Heads can be stuffy business, always hanging out in a studio, playing with the same exact lighting setup and just going through the motions. One great way to have your headshots stand out is by getting out of the studio altogether and taking your headshot sessions outdoors!
Being the world’s biggest and most popular camera brand means that Canon is constantly playing a game of whack-a-mole with counterfeiters and other shady elements looking to capitalize on the Canon brand. Canon has released a new warning today regarding the existence of fake Canon 50mm F/1.8 II lenses (not the newer STM version, the old Nifty Fifty) and has disclosed how to identify the illegitimate lens.
More and more, I’ve been leaning away from messenger bags and towards backpacks. No one has really gotten what I want perfectly, but some are close. When you consider what Vinta makes, the Vinta S series of backpacks seem very much in line what lots of photographers would want. They’re stylish, minimal, low profile, and able to carry a fair amount of gear if you’re a mirrorless camera user. The company markets it to being used by outdoor and landscape photographers very often. But in real life use, it seems to be better for city trekkers.
There isn’t a single company that create really fun filters that photographers really want to use except for Olympus. Their cross process filters? Incredible. Grainy black and white? Be still my heart! The closest thing to Ilford Delta 400 makes my jaw drop and strikes me with awe every time.
With a combination of high speed flash photography, willing good looking bald men and some cool water balloon explosion, Tim Tadder created an interesting visual exploration of close up portraiture work in his latest photo series called Water Wigs.
Today we have a line on some new Westcott Apollo brand price drops, these are great modifiers if you are using speedlights to light your images. Zeiss is also selling their Touit lenses for Fujifilm at a nice discount, so make sure to check that out as well if you are looking at third-party lenses for the X-Series.
Live streaming has become a great marketing and networking tool for creative professionals in general, but especially for photographers. It allows you to give your fans and potential clients a look at your personality, a look behind the scenes of your business, and so much more. One big complaint about many though has been the restriction of having to live stream from a phone, with their limited video and image quality options.
Canon has updated their lineup of PIXMA printers, which aren’t anywhere as serious as the higher end models but instead make more sense as a home-office printer. Core to the new PIXMA series is a new design that honestly looks like Jony Ivy had some influence on. Some of the printers themselves are also pretty …
Hey everyone, if you’ve ever wanted to learn how to shoot better photos of food at any time of the day, you should join us at our workshop on Monday evening. All attendees are also treated to dinner and drinks after the workshop. You’ll walk away with the knowledge to shoot food photos that you …
Where a lot of portrait photographers end up failing at first is saying that they want to shoot portraits and then not realizing that it’s a full creative and collaborative process.