Photography Tutorials

Photography and printing are two very different things. Although they are closely related in how they depend on one another, they take two very different sets of knowledge. Just because you can take amazing photos, doesn’t mean you can make amazing prints, and vice versa. In this video, Robert Rodriguez Jr explains many of the technical aspects and forethought you should consider when thinking about printing your images:

On a quiet patch of Californian coast sits El Capitán State Beach, home to soft yellow sand, unpredictable tidepools, and dense sycamore and oak forests. It’s heralded as a paragon of surfing, camping, and fishing.

On November 27, 2012, photographer and programmer Roderick Lee Mann captured a time-lapse video that some may compare as to winning the lottery in photography; something rather impossible to plan or predict: a perfectly-framed formation of an end-to-end rainbow.

Taking photos of strangers on the street, doing their everyday things, can be a bit of a challenge. Well, taking the photo is the easy part, getting a stranger to let you take it is the scary part. Brandon Stanton, the photographer behind Humans of New York (HONY), just might be the best in the world at stopping random people on the street and getting them to let him take their photograph.

Facing scrutiny for their embarrassing lack of security, the building owners, as well as Chinese law enforcement, are currently looking into the matter, though at the time of writing it is unclear whether trespassing charges will be filed. If the two Russians do face criminal charges they could be looking at hefty fines, jail time, and possible revocation of their passports.

A lot of effort goes into the making of each miniature foodscape. After extensive planning, the team gets down to business, building the project on a Styrofoam base. The larger elements are mapped out with thin line paper and tape. Slowly, the team builds up the scene, piece by piece, vegetable by vegetable.

Quitting is underrated, according to photographer Chase Jarvis. Despite the stigma that surrounds being “a quitter,” Jarvis happily admits to being one and recognizes its usefulness in his career path. He quit medical school, then quit a PhD program in Philosophy of Art to pursue his creative dreams.

Did you know that your sunscreen and insect repellent can actually harm your camera? It’s true because these products are oily and can affect the delicate parts of your unit.

Athletes who perform extreme sports like snowboarding, skateboarding, and motocross are often praised for their fearlessness. But what about the photographers and videographers who document those daredevil moments? Red Bull Illume is a competition that focuses on rewarding them for their contributions to sports and photography alike:

Like many disgruntled ink jet printer users, Pro photographer Ron Martinsen had almost given up on getting good quality prints. He found himself averaging about $50 per 4×6 print when you account for all of the clogged print heads, discarded printers, wasted paper, and ink costs.