Category: Technique & Workflow
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The Moving Portrait: From Holograms to GIFs to Boomerang – PhotoShelter Blog
The Moving Portrait: From Holograms to GIFs to Boomerang – PhotoShelter Blog Although video dominates much of the media landscape, the simplicity of the photograph perseveres. Ironically, throughout much of the history of photography, photographers (along with editors, designers, and publishers) have continually explored limited m via PhotoShelter Blog: https://blog.photoshelter.com/2018/03/the-moving-portrait-from-holograms-to-gifs-to-boomerang/ The lack of a screen…
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Websites are shop windows, not vanity projects! – Witness
Websites are shop windows, not vanity projects! How to set up a personal photography website via Medium: https://witness.worldpressphoto.org/websites-are-shop-windows-not-vanity-projects-826802a56702 Let’s first be clear about what your website is. In essence, your website is your shop window. Every time a visitor clicks on a tab within your menu, they are visiting different departments of your store. Using…
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The WIRED Guide to Digital Security | WIRED
The WIRED Guide to Digital Security In an age of nonstop breaches and hacks, here are ways to improve your online security based on your level of risk, from average user to NSA contractor. via WIRED: https://www.wired.com/2017/12/digital-security-guide/ IN AN AGE of nonstop breaches and hacks, getting a handle on your own digital security matters more…
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Designer behind Halide explains why you might enjoy RAW photography on your iPhone | 9to5Mac
Designer behind Halide explains why you might enjoy RAW photography on your iPhone – 9to5Mac Sebastiaan de With, the designer behind Halide has dropped some knowledge today on just how RAW photography works with the iPhone. de With goes into explaining the advantages, and disadvantages, that come with RAW photography and why they matter. In…
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Trump’s Official Portrait and the Language of Lighting
Trump’s Official Portrait and the Language of Lighting Nine months after taking office, the White House has finally released official portraits of both President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence. via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2017/11/03/trumps-official-portrait-language-lighting/ As a photographer and veteran involved in policy work, I am interested in both the messaging and methodology of Trump’s two…
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Innovative solution providers tackle the ever-growing headaches of photo management and storage – Kaptur
Innovative solution providers tackle the ever-growing headaches of photo management and storage – Kaptur Consumers have no idea which of their photos are stored where, for how long, at what resolution, and what would happen if their house was indeed destroyed, or their phone stolen. via Kaptur: http://kaptur.co/innovative-solution-providers-tackle-the-ever-growing-headaches-of-photo-management-and-storage/ It’s a given: we are all overwhelmed…
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20,000 slides returned from Sports Illustrated – Mangin Photography Archive
20,000 slides returned from Sports Illustrated Next up I had to find a place to scan my stuff. I knew prices had come down since I last had slides scanned, but of course I don’t trust just anyone with my originals and I don’t want to send my stuff out of the country. Luckily through…
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Photo storage 4.0 – it’s deduplication, stupid! – Kaptur
Photo storage 4.0 – it’s deduplication, stupid! – Kaptur When deciding what to do with all their smartphone photos, consumers decide with their heart more than their wallet. Although, with the right features… via Kaptur: http://kaptur.co/photo-storage-4-0-its-deduplication-stupid/ Today, I’d like to share the findings that relate to how and why consumers store their smartphone photos on…
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How Lee Friedlander Edits His Photo Books | PDNPulse
How Lee Friedlander Edits His Photo Books | PDNPulse Lee Friedlander has published 50 books in his career to date. And he’s not stopping. The legendary photographer (born 1933) and his grandson, Giancarlo T. Roma, recently revived Haywire Press, the self-publishing company Friedlander established in the 197 via PDNPulse: https://pdnpulse.pdnonline.com/2017/07/lee-friedlander-edits-photo-books.html Friedlander said he typically Xeroxes…
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This Website Reveals How JPEG Photos Were Edited in Lightroom
This Website Reveals How JPEG Photos Were Edited in Lightroom As photographers, we’re always interested in how other people edit their photos to achieve a certain look. Pixel Peeper is a new website that can take a via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2017/06/19/website-can-reveal-jpeg-photo-edited-lightroom/ As photographers, we’re always interested in how other people edit their photos to achieve a…
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Instagram Created a Monster: A No B.S. Guide to What’s Really Going On
Instagram Created a Monster: A No B.S. Guide to What’s Really Going On I remember how excited I was when I first started posting on Instagram. I finally had a platform to get my work seen, tell my stories, share my life and via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2017/06/01/instagram-created-monster-no-b-s-guide-whats-really-going/ I’m writing this with a heavy heart, as I…
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How Photographer Bill Frakes Used 41 DSLRs to Shoot the Kentucky Derby
How Photographer Bill Frakes Used 41 DSLRs to Shoot the Kentucky Derby Native Nebraskan Bill Frakes has had a long career in which he has photographed in 138 countries and all US states. He has captured everything from via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2017/05/11/photographer-bill-frakes-used-35-cameras-shoot-kentucky-derby/ We spoke to Bill Frakes to find out how he managed to capture so…
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The unstoppable rise of Stories – Kaptur
The unstoppable rise of Stories – Kaptur New social visual storytelling format strikes a chord in social networks and chat services via Kaptur: http://kaptur.co/the-unstoppable-rise-of-stories/ According to Facebook’s VP of messaging, David Marcus, Stories have become a social media format in their own right, similar to how newsfeeds became a must-have format on social media networks.
