Michael Burnett: How to Shoot Skaters
This video from Tony Hawk’s RIDE youtube channel featuring Michael Burnett is all about composition when shooting skateboarders. One of the most important things to make sure of is that you get both the takeoff and the landing so that the viewer...
Karl Taylor Explains The 4 Main Types of Light
There isn’t just one type of light. There are 4 main types, and Karl Taylor does a great job of explaining them in this video about the various types of light.
Knowing the type of light that you’re dealing with can change the way you shoot...
Teens against Photoshopped Magazine Models
A 14 year old teenage girl by the name of Julia Bluhm has started a petition for 17 magazine to publish one issue of the magazine which contains real models, who aren’t airbrushed to have perfect skin and res-structured in photoshop. She ...
The Power of Video and Why You Need To Be Using It
We’re big fans of incorporating video into your website, as you’ve heard me talking about. This short infographics video from iQ interactive tells a pretty compelling story.
Let us know if you’d like to talk about how to take advant...
The Nikon D3200 is announced.
The Nikon D3200 is Nikon’s newest entry level camera. Once you take a look at the spec list, it might not seem so entry-level.
Specs:
24.2 Megapixel CMOS APS-C Sensor
4 Frames per second burst mode
ISO 100-6400
1080p HD video at 24...
Why Photographers Should Read Guy Kawasaki’s New Book
Guy Kawasaki’s new book What the Plus! is a must-read for anyone who’s interested in how to get more out of Google+. And it’s a must-read for any photographer who’s sharing photos on the Internet.
Last night, with my dog sittin...
Even a Brilliant Idea Won’t Sell Itself
If you missed why I’m quoting excerpts from the book Damn Good Advice, by George Lois see my earlier post
“You’re looking at Ron Holland, me and Jim Callaway in 1967,
a few weeks after starting my second ad agency, Lois Holland Call...
“Silver & Light” – Ian Ruhter on Wet Plate Photography
Ian Ruhter is a photographer who decided to take his life savings and create his own wet plate camera which he calls the “Time Machine” It’s happens to be one of the world’s largest cameras because he converted his UPS size...
Using Angles–Two Versions of Black and White Photographs
Chairs at Peninsula School
I was going through some old negatives, rescanning them and came across this one. What a difference an angle can make. Have a look at how this shot started out, when I took it way back, of my 7th grade classroom at the...
What Really Happened to Jason Russell Producer of Kony 2012?
If you blinked you missed it: On March 5th, the 30 minute video “KONY 2012″ was uploaded to YouTube, instantly going hyperdrive-viral. To date is has had 83,734,012 views.
Then on March 19th, just 2 weeks later, the film’s prod...
All the tools in the world are meaningless without an essential idea
If you missed why I’m quoting excerpts from the book Damn Good Advice, by George Lois see my earlier post
An artist, or advertising man, or anyone involved in a creative industry (or even noncreative professions such as a doctor, lawyer, electri...
Photoshop your videos!
Don’t you get annoyed when you hear people say “Can’t you just photoshop that?” when you’re working on a video? Well now, you’ll be able to edit video in an upcoming version of photoshop from Adobe. We don’t kn...
