In this tutorial from the Intermediate Flash Photography course, you’ll learn about the two-light setup. In earlier parts of the course, we used a single flash to light our subject, with the addition of a reflector occasionally. Now you’re going to learn how to add a second flash to your images. I remember when I… Continue reading Two-Light Setup and Ratios for Portrait Photos
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Peer ‘behind-the-scenes’ of famous works of art with the help of AI
The famous painting, “Girl with a pearl earring” with its borders extended. August Kamp / OpenAI / Johannes Vermeer This article originally appeared on Popular Science. Open AI, developers of the AI text-to-image generator DALL-E 2, have just announced a new feature for the app called “outpainting”. It allows users to extend existing images and works… Continue reading Peer ‘behind-the-scenes’ of famous works of art with the help of AI
B&W Photo Award winners celebrate mastery in monochrome
A roller coaster glitters against the dark of night. Uwe Schellscheidt Color photography is fun but it can at times also be distracting. The simplicity offered in monochrome is an easy way to strip down a scene to its essence, to focus on the lines, shapes, and composition of a photograph, without being sidetracked by… Continue reading B&W Photo Award winners celebrate mastery in monochrome
Using the magic of reflections to elevate your photography
In Namibia, Marsel van Oosten captures the mirror image of a springbok, pausing to drink at a watering hole in the afternoon light. On a snowy morning on Lake Kawaguchiko, Loic Lagarde captures the perfect reflection of Mount Fuji in the still water. And at Germany’s Rakotzbrücke Devil’s Bridge, Kilian Schonberger photographs a fairytale setting… Continue reading Using the magic of reflections to elevate your photography
Tips to Help You Win Photography Gear
Landscape, travel and streetlife photographers have an opportunity you won’t want to miss out on in Around the World in 7 Quests. These seven Quests were launched in honor of World Photography and submissions will be open until September 17. Do you have photos that were taken in Asia, Oceania, Europe, North America, South America,… Continue reading Tips to Help You Win Photography Gear
How to Add Area Lighting Effects to a Cartoon Animation Using After Effects
What You’ll Be Creating Area lighting effects are essential for illuminating specific areas and for creating mood in your animation. In this lighting tutorial for After Effects, you’ll learn how to create cartoon lighting effects using Cartoon Animator and Adobe After Effects. What You’ll Learn in This Tutorial After Effects has many different tools that allow… Continue reading How to Add Area Lighting Effects to a Cartoon Animation Using After Effects
How to Make a Talking Animation With ActorCore and Unity 3D for Free in 3 Hours
In this tutorial, you will learn how to download animated characters for free from ActorCore, and how to use them in Unity 3D to create a talking animation. What You’ll Need On ActorCore, you can find animation-ready and fully-textured 3D models with a wide selection of styles, including photorealistic people, sci-fi, fantasy, historical, and toon figures.… Continue reading How to Make a Talking Animation With ActorCore and Unity 3D for Free in 3 Hours
How to Make a 2.5D Animation in After Effects
What You’ll Be Creating So far you have learned how to use After Effects in two dimensions, but in this After Effects animation tutorial, it’s time to take it up to 2.5D! Let’s talk about what 2.5D is, and I want to start this 2.5D tutorial in After Effects with a quick example that I… Continue reading How to Make a 2.5D Animation in After Effects
How to Process Photos That Used a Flash
In this portrait photography post-production tutorial, I’m going to show you how I post-produce my images in Adobe Lightroom. I’ve been using Lightroom since version 1, many, many years ago. Back then, Lightroom didn’t do a whole lot, so I did most of my post-production work in Photoshop. But every new release of Lightroom has… Continue reading How to Process Photos That Used a Flash
Best cameras for pet photography in 2022
Abby Ferguson Best overall Sony Sony a7 IV Check Price Best overall Nikon Nikon Z 6 II Check Price Best overall Canon Canon EOS R6 Check Price Whether you want to capture more memories with your animals or share photos of your furry pals to gain social media fame, you’ll have to choose the right… Continue reading Best cameras for pet photography in 2022