How many people remember my interview with Eric Kim? This was a huge deal for me! I remember when I first started shooting street, his blog was one of the first that I came by. It was filled with so much information, but what was more interesting to me were the interviews he did with other street photographers. These interviews helped me discover so many photographers, Brian Day, Damian Vignol, Josh White… I could name so many....
Here’s a few reasons why having a story to tell is far better than when it isn’t. Now how does this pertain to photography? When you’re looking through the websites of your favorite photographers, more often than not it’s a collection of their very best shot from each of their shoots. This can easily give you a sense that you should have a short list of shots that are going to be epic, you’re going to nail, it’ll rack up likes and you’ll be Instagram famous....
Recently, I picked up the new DJI OSMO Action camera. This new camera is the ‘action’ version of the DJI OSMO pocket. If you want to download some real-world example footage, read through and find the link at the bottom. Is the OSMO awesome – Yes!! Is the OSMO awesome – Yes!! I had really high hopes for this camera and it is hitting all the marks that I hoped it would....
There are so many different ways you can apply timelapse techniques to speed up time and show the world at a different pace to that which we normally see in our daily lives that it can be difficult to know where to begin. There are all kinds of questions from gear to technique and there’s a lot of overwhelming information to deal with. In this video, timelapse photographer Joe DiGiovanna, who’s currently in the process of shooting a 30-year-long timelapse of New York City goes through five of his top tips for getting started with timelapse photography....
One of the bigger personal projects I’ve been working on recently is my Cinematic Studio Lighting course. During the process of writing the accompanying notes and shooting promotional images for the event, I’ve done a ton of research on how cinematographers and directors of photography work, think and plan their shots. I originally thought the two worlds of photography and cinematography would be fairly similar, but I ended up learning a lot more than I thought I would and I think that’s down to how cinematographers approach the setup of their image compared to many of us photographers, especially those of us who primarily shoot in a studio....
