A guide to get your creative juices flowing

Julia Margaret Cameron taught herself how to use a sliding-box camera. Edward Steichen famously photographed the same cup and saucer more than a thousand times. For fifteen years, Edward Weston wrote in a diary—about his personal life and creative struggles. More recently, Stephen Shore challenged himself to share a daily iPhone photo on social media.… Continue reading A guide to get your creative juices flowing

How to Motion Track Colour Grades in DaVinci Resolve

Learn to colour correct like a pro with our free course DaVinci Resolve Colour Grading for Beginners. You’ll learn how to use each important tool in Resolve, including how to set up your project using scene cut detection, how to get clean skin tones with noise reduction, and how to create cinematic looks. In this… Continue reading How to Motion Track Colour Grades in DaVinci Resolve

How to Remove Moiré Patterns in Photos Using Lightroom Classic

You may or may not have come across the term “moiré pattern”, but I’m willing to bet that your eyes have come across this visual quirk before and wondered what to do about them! In this tutorial, we’re going to learn how to identify a moiré pattern and how to use Lightroom to minimize its… Continue reading How to Remove Moiré Patterns in Photos Using Lightroom Classic

NFT trends: Digital architecture

A pink chair overlooking a vast blue glacier. A view of an ice floe under a blazing golden sky. A bathtub in the middle of a picturesque wetland. These places might not exist in the “real world,” but last year, they were brought to life by the influential artist Alexis Christodoulou. A collection of nine… Continue reading NFT trends: Digital architecture

10 14 Gallery’s latest show journeys through David Brandon Geeting’s psychedelic constructions

Reading Time: 2 minutes Set up by photographic agency East in 2019, the Dalston space has shown work by rostered artists as well as third-party exhibitors. As Geeting’s The Marble opens this Friday, we find out more about the gallery and its ethos Located just off Kingsland High Street in Dalston, 10 14 Gallery was… Continue reading 10 14 Gallery’s latest show journeys through David Brandon Geeting’s psychedelic constructions

The Bauhaus Principles: Cornerstone of Modern Design

This revolutionary theory declared that manufactured objects should be beautiful and functional, setting the foundation for today’s industrial design. A… The post The Bauhaus Principles: Cornerstone of Modern Design appeared first on The Shutterstock Blog.

How to effectively capture texture in your commercial content (Part 2)

More than a decade ago, the camera brand Leica revealed an eye-catching print and outdoor ad campaign in Switzerland, featuring photographs of various textures found throughout everyday city life: wood, metal, bricks, and more. The ads were installed on real-life walls of the same texture, revealing the up-close details of each surface. The goal was… Continue reading How to effectively capture texture in your commercial content (Part 2)

A Photographer’s Guide to Brightness: How to Read Lighting Intensity

If you’d like to know more about the essential role that light plays in photography, then you’ll love our course, A Photographer’s Guide to Light. In this lesson, you’ll learn why brightness is the most important quality of a light source. Noticing Brightness If a light isn’t bright enough, photography isn’t possible. At least, not regular… Continue reading A Photographer’s Guide to Brightness: How to Read Lighting Intensity

How to choose the perfect time for your shoot

Karl Lundholm loves shooting on the water half an hour before sunset, while Ryan Locknecker has a passion for watching the sunrise in the mountains. Ueli Frischknecht prefers twilight—“that brief moment right before sunrise.” Daniel Casson likes shooting in the morning because of the combination of fog and sunlight, while Elsa Bleda feels drawn to… Continue reading How to choose the perfect time for your shoot

A Photographer’s Guide to Colour and Lighting Temperature

If you’d like to know more about the essential role that light plays in photography, then you’ll love our course, A Photographer’s Guide to Light. In this lesson, you’ll find out why white light isn’t actually white. A Photographer’s Guide to Light: Noticing Colour Cameras and Eyes and Brains (Oh My…) A camera system functions in… Continue reading A Photographer’s Guide to Colour and Lighting Temperature