Over the past two years, our communication has largely moved online due to the pandemic. And Canon wants to change this (sort of) with Kokomo, its very own social platform. It’s designed for VR video calls, so your communication will still remain at a safe distance, but you’ll at least have a feeling that you’re right there with the one you’re talking to. Kokomo was made to “change human communication by combining virtual reality with an immersive calling experience”, according to Canon....

The eyes are the window to one’s soul. What truly brings out the eyes in your portraits is a small, yet important detail: catchlights. In this short but very informative video, Joe Edelman takes you through the basics of catchlights – the psychology and science behind them, their importance, as well as plenty of useful tips to get them right and make the best out of your portraits. Catchlights are reflections of light in the subject’s eyes....

Of course to review a cage, I would first have to explain why one would need a cage in the first place. And if you have never done any filming with a DSLR and mirrorless, you may be asking yourself the same question. So before I get to the review let me explain: Why a cage? Why a cage? When I just started shooting video, I did not need much. I had a Sony A7II for a camera, and a Rode filmakers kit for audio....

“Good photos come from experience, experience comes from bad photos.” After you come home with the memory card full of photos, you may just go through them, select the good ones and delete the bad ones immediately. But this could be a mistake. In this video, Nigel Danson will show you some techniques for analyzing your bad photos so you can learn from them and grow your photography skills. But first, what makes a good photo?...

Colour wheels are fairly common to video editing applications. Lately, they seem to have started popping up in still image editing applications, too through the use of various plugins. With the line between photography and video becoming somewhat blurred over the last few years, it’s really not much of a surprise. Photographers are making the transition to video, and filmmakers using DSLRs to film are shooting more stills. So, it creates a familiar bridge between the two....