“Inside a cumulonimbus cloud, particles of rain, snow or ice move up and down, colliding and causing an imbalance in the electrical charge. Cloud-to-ground lightning, as seen in this image, happens when a channel of negative charge zigzags downward in a ‘forked pattern’. This is usually invisible to the human eye and travels to the… Continue reading See the tempestuous finalists of the Weather Photographer of the Year Awards
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Camouflage: Avoiding this common intellectual property issue
Over the last two years, there have been a few high-profile cases involving camouflage prints on clothing; in 2018, an outdoor company sued a major fashion brand over the use of a camo pattern, and again in 2019, a Montana company sued a New York streetwear brand, also alleging copyright infringement. As camouflage has taken… Continue reading Camouflage: Avoiding this common intellectual property issue
How to Animate With a Wiggle Expression in After Effects
What You’ll Be Creating In this tutorial, we will learn about a really useful expression called wiggle in Adobe After Effects by using an example project. In the example project, we have a bunch of separate leaves layers in the corner. And we already have some basic scale animations applied to each of them that… Continue reading How to Animate With a Wiggle Expression in After Effects
How to Post to Instagram From Lightroom Mobile
What good is a photograph if it’s not shared? And what good is a mobile app that doesn’t allow you to share it? The answer is: no good. Lightroom Mobile allows you to take a picture, edit it to your heart’s desire, and then share it to Instagram without ever leaving the app—or your mobile… Continue reading How to Post to Instagram From Lightroom Mobile
How to Use After Effects: Precomposing
What You’ll Be Creating In this tutorial, you’ll learn about precomposing in After Effects using an example project. When working in After Effects, there will be times when you will need to precompose your layers. For example, let’s say you have a text element that you need to use multiple times. Instead of duplicating your… Continue reading How to Use After Effects: Precomposing
This camera lets you choose what to photograph—and ignores the rest
Using several diffractive layers, the camera filters out unwanted information in the light propagation phase before it is recorded. Bijie Bai, Yi Luo, Tianyi Gan, Jingtian Hu, Yuhang Li, Yifan Zhao, Deniz Mengu, Mona Jarrahi & Aydogan Ozcan The concept of selective imaging—the idea that you only keep the parts of an image you need—isn’t… Continue reading This camera lets you choose what to photograph—and ignores the rest
How to Adjust the Track Volume in Premiere Pro
In this lesson on How to Adjust the Track Volume in Premiere Pro from David Bode’s Free Premiere Pro course, you’ll learn how to adjust the audio of your tracks so it sounds appropriate for your video. Assessing Your Audio Start by listening to the audio throughout your project and assessing if the volume is… Continue reading How to Adjust the Track Volume in Premiere Pro
10 awesome summer photography ideas to try yourself
In the 1950s, Slim Aarons photographed the sun-drenched beaches of Capri. In the 1970s, Michael Dweck captured bathers and surfers luxuriating on the sandy shores of Montauk. In the 1980s, Gay Block told the stories of residents of Miami’s South Beach, who sat on their porches or brought chairs to sit on the beach in… Continue reading 10 awesome summer photography ideas to try yourself
Best microphones for podcasting in 2022
Abby Ferguson Best overall Shure SM7B Check Price Best USB Shure MV7 Check Price Best for beginners Blue Yeti Check Price Microphones for podcasting, like the medium itself, have become more accessible and popular in recent years. Thanks to its adaptability, podcasting has established itself as a mainstay of many brands’ marketing strategies. And this… Continue reading Best microphones for podcasting in 2022
How to Use the Freeform View in Premiere Pro
In this lesson from David Bode’s FREE Ultimate Premiere FAQ course, you’ll learn how to use the Freeform view to review, organise, and prepare media for your projects. The Freeform View is one of those great features in Premiere Pro that will help you create a visual workflow for your clips much more easily than… Continue reading How to Use the Freeform View in Premiere Pro