Sony a7IV, Sony FE 12-24mm f/2.8 | @ 23mm, ISO 200, 1/500 sec, f/2.8. Abby Ferguson Sony has been putting out some impressive gear lately, and the Sony a7IV is no exception. It’s an ideal camera for a wide variety of individuals and use cases—everything from vlogging to more fine-tuned videography and of course, all… Continue reading Sony a7IV sample images gallery: ocean spray, aerial views, and one happy pup
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The 5 Basic Elements of Portrait Photography — Quick Start Guide
Phone cameras have made it much easier for us to photograph ourselves and our loved ones and, for us who like to make street portraits, even strangers. In this tutorial, we will learn the five basic elements you need to create great photographic portraits. Photo Portrait Basics There are many ways in which we can learn… Continue reading The 5 Basic Elements of Portrait Photography — Quick Start Guide
How to Add Free Animations to Live-action Video in 30 Minutes With After Effects
Create your own animations with this quick tutorial: you’ll learn how to combine free characters from Reallusion with live-action stock video from Envato Elements using Adobe After Effects. We’ll show step-by-step how to download and add the free 2D cartoon animations to a live action video, in about 30 minutes start to finish. To celebrate… Continue reading How to Add Free Animations to Live-action Video in 30 Minutes With After Effects
These winning food photos will make you hungry
“On ice.” Winner of the Wine Photographer of the Year-Produce category. Suzanne Becker Bronk One thing that unites us all is food. It’s a key element not only to survival but to tradition, celebration, and community. This year’s winners of the Pink Lady Food Photographer of the Year awards showcase the customs and stories woven… Continue reading These winning food photos will make you hungry
How to Take DNG Photos with Open Camera on Android — Free, Open Source App
Open Camera is an open source, free camera app for Android devices. Cameras on smartphones have come on leaps and bounds, even just in the last five years. Open Camera aims to give you additional options that you might not have with your pre-loaded camera app, opening up functionality and generally giving you more control… Continue reading How to Take DNG Photos with Open Camera on Android — Free, Open Source App
How to Use a Classic One-Light Portrait Photo Setup to Create Rembrandt Lighting
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
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 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
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
How landscape photographer Erin Babnik captures epic photos without leaving a trace
Death Valley National Park, 2018 (Photographed in 2017). Erin Babnik To celebrate Earth Day 2022, we’re revisiting some of our favorite environmental stories and interviews from the PopPhoto archives. Nature is full of interesting and beautiful things. But creating a pristine nature photograph requires a lot more planning and preparation than driving to a geotagged Instagram spot… Continue reading How landscape photographer Erin Babnik captures epic photos without leaving a trace