One of the most important habits every photographer or filmmaker should develop is a strong backup strategy that guarantees the safety of your files in the event of a hard drive failure or natural disaster. If you have not created yours yet, check out this helpful video tutorial that will show you how to properly ensure the safety of all your files. [ Read More ]Original link(Originally posted by Alex Cooke)

Submit Your Best AI Art In this Critique the Community, we want to see your best Artificial Intelligence Art created by any online AI algorithm. This could be Mid Journey, Dall-E 2, Nightcafe, Starry AI, or any others out there. AI Art has been making a huge splash the last few months and we are interested to not only see what you guys have been creating but also talk about how it might be changing and shaping the creative world in the near future. All members of the community can submit up to 3 entries and they can be focused on anything you can imagine. We will be picking our favorite 10 or so images to... [ Read More ]Original link(Originally...

I love shooting landscape photos at the beach. It’s an ever-changing landscape dominated by the sea and its waves. You might think shooting photos at such a location is easy, but you have to know a few things before you go there. It's all about safety. [ Read More ]Original link(Originally posted by Nando Harmsen)

Photo By Jeremy Janus Today’s Photo Of The Day is “Reflecting on the Storm” by Jeremy Janus. Location: Standley Lake, Westminster, Colorado. “I had seen this small pond reflecting at Standley Lake for years, but I never shot it due to the difficulty of getting to it,” explains Janus. “On this day, I decided to go down to the lake to shoot when a storm came rolling in. I hurried over to the small pond to shoot before the storm consumed the area. I loved the way the trees of this pond lined up perfectly symmetrically against the intensity of the storm above and reflections of the water and logs in the foreground.” Want to get your images in the running...

As much as lighting, posing, composition, and settings matter for creating a good portrait image, they are only half of what it takes to create a successful final result. You also need a strong post-processing workflow. If you are new to portrait work, check out this great video tutorial that will show you a basic editing workflow for creating polished final images. [ Read More ]Original link(Originally posted by Alex Cooke)

Most photographers have had an Instagram account for several years now, and as such, they have each accumulated likely hundreds of even thousands of posts. Most people will simply leave their old posts up, but for professional creatives, there is an argument to be made for removing older entries. So, should you remove those old posts? Should you hide like counts on your images? This interesting video podcast discusses these questions. [ Read More ]Original link(Originally posted by Alex Cooke)

Organizing your photo library is one of the main jobs of Lightroom Classic (LrC), but it is not nearly as much fun as editing. However, leveraging the power of face recognition to assist you in manually finding and keywording the photos of people in your library is sure to put a smile on your face. Contained within the People view of the Library module, which can be accessed by clicking the People icon in the Library module Toolbar or pressing O, you’ll find all of the tools to have LrC begin finding and gathering all of the photos with faces (or what it thinks are faces) so you can name them. When you enter People view for the first time you’ll...

The 2022 MacBook Air is a major departure from models of the past, with a complete redesign, a bigger screen, new color options, and a lot more. Is it the laptop for you? Read on for my review. [ Read More ]Original link(Originally posted by Alex Cooke)

Landscape photography is a unique genre that takes a combination of technical skill, creative vision, perseverance, and often, a bit of luck. If you find yourself struggling to create worthwhile images lately, check out this great video tutorial that will give you some helpful advice sure to put you back on the right track. [ Read More ]Original link(Originally posted by Alex Cooke)

An 85mm lens with a wide maximum aperture is one of the most desirable options out there, especially for portrait photographers, who prize the focal length and narrow depth of field. However, such lenses can easily cost well over $2,000 for a good option. At less than $200, the Meike 85mm f/1.8 is highly intriguing, but can it offer the results you need at such a low price? This excellent video review takes a look at the lens and the sort of performance and image quality you can expect from it in practice. [ Read More ]Original link(Originally posted by Alex Cooke)

Telephoto lenses are very useful in landscape photography, but the fact that they are commonly heavier and/or bulkier can sometimes be concerning. How do you know which one is worth carrying around? [ Read More ]Original link(Originally posted by Nicco Valenzuela)

They’re attempting to make an all-in-one solution. So, how does it stack up? [ Read More ]Original link(Originally posted by Stephen Kampff)

Photo By David Connel Today’s Photo Of The Day is “Close Encounter” by David Connel. Location: Guadalupe Islands, Mexico. “I spent a week cage diving with great white sharks in the Guadalupe Islands of Mexico,” explains Connel. “My main goal was to capture the experience of being eye-to-eye with a great white shark from inside a dive cage. I thought this would be no problem. When I actually tried to get that picture, I discovered the sharks are stealth hunters and avoided approaching from the front. They would swim below the cage, above the cage, around the cage, but I could not get the nose-to-nose picture I envisioned. Eventually, this one approached as if he was curious and slowly glided up...

Any photography enthusiast who works a 9-to-5 job has probably wondered what it would be like to walk away from that day job and make all of their income through photography. This can be a scary endeavor, especially if you don’t have a specific plan in place to find clients. [ Read More ]Original link(Originally posted by John Ricard)

The post 6 Still Life Photography Mistakes (And How to Fix Them) appeared first on Digital Photography School. It was authored by Rika Guite. Are you struggling to capture stunning still life photos? You’ve come to the right place. In this article, I share the six biggest still life photography mistakes – and I explain how to correct them, so that, no matter your level of experience, you can get outstanding results. Specifically, I discuss: The lighting issues that you must learn to avoidTwo simple gear mistakes that’ll ruin your photosCommon still life composition issuesMuch more! So if you’re ready to take your still life shots to the next level, then let’s get started! 1. Using improper lighting What’s the very...

One of the most overlooked yet crucial aspects of becoming a successful headshot and portrait photographer is the photographer’s personality. In fact, I would argue that your personality as a photographer can be the determining factor in success when working with clients. [ Read More ]Original link(Originally posted by Pete Coco)

Photographers have three choices when selling photographs. They can be commissioned to shoot for a client, aim for the mass market, or choose to sell fewer, high-quality, collectible images with narrower interest. There are good reasons why you should consider the last option. [ Read More ]Original link(Originally posted by Ivor Rackham)

If you are a new photographer and you just started shooting in raw, you have probably noticed that the files look rather flat and bland, especially compared to JPEG files. Don't worry, though, that is exactly what is supposed to happen. If you are wondering how to turn a raw file into an eye-catching finished image, check out this fantastic video tutorial that will show you how to edit a raw file from start to finish using Photoshop. [ Read More ]Original link(Originally posted by Alex Cooke)

Photography can be a frustrating thing. It takes a combination of technical skills, creative vision, and often, a bit of luck, and any one of them going awry can throw off the entire process and final result. If you are feeling a bit frustrated by the whole thing lately, check out this great video that features an experienced photographer discussing three reasons why you might be experiencing that irritation and what you can do to remedy the situation. [ Read More ]Original link(Originally posted by Alex Cooke)

The Laowa 10mm f/4 Cookie lens is one of the new offerings from Venus Optics. With an impressive 109.3-degree field of view, it's currently the widest rectilinear APS-C lens on the market, so how does it perform? [ Read More ]Original link(Originally posted by Gary McIntyre)