Welcome back to ‘Intermediate Flash Photography‘. Over the next few lessons, you’re going to learn how to achieve vastly different portraits with simple and easy adjustments of your flash. Each of these lessons will go over one or two of the classic lighting setups, or lighting patterns, that have been used for hundreds of years by… Continue reading How to Use a Classic One-Light Portrait Photo Setup to Create Rembrandt Lighting
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See nearly all of Hubble’s observations in one amazing composite photo
The composite image is made up of 936,000 Hubble observations. Casey Handmer Since its launch in 1990, the Hubble Space Telescope has recorded over 1.3 million observations of deep space. One curious physicist, Dr. Casey Handmer, took it upon himself to create a stunning composite image of a majority of those observations, which puts the… Continue reading See nearly all of Hubble’s observations in one amazing composite photo
Testing 3 popular AI-powered sky replacement tools
The sky and water reflection in this image were both replaced using tools in ON1 Photo RAW 2022. Jeff Carlson AI-assisted photo technologies mostly exist to help you save time while editing, or improve image quality using small sensors or when processing images. But sometimes they can radically change your photos, as in the case… Continue reading Testing 3 popular AI-powered sky replacement tools
How to Make a Lyric Video in DaVinci Resolve
Making a lyric video can be as simple or as complicated as you’d like, though my personal approach is more of a minimal approach. In this lesson we’ll break down the steps I use when making a lyric video, from creating a plan to making a video using DaVinci Resolve. Let’s jump in and see… Continue reading How to Make a Lyric Video in DaVinci Resolve
How to Edit Podcast and Interview Videos in Descript — With Captions, Titles, and Graphics
Tedious, time-consuming video editing is yesterday. Thanks to the technology brainiacs out there, a mind-bendingly efficient, AI-powered software program called Descript will actually make you want to edit. An all-in-one audio and video editing program, Descript lets you record, transcribe, edit, mix, collaborate, and finish your audio and video projects with tremendous ease. In this… Continue reading How to Edit Podcast and Interview Videos in Descript — With Captions, Titles, and Graphics
How To Move the Flash Off Your Camera for Better Photo Lighting
Welcome back to ‘Introduction to Flash Photography‘. I hope our last lesson has you inspired and you’re ready to learn the nuts and bolts of how to take your flash off of your camera. A Note on Vocabulary We’re going to start this lesson with a little bit of vocabulary. Two words that you will… Continue reading How To Move the Flash Off Your Camera for Better Photo Lighting
How to make photos that impact society
When Vadim Balakin encountered the remains of a polar bear in Northern Svalbard in August of 2014, the cause of the animal’s death was unknown (pictured below). It might have been old age; however, the good condition of the teeth suggested that starvation was also a likely possibility. “They say nowadays such remains [are] to… Continue reading How to make photos that impact society
How to Adjust the Highlights in Photos Using Lightroom Classic
Comfort with the ‘Basic‘ panel in Lightroom Classic is the bedrock of a great photo edit. Lightroom Classic’s user-friendly interface allows you to play around with adjustment sliders, and letting your eyes guide you is a great way to get started on your editing journey. However, getting to understand what the adjustments are really doing… Continue reading How to Adjust the Highlights in Photos Using Lightroom Classic
Walker Evans’ American Photographs, and five other photobooks worth checking out
Parked car, small town Main Street 1932. © Walker Evans This month, we look at a wide range of photobooks. Mika Horie’s cyanotypes present the world in blue; Stephen Shore’s memoir looks back on his long career; Zora J Murff explores Blackness in America; Stephen Gill’s photos of birds on a pillar present a new… Continue reading Walker Evans’ American Photographs, and five other photobooks worth checking out
30+ More Awesome Photoshop Actions for Photographers
After we featured an article with over 100 Free Photoshop Actions, many of you asked for more. So today we’re back with another 30+ free professional Photoshop actions for photographers to save time and effort. Each offers an interesting and unique effect, so click through to take a look! Also, if you’re looking for quality… Continue reading 30+ More Awesome Photoshop Actions for Photographers