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Gerd Ludwig on His “Invisible Flash” Technique | PDNPulse
Gerd Ludwig on His “Invisible Flash” Technique | PDNPulse Photographer Gerd Ludwig, a master of TTL strobe lighting, discusses his technique for invisibly blending hand-held flash with available light. via PDNPulse: http://pdnpulse.pdnonline.com/2016/09/gerd-ludwig-invisible-flash-technique.html Ludwig explains the basics of his technique. He shows how he has applied it to images from his various assignments for National Geographic…
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Shoot in DNG raw in Lightroom for iOS 2.5
Shoot in DNG raw in Lightroom for iOS 2.5 Today we are excited to announce an important update to Lightroom Mobile for iPhone and iPad that adds the ability to capture and edit raw photos using Adobe’s Digital Negative (DNG) file format. Having a true end-to-end raw workflow, powered by DNG and Lightroom, on your…
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Brad Smith Picks the Top 0.2% Images from the Olympics | PhotoShelter Blog
Brad Smith Picks the Top 0.2% Images from the Olympics – PhotoShelter Blog Brad Smith has spent a career editing sports photography. First as a sports editor at Sports Illustrated, then a senior sports editor at The New York Times, and a return to SI as its Director of Photography. But for the next two…
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How Getty’s Olympics Photos Are Shot, Edited, And Sent Into The World In Just Two Minutes | Popular Photography
How Getty’s Olympics Photos are Shot, Edited, and Sent into the World in Just Two Minutes How Getty prepares for and photographs the Olympics via Popular Photography: http://www.popphoto.com/how-olympic-images-reach-your-eyes-in-two-minutes-flat?src=SOC&dom=fb When a Getty images photographer shoots a picture at the Olympic Games, it’s often available to customers amazingly quickly—within a couple of minutes. But getting it there…
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19 Fine Art Photographers Describe Their Daily Routines – Feature Shoot
19 Fine Art Photographers Describe Their Daily Routines – Feature Shoot © Andi Schreiber Andi Schreiber: I crave routine in terms of my art making but it’s impossible to achieve. I’m a full-time parent so I try to get my work… via Feature Shoot: http://www.featureshoot.com/2016/06/19-fine-art-photographers-describe-their-daily-routines/ Bruce Gilden: I get up early. I go to sleep…
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Plugin Lets You Upload Images to Instagram from Lightroom
Plugin Lets You Upload Images to Instagram from Lightroom | PDNPulse Learn more about how you can upload images to Instagram from Lightroom. via PDNPulse: http://pdnpulse.pdnonline.com/2016/06/plugin-lets-upload-images-instagram-lightroom.html The death of NPR photojournalist David Gilkey was a reminder of how dangerous photojournalism can be.
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Here’s a Crazy Comparison Between RAW and JPEG
Here’s a Crazy Comparison Between RAW and JPEG When starting out in photography, a lot of beginners are confused about RAW and JPEG formats while shooting. There are plenty of explanations out there, via PetaPixel: http://petapixel.com/2016/02/04/heres-a-crazy-comparison-between-raw-and-jpeg/ Using Adobe’s Camera RAW editor, I bumped the exposure up 5 stops for both files and was amazed at…