If you hold a preference for natural light portrait photography, you might find backlighting as one the effective techniques to use for creating dreamy images. It's not as simple as just shooting outdoors with the sun behind your subject, but a technique with the goal of a moody yet balanced look for portraits.
In this quick video tutorial, Sydney-based fashion photographer Julia Trotti show us how it's done and we can master it. . thephoblographer.com
We can't stress enough how zone focus is one one of the most useful techniques in street photography, so allow us to share yet another resource to help you get the hang of it. In this video by Swedish photographer and media producer Mattias Burling, he shows us how the popular technique can be of great help to those who find photographing people out in the streets intimidating. thephoblographer.com »
2019-04-06 07:00
There is no doubt about it, we are in a preset world where you can achieve virtually any look you desire for your images at the click of a button and the slight push of a slider. However, this is a double-edged sword that can lead to photographers failing to have a defined look or looking too much like everyone else. thephoblographer.com »
2017-12-14 02:00
I like to tell myself a little white lie: we’re returning to the old ways in photography because we’re realizing that they’re best. The truth, of course, is a deeper conversation around a lack of originality and self-rediscovery.
Last year, IKEA brought on Annie Leibovitz as an "artist in residence" and gave her the task to better visually represent how media presents the reality of life at home.
British documentary photographer Edward Thompson released an infrared medium-format photography book, The Unseen: An Atlas of Infrared Prints, in 2016 and is showing selected works from the book at the Saatchi Gallery in London until March 3. [Read More]
“America is heartbreakingly beautiful, with its vistas and distant horizons, as well as deserts, swamps, prairies, and mountain ranges,” says photographer Florence Montmare in an interview with the Phoblographer.
The Honest Amish National Beard and Moustache Championships took place earlier this month in Daytona Beach, Florida with the finest hairy chins in the land vying for the top prizes. [Read More]
"A standard headshot or portrait from a shoot are never my favorite," says photographer Levi Manchak to the Phoblographer in an interview. "I tend to prefer selecting a photo that's original, something I haven't consciously seen before or had some emotional effect on me when I took it.
"A standard headshot or portrait from a shoot are never my favorite," says photographer Levi Mancheck to the Phoblographer in an interview. "I tend to prefer selecting a photo that's original, something I haven't consciously seen before or had some emotional effect on me when I took it.