Draped Boats, North Whitby, Yorkshire, England. 1986. © Michael Kenna Photography In March 2020, when COVID-19 led to worldwide lockdowns, Michael Kenna had a full calendar of trips and exhibits planned for the months to come. Instead, he found himself stuck at home with nowhere to go. Rather than taking new photos, he went back… Continue reading Landscape photographer Michael Kenna on viewing old work with fresh eyes, and the joys of the analog process
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5 Top Animation Preset Kits for After Effects
Animation is a fun and engaging way to bring life to your video. You don’t necessarily need specialist skills to create animation, there are plenty of professional, pre-made templates to help. In this article, we cover a mix of our favourite After Effects templates available from Envato Elements and Envato Market. Top Animation Preset Packs… Continue reading 5 Top Animation Preset Kits for After Effects
5 Top Motion Preset Packs for After Effects
If you’re looking to add quick and easy motion to your videos using After Effects, then we’ve got the perfect, professionally made templates to help! In this article, we cover a mix of our favourite After Effects templates available from Envato Elements and Envato Market. Top Motion Preset Kits for Adobe After Effects Typography Pack Featured… Continue reading 5 Top Motion Preset Packs for After Effects
How to Use Vibrance in Portrait Photos With Lightroom Classic
Getting the colours just right in your photo can be difficult. There are so many variables at play while editing that can effect the brightness of your colours, the density of your colours, and the saturation of your colours. In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to use the Vibrance adjustment in Lightroom Classic to get… Continue reading How to Use Vibrance in Portrait Photos With Lightroom Classic
Understanding the psychology of shapes to improve your Licensing content
In 1944, the experimental psychologists Fritz Heider and Marianne Simmel of Smith University conducted a now-famous experiment: after playing a video featuring three moving shapes—a small triangle, a large triangle, a circle, and a rectangle—they asked participants to write down what they’d just watched. Most saw it as an animated story, with the abstract shapes… Continue reading Understanding the psychology of shapes to improve your Licensing content
20 WordPress Video Plugins and Players to Add Engagement
Do you want to increase engagement and the amount of time visitors spend on your website? That’s where a WordPress video player can help. You can increase engagement by adding a video player plugin to your WordPress website. Not only does this reflect well on your brand but it also helps your SEO ranking. WordPress… Continue reading 20 WordPress Video Plugins and Players to Add Engagement
FREE Abstract Spring Botanical Background – Download Now
Add a pop of spring to your social media posts and brand packaging with this pretty seasonal pattern—available in four color palettes. The post FREE Abstract Spring Botanical Background – Download Now appeared first on The Shutterstock Blog.
Announcing the Share the Lens Winners!
Accurate and inclusive representation in the photography industry matters, the creative community must strive for diversity at all times. The Share the Lens campaign was created to help work towards a fair playing field in honor of Black History Month. With a talented creative jury of black photographers on board the 500px team created three… Continue reading Announcing the Share the Lens Winners!
Kodak Gold 200 film is coming to 120 medium format
I would like approximately this many rolls to shoot this summer. Kodak The last few years have been rough for medium format film photographers. First, Fujifilm discontinued its popular Pro 400H film stock due to manufacturing issues, and then film prices jumped considerably across the board. Those price hikes hurt for 35mm film shooters who… Continue reading Kodak Gold 200 film is coming to 120 medium format
A modified Pentax 300mm F/4 heads into space aboard a nanosatellite
The completed satellite with lens aboard. Ricoh Japan The latest bit of camera equipment to be shot into orbit is the Pentax SMCP-DA 300mm f/4 ED—a relatively affordable telephoto lens for Pentax’s APS-C DSLRs. It’s part of the KITSUNE 6U CubeSat, a nanosatellite developed by a consortium including the Kyushu Institute of Technology in Japan.… Continue reading A modified Pentax 300mm F/4 heads into space aboard a nanosatellite