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Save $200 on Datacolor’s Spyder X color management system on Amazon

Save 50 percent on one of the best color management systems around. Datacolor Unless you’re shooting exclusively black-and-white images, color plays a crucial role in the overall look of your photography. Color management tools like Datacolor’s Spyder X Capture Pro kit can help ensure that those cool blue skies and warm golden-hour rays look exactly… Continue reading Save $200 on Datacolor’s Spyder X color management system on Amazon

3 Free Resources to Learn Smartphone Photography & Video

Smartphone cameras just keep improving, and there’s no reason why you can’t get professional quality photographs and video from them now. It’s all about learning how to use what you’ve got in the most effective way, and we can help! Try our selection of free smartphone photography courses and tutorials to help you get the… Continue reading 3 Free Resources to Learn Smartphone Photography & Video

How to Tell a Story in Film and Video With Colour Grading in DaVinci Resolve

If you’re a filmmaker and you’d like to know more about editing, particularly colour, then you’ll love our free course, How to Colour Grade Video. In this DaVinci Resolve tutorial, you’ll see examples of how to use colour grading to create a continuity of feeling. Storytelling With Colour Grading in DaVinci Resolve Natural colour reinforces story,… Continue reading How to Tell a Story in Film and Video With Colour Grading in DaVinci Resolve

Depeche Mode fan throws film on stage, band mails it back full of shots

A collage of the photos Depeche Mode mailed back to fan Brian McDonnell. Courtesy of Anne McDonnell Lawrence It pays to be bold, in photography and in life. That’s how one lucky music fan ended up with an entire roll of behind-the-scene shots of his favorite band, a young, up-and-coming Depeche Mode. And it all… Continue reading Depeche Mode fan throws film on stage, band mails it back full of shots

How to Use Noise Reduction and Smooth Skin Tones 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, how to use scene cut detection, create cinematic look, and this tutorial, which introduces noise reduction and how to use it… Continue reading How to Use Noise Reduction and Smooth Skin Tones in DaVinci Resolve

Colour Grading and Contrast in DaVinci Resolve: Neutral, Natural, and Beyond

If you’re a filmmaker and you’d like to know more about editing, particularly colour, then you’ll love our free course, How to Colour Grade Video. In this Da Vinci Resolve tutorial, you’ll see examples of natural colour grading by using exposure adjustments in the shadows, mid-tones, and highlights in combination with masks and motion tracking. Colour… Continue reading Colour Grading and Contrast in DaVinci Resolve: Neutral, Natural, and Beyond

Photography’s golden rules and when to break them

The fundamentals of photography composition are meant to be broken but first, you must grasp them. Stan Horaczek Photography has a lot of rules that are really just principles. Most of them are useful guidelines worth understanding, not edicts to be followed to the letter. In this photography fundamentals series, we’re going to look at… Continue reading Photography’s golden rules and when to break them