Commercial photographer (and awesome voiced man’s man) Bryan Peterson gives this simple but useful lesson in this video from Adorama TV. In it, Peterson reminds us that leading lines are helpful tools for improving your composition. Peterson also argues –wholeheartedly
It’s easy to worry about shutter speed, f-stops, and your ISO, but what about composition? How you arrange the frame and play with sightlines, lead lines, and foreground/background space is just as important as anything else. Of course, you can
I was looking through Digital Camera World’s tutorials when I came across this sweet cheat sheet. It’s a quick run down of the basics to buying a second-hand lens. Besides stating the obvious — like looking for scratches and checking
One of the famous Fashion photographers Lindsay Adler, who has been featured on Sublime and teaches some workshops with B&H, released this video about a cool idea to use for fashion shoots. Instead of manipulating after the fact with photoshop,
I was told awhile back that shooting RAW is a whole lot better than Jpeg. That it’s much easier to fix white balance (which I’m always adjusting) and exposure issues with the RAW format. It took some time, and some mediation, to
World Press Photo award winner and VII photo agency co-founder, photojournalist Antonin Kratochvil knows a thing or two about risking safety for a shot. He went the ruins of Chernobyl, recorded the horrors of Iraq, and even found the time
Garage Magazine released this short documentary about a week ago. Besides being a commentary about today’s newly democratic fashion photography opinion-makers, the short offers a brief history and overview of the fashion bloggers, street photographers, and of course models, making
I’ve been looking for a good video tutorial for skin dodging and burning and came across this one by Jason Southern. I know a lot of beginning retouchers are confused as to how dodging and burning can be used to
Adam Marelli, a photographer, and artist shares, his insight on how visual design teaches a photographer how to evolve forward. He believes there are very few born artists. Most stumbled in search of that elusive form. His remedy is common
Have you ever wished there was a trusty photography cropping guide? One without boring (longwinded) literature about the mathematics and was just dead-on. Digital Camera World has released a print-friendly and clean infographic showing exactly where the best places to
