If you’re not dealing with broadcast, and you’re simply uploading to YouTube, Vimeo, Facebook, etc. then I’ll save you some time. You don’t have to stick with 29.97 framerate. It’s old, it’s obsolete, it’s no longer technically relevant, shoot and play back at whatever framerate you like. If you want to delve a little deeper into why 29.97fps is even a thing, check out this video from Matt Parker at Standup Maths....

Instagram is full of clichés and fake stuff. Studies have even shown that it can even ruin self-confidence in teenagers. Well, a fun trainer and presenter Chessie King is exposing all those “perfect” photos in a series of funny and honest side-by-side photos. On her Instagram page, she shares an important body-positivity message, and she will make you chuckle along the way. Before we go on, let me warn you that there will be some photos and videos in lingerie, so you might not want to watch this at work....

DONT PANIC! In honor of the upcoming International Towel Day and our deep love to the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy we are going to run a little fun contest. Up for grabs is the most intergalactic case we could master, the coveted Peli 1510 hard case. To win this gorgeous PELI case, all you have to do is to post an Hitchhiker’s-Guide-to-the-Galaxy inspired photo on the comments section: Towels, Robots, improbability and babel fish are welcomed....

The use of colour in most movies is not random. It’s actually all thought through and planned far in advance of shooting, in order to amplify and help convey the emotion and story. This excellent video walks you through the complicated theory of colour and how it’s used in the film industry. One popular way to simplify how colour is designed is to use the 60/30/10 rule, as this video from Wolfcrow describes....

A while back, Eujin Goh from Broncolor Singapore approached me and asked if I would like to collaborate using some Broncolor gear in a conceptual photoshoot that I could hammer out. I jumped at the chance and was thrilled to know that I would be using some of Broncolor’s latest tech – the Siros L system – a completely wireless battery-powered lighting solution for photography. You can even control the Siros L from your smart device if you download the Broncolor BronControl app for the iOS!...