Some photography gigs you take to pay the bills, some photography gigs you take because they’re just awesome. This assignment for Allure Fitness was most definitely the latter. In this article, I will share the lighting setup I used for this series of photos of Allure’s pole dancing fitness instructors. Lighting Setup and Camera Settings For Pole Dancing Lighting Setup and Camera Settings For Pole Dancing The lighting setup that I used for the majority of this assignment was super simple....

As photographers or filmmakers, we occasionally find ourselves in need of some kind of tool. Maybe we’re tearing down and rebuilding our video rig or perhaps it’s something as simple as tightening down the screw on a tripod plate. Whatever it is, occasionally (or often), there’s a need. While there are a number of multitools on the market made specifically for photographers and filmmakers, like this one, this one or this one from SmallRig, Peter McKinnon believes they’re all a bit lacking and has spent the last year and a half designing his own....

The extent to which we retouch photos can sometimes end up in a huge misunderstanding. This is exactly what happened to an Ohio-based wedding photographer. She photographed a couple and made them noticeably thinner in Photoshop. This caused the bride to accuse the photographer of fat-shaming. But it’s not all: the photographer had her side of the story about the “difficult clients,” which she shared on Facebook. Her rant reached the clients and caused an even bigger mess....

Firooz Zahedi, the photographer behind the iconic Pulp Fiction movie poster, filed a lawsuit against Miramax. He claims that the company broke the contract by using his image on a bunch of consumer products, but he was too late. The court rejected the suit alleging that he was too late to file it. I believe you all know the poster in question: it shows Uma Thurman as Mia Wallace smoking a cigarette on a bed....

Most of the cameras that have been on the Moon have reportedly stayed there. So, it’s highly unlikely that you’ll find one here on Earth. Or is it? Photographer and space camera maker Cole Rise managed to find Gene Cernan’s missing camera from Apollo 17. And no, he didn’t have to fly to the Moon to get it – it has been in a museum in Switzerland. Cole published a great article about his search for Gene Cernan’s missing Moon camera....