experiment with and can often lead to unexpected results. Evan Purney You pick out a roll of film and load it into your camera. You advance by a few frames. You line up your shot and…*CLICK.* The shutter opens for just an instant, light hits the film, and the moment… Continue reading How to create double exposures on film

Tokina launches a fast, wallet-friendly(ish), wide zoom for Sony mirrorless

Tokina Tokina has a new crop-sensor mirrorless lens, joining the manual focus 33mm f/1.2 launched this spring. This time, though, it’s an autofocus-capable zoom. Say hello to the new Tokina atx-m 11-18mm f/2.8 E for Sony E-mount APS-C bodies. It’s the brand’s first wide-angle zoom built specifically for mirrorless cameras. Let’s take a closer look.… Continue reading Tokina launches a fast, wallet-friendly(ish), wide zoom for Sony mirrorless

How to Pick Makeup Applicators for Photography and Video Production

Just like in painting, makeup requires different tools to be able to apply specific types of makeup products. In this tutorial, you’ll learn about the various tools needed to be able to apply makeup properly. Picking the Right Applicators There are no rules to applying makeup, but there are definitely tools that will apply makeup… Continue reading How to Pick Makeup Applicators for Photography and Video Production

DJI’s Osmo Action 3 boasts better battery life, faster charging, and a more rugged design

DJI DJI has long been ruler of the skies with its lineup of impressive and user-friendly camera drones. And with the launch of 2019’s Osmo Action, the brand has also been striving to take a piece of the wearable camera market. Now in its third iteration, the DJI Osmo Action 3 is completely redesigned. It… Continue reading DJI’s Osmo Action 3 boasts better battery life, faster charging, and a more rugged design

Best monitor calibration tools of 2022

Stan Horaczek Best overall Datacolor SpyderX Pro Check Price Best budget Calibrite ColorChecker Display Check Price Best kit Datacolor SpyderX Capture Pro Kit Check Price Monitor calibration tools are essential for anyone looking for precision and consistency in their photography. All monitors will produce slightly–or sometimes drastically–different colors, contrast levels, and degrees of brightness. Left… Continue reading Best monitor calibration tools of 2022

Our evolving connection with food and how to visualize it in commercial advertising

According to research recently released by Oxford University, vegan, vegetarian, and flexitarian diets aren’t only healthier, but in countries like the US, UK, Australia, and parts of Western Europe, they’re also cheaper. What’s more, researchers found that it would be possible to make sustainable and healthy eating affordable everywhere within the next ten years, as… Continue reading Our evolving connection with food and how to visualize it in commercial advertising

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