Earlier this year, The New York Times reported on the comeback of 35mm SLR film cameras. Even as smartphone cameras improve, millennials and Gen Zers continue to rediscover the joys of buying second-hand gear on Etsy and eBay. According to eBay, vintage camera sales have been on the rise since 2015, and the pandemic era… Continue reading The photographer’s guide to thrifting
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Hubble photographs the most distant star ever found
The Hubble Space Telescope. NASA This story originally appeared on Popular Science. The Hubble Space Telescope has added yet another remarkable discovery to its legacy: It has spotted the farthest star ever found, a star that began to emit light within the first billion years after the big bang. The star is so far away… Continue reading Hubble photographs the most distant star ever found
How Add Fill Light to Portrait Photos Using the Built-in Flash on Your Camera
Welcome back to ‘Introduction to Flash Photography‘. In this lesson, you’ll learn about the flash that many DSLRs have built right into them. This flash is known as the pop-up flash because it pops up when you want to use it. In my opinion, the best time to use a pop-up flash is never, if… Continue reading How Add Fill Light to Portrait Photos Using the Built-in Flash on Your Camera
How to Build Great Relationships With Wedding Photography Clients
A wedding is often one of the most important days in a couple’s lives, and as the wedding photographer, there’s a lot of pressure on you to capture those memories in the best way possible. Try our free course, Wedding Photography for Beginners to learn about everything you’ll need. In this lesson we’ll take a… Continue reading How to Build Great Relationships With Wedding Photography Clients
10 Instagram accounts to follow if you love nature & wildlife photography
Dan Bracaglia Nature photography has been around ever since the dawn of the photographic process. After all, the very first commercially published book of photographs, by one of the earliest inventors of the medium, William Henry Fox Talbot, was called The Pencil of Nature. And while many of the subjects of his photographs (calotypes) were… Continue reading 10 Instagram accounts to follow if you love nature & wildlife photography
How to Build a Wedding Photography Camera Kit
A wedding is often one of the most important days in a couple’s lives, and as the wedding photographer, there’s a lot of pressure on you to capture those memories in the best way possible. Try our course, Wedding Photography for Beginners to learn about everything you’ll need. In this lesson you’ll find out what… Continue reading How to Build a Wedding Photography Camera Kit
How to Build Your First Wedding Photography Portfolio
A wedding is often one of the most important days in a couple’s lives, and as the wedding photographer, there’s a lot of pressure on you to capture those memories in the best way possible. Try our course, Wedding Photography for Beginners to learn about everything you’ll need. In this lesson, we take a look… Continue reading How to Build Your First Wedding Photography Portfolio
What is Color Correction for Video? How to Prepare Your Footage
In this lesson from David Bode’s How to Color Correct Video in Premiere you will learn what types of footage works best for color correction. We’ll also look what types of footage are more of a challenge. How to Prepare Your Video The color correction process primarily boils down to three different things: adjusting to… Continue reading What is Color Correction for Video? How to Prepare Your Footage
How to Use Split View to Compare Before-and-After Versions of a Photo in Lightroom Classic
So you’ve put in your time finessing the edit of a photo. There comes a time where you think you’re finished and in creeps some doubt. Does this edit look natural? Are my colours right? Is that too much clarity? Because photo editing is inherently a subjective skill, only you’ll know the answers to these… Continue reading How to Use Split View to Compare Before-and-After Versions of a Photo in Lightroom Classic
Capturing the age of influencers and sharing on social media
According to the recently-released Culture Rising: 2022 Trends Report by Facebook IQ, conversations about influencer marketing are on the rise. On Facebook, topics such as “brand ambassador” and “social influence” went up by 131% and 91%, respectively. Meanwhile, on Instagram, the topic #Microinfluencer rose by 384%, while #Creator saw a 76% boost. What’s more, 40%… Continue reading Capturing the age of influencers and sharing on social media