Thursday, October 17, 2013

Olloclip 4-in-1 iPhone Lens - Lenses - CNET Reviews

Olloclip 4-in-1 iPhone Lens - Lenses - CNET Reviews: "Similar to its previous iteration, which was only a 3-in-1 lens, this new Olloclip clips over your phone's built-in lens to imbue the iPhone camera with four physical lenses: a fisheye lens, a wide-angle lens, and your choice of two macros."

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Wednesday, October 16, 2013

Amazing Demonstration of How Our Minds can be Tricked with Perspective – PictureCorrect

Amazing Demonstration of How Our Minds can be Tricked with Perspective – PictureCorrect: "With robust post-processing software being both affordable and easy to obtain, it’s often hard to decipher whether many images are real or fake. Things like clouds, moons, people, and buildings can easily be pasted into a foreign photo and passed off as original. However, there are other ways to deceive the eye without the use of editing software. An anamorphosis is an image which is distorted and must be viewed in a certain way in order to view it’s intended form. Check out this clever video that demonstrates this bizarre concept:"

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Dressing a Model with Light Using Long Exposure Photography Techniques – PictureCorrect

Dressing a Model with Light Using Long Exposure Photography Techniques – PictureCorrect: "Model Jasmin Brunner never had the chance to touch or try on her dress for the Belvedere Vodka photo shoot. In fact, her dress was never tangible; she struck her poses wearing only a nude-colored bra, underwear and shoes. Photographer Atton Conrad wanted to put a twist on a traditional high-fashion commercial shoot, and based the session on an editorial he previously created for 125 Magazine that focused on models wearing light painted dresses. The concept behind Conrad’s shoot was to create a fresh, clean look for Belvedere’s advertisements:"

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Top 5 Photography Tips to Improve Your Photos – PictureCorrect

Top 5 Photography Tips to Improve Your Photos – PictureCorrect: "One of the easiest ways to improve your photography is by taking photos of interesting subjects. Of course, you can take great creative photos of uninteresting subjects, but if you choose an interesting subject to photograph in the first place, it makes taking a great photo much easier."

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Tuesday, October 15, 2013

96. Double Click Photography Tips web Directed By Antoine E. Saadé on Vimeo

96. Double Click Photography Tips web Directed By Antoine E. Saadé on Vimeo:

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A Guide to Birth Photography - Digital Photography School

A Guide to Birth Photography - Digital Photography School: "ew things in this world are as joyous as welcoming a new baby. Seeing such a tiny and perfect little human being stirs emotions in everyone. It’s no wonder that there has been a significant rise in the number of photographers offering their services not only for pregnancy and newborn images, but for photographing the birth itself as a way to complete the story of that particular moment in time."

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Understanding Aspect Ratio - Digital Photography School

Understanding Aspect Ratio - Digital Photography School: "It seems that clients are becoming more and more knowledgeable every day regarding the various facets of what we do as professional photographers. Maybe it’s because we live and work in the most highly tech-savvy society ever, or maybe it’s because anyone with a smart phone and a few good photo apps can turn out amazing results (for which I applaud them, by the way). High-quality DSLRs, mirrorless cameras, and fast lenses are available and well within the reach of  the average photographic consumer. "

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New: Flash-Free Portrait Photography Guide – PictureCorrect

New: Flash-Free Portrait Photography Guide – PictureCorrect: "Learning to shoot portraits proficiently and efficiently with natural light involves knowledge, skills, gear and techniques that all developing portrait photographers should acquire. Skilled use of natural light can often far exceed the results captured with the aid of flashes or strobes. But it is most important to understand all the possibilities of natural light so you are aware of the possiblities. We were able to arrange 30% off for our readers until next Tuesday, simply use the voucher code PC123 at checkout. Now available here: Flash-Free Portrait Photography"

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Monday, October 14, 2013

7 Tips for Helping Women Love having their Photo Taken by You - Digital Photography School

7 Tips for Helping Women Love having their Photo Taken by You - Digital Photography School: "When I look at a picture of myself, I can point out a million things I hate: my hair is always flat, I hate the ptosis in my left eye, I hate the shape of my brow bone, I have a bad complexion. And I’m a photographer! How can I expect women in front of my camera to feel any different than I do when I have to endure having my photo taken? I know that some men hate having their photo taken, too, and many of them probably aren’t as easy to admit that they hate their complexion or the shape of their brow bone, but I’m sure they think these things."

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Small World Pictures - Digital Photography School

Small World Pictures - Digital Photography School: "One of my favourite threads in the dPS forums from the last few months is one titled ‘It’s a Small World‘ that features some of our members creative photos of… small worlds. Here’s some by Jeff Smith who started the thread. He shares how he took them over on the forum post."

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