Have you ever been overwhelmed at the possibility of every camera angle, framing, and shot type available as a filmmaker? Us too. So we provided a cheat sheet with definitions for you!
Do you sometimes feel like your vision for a film is lost in translation? It can be a frustrating experience, but one that can be avoided (or at least minimised) by understanding and implementing some storyboarding fundamentals.
Ah, the Dutch. Of course, I could trot off a whole battery of generic stereotypes about the Dutch but there would be no point. You see the Dutch angle, aka the Dutch tilt has nothing to do with the people of the Netherlands. It is in fact a bastardization of the word “Deutsch”. This is, of course, the German word for German. The Dutch angle is, in fact, a cinematic technique. However, as you know, cinema and still photography are very close cousins. The techniques used in film making will often translate well to photography. Today, we are going to
Have you ever been overwhelmed at the possibility of every camera angle, framing, and shot type available as a filmmaker? Us too. So we provided a cheat sheet with definitions for you!
Five shot sequence is a popular filming technique that uses five different shots to depict an activity. In my open online course Audio Slideshow Storytelling, students need to study a tutorial and …
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Using a camera obscura that’s as big as a room, the photographer creates gothic portraits with a shocking otherworldly beauty
“I’m a very easily pleased, happy person … when I’m around nature or with my animals and family … simple pleasures of life.”
With an illustrious career spanning over 45 years, New York-based photographer Rodney Smith has produced countless images that are a perfect blend of
Those of you who read my “Favorite Fujifilm film simulation recipes” article know that for quite some time I’ve stuck with one single recipe for color and another for B&W. Tha…
Rachel Nguyen, who has just set up Warde, an online platform for creative minds, is the fashion blogger with a sense of purpose we need in these times.
What Did I Tell You About Taking My Picture? - Funny pictures and memes of dogs doing and implying things. If you thought you couldn't possible love dogs anymore, this might prove you wrong.
Since the new year, many people have made resolutions to work out more, get better grades, eat healthier, etc. For us, our new year resolution is to take more pictures. To help us succeed in this r…
Stev’nn Hall (previously) blends photography and painting together in an impressionistic style, often focusing his works on the rural landscapes of his Canadian home, or images of flowers he takes in his studio. The pieces are built from images shot with a 35mm camera, and feature gestures on the surface in the mediums of acrylic, ink, and pastel. These markings serve as both complements to the landscapes and abstract bits of scrawl, simultaneously pushing the underlying photograph to appear more like a painting, and Hall’s painted additions to seem like photographic errors. More
The Back Page: 6-5-14 shot through a cloud of midges, with Pyramid Point and Manitou Islands on the horizon . . . timelapsed clip is here: www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10152149241286453 photo date/id: 20140531_9005henaBb
Trump, 77, is known for mugging for the camera. Now, he has a mug shot, the first former president to be the subject of one.
If you’re sick of coming home from overseas with the exact same shots as everyone else who owns a camera, Fripito is the app you need.
Published in Camera Mainichi, February 1974
One way portrait photographers like Annie Leibovitz light large-scale group photos is by lighting smaller groups by themselves and then compositing
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A creative spark can happen at any age–even when you're in your seventies. Kimiko Nishimoto was 71 years old when she used a camera for the
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