From the Profoto YouTube Channel:
Follow Swedish based photographer Emily Dahl on this 1920's inspired beauty shoot where she combines flash and lighting for video using the Profoto B10.
B&H carries the Profoto B10 Plus and related accessories.
I'm pretty sure we've shared this tip before on a video posted to the site, but this tip is valuable enough to warrant reiteration. Years ago I assigned a custom shortcut (ALT+F1) to the Trim tool in Photoshop and it has definitely helped to streamline my typical worklow with the site. Over time, the seconds saved add up nicely. [Sean]
B&H carries Adobe Photography Plan subscriptions.
From the Adorama YouTube Channel:
Last week, Pye taught us the first 5 couples poses every photographer should know. In Part II of his Couples Crash Course, you'll see how you can achieve 20+ couples poses using the Foundation Posing Framework.
From the B&H YouTube Channel:
In this lighting tutorial, David Flores shows you indoor and outdoor studio lighting setups for portrait photography. You'll also learn strobist photography techniques, such as camera settings to balance studio strobe light with ambient light.
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From the Adobe Photoshop YouTube Channel:
In this episode of #PHOMO, Paul Trani explores the new Capture from Image functionality in Photoshop. Watch how Photoshop automatically creates patterns, shapes, color themes and gradients from your images using the Capture functionality. Watch this video for helpful tips and tricks to end those feelings of #PHOMO when it comes to design.
B&H carries Adobe Photography Plan subscriptions.
From the Adorama YouTube Channel:
A textured wall in your studio could well be the perfect background for your portrait photos. Even a slight texture can add the feeling of depth and interest to a portrait that a plain wall often can't. Of course not many photographers have the space of a permanently textured wall, so in this video Gavin Hoey walks you through a shoot in his small home studio, where he plans to replace a simple, smooth fabric background with some texture.
After the shoot, Gavin takes you into Photoshop where he passes on some simple tricks to add a gentle texture over the original portrait. He then goes on to blend everything togther by means of a quick color toning technique.
If you're looking to enhance a smooth background with a small amount of texture, this technique opens up a whole new world of background styles.
From the Adorama YouTube Channel:
Flash duration is an important concept to understand. The duration of your flash can vary widely based on the gear you use and the power settings you're using. In this episode, Mark Wallace explains flash duration, how to measure it, and why it's essential to understand. Mark explains the difference between T5 and T1 flash duration measurements.
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While this entire B&H video is worth watching if you're interested in what the newly introduced EOS-1D X Mark III has to offer, you may want to skip to roughly the 3:10 mark to see the new AF-On Smart Controller in action. As the 1-series's number of focus points grew, using the traditional joystick to switch between AF points became less practical.
The new AF-On Smart Controller seems to be a great solution to the AF selection issue, enabling very fast movement between AF points.
The Canon EOS-1D X Mark III is available for preorder at: B&H | Adorama | Canon USA Store | Amazon USA | WEX
From the Adorama YouTube Channel:
On cold winters day, being in a warm studio is very appealing. In this video photographer Gavin Hoey shows you how to add warmth to a small home studio shoot by making use of a warm tone wooden background, fabric flooring and and orange colored gel. Gavin also balances the brightness of the flash with 200 battery powered Christmas lights to create a festive feeling portrait.
After the shoot Gavin takes you into Photoshop to do some fine tuning and covers non-destructive cloning to hide the fairy light battery boxes with extra LED's and adds a creative lens flare effect.
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From the Godox Photo Equipment Co. Ltd YouTube Channel:
Volodya Voronin is an action, adventure and sports photographer, mainly focusing on extreme sports. Sometimes he gets to dangerous places like mountains and abandoned buildings and works in some really harsh conditions. For him, easy to use, compact flash units from Godox were a good choice for these condition. In this episode of Godox Photography Class, he will show you how these super cool images full of action were all shoot using the Godox AD200Pro and AD600Pro.
From the Adobe Photoshop YouTube Channel:
Welcome back to 3, 2, 1…Photoshop! In this episode, Adobe Evangelist Julieanne Kost shares how to create a simple stop motion animation using Photoshop. Watch this video to learn how to make your static images come to life.
B&H carries Adobe Photography Plan subscriptions.
From the Adorama Youtube Channel:
If you're looking for a dramatic, low key portrait idea then Gavin Hoey has you covered with this amazing rim light tutorial. Starting with two bare flashes, Gavin walks you through how to improve the photo by softening the light with a stripbox .
Once you've mastered the basic lighting technique, why not give Gavin's advanced lighting tutorial a go. Getting perfect rim lighting on a bubble is the challenge and Gavin has some great tips to help nail the look. He also has some top Photoshop advice to add extra bubbles after the shoot.
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From the Adorama YouTube Channel:
Join Host Seth Miranda @LastXwitness as we walks through Capture One 20 with a quick over view of some of the new features
Adorama carries Phase One Capture One 20.
In this Quick Look, AB Belinfanti shows us the RODE NTG5, the company's newest high-performing shotgun microphone.
B&H carries the Rode NTG5 Moisture-Resistant Short Shotgun Microphone.
From the Adobe Photoshop YouTube Channel:
Welcome back to Photoshop’s newest tutorial series, #PHOMO! In this episode, Adobe Evangelist Paul Trani shares how to integrate text, logos or designs into your photos and make them look realistic within a scene using Photoshop. Watch this video for helpful tips and tricks to end those feelings of #PHOMO when it comes to design.
B&H carries Adobe Photography Plan subscriptions.
From the Adobe Photoshop YouTube Channel:
Julieanne Kost shares all the new ways you can use the Warp tool to transform your images in Photoshop.
B&H carries Adobe Photography Plan subscriptions.
From the Adorama YouTube Channel:
In this episode, Mark Wallace explains how to create a simple gobo to create patterns on a white background for more interesting portraits. Mark also goes into detail about setting up lighting for beautiful portraits using an octobox, grid, and a white panel to bounce light. This episode is packed with lighting tips.
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From the Adorama YouTube Channel:
Join Daniel Norton OnSet as he creates dappled patterns of light for a fun portrait look. Often times when we are using natural light, we see patterns coming through trees/fences etc and use that light to accent our portraits. With this technique you can do it in a consistently repeatable fashion.
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From the Adorama YouTube Channel:
Battery powered flashes are great for shooting portraits on location. There's plenty to choose from and they vary between small speedlights and bigger, more powerful monolights. In theory more power means more light and that's usually a good thing for location portraits but can a speedlight be used to light location portraits like a monolight? That's the question Gavin Hoey puts to the test in this video.
Gavin sets each flash the challenge of being used as a simple fill flash, creating dramatic skies by "over powering" the ambient light and finally getting some beautiful shallow depth of field portraits using HSS (high speed sync) flash. The results might surprise you!
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From the Adobe Photoshop YouTube Channel:
Here’s a sneak peek at an intelligent, Adobe Sensei-powered feature headed to Photoshop soon. Meredith Stotzner shares how the new Object Selection Tool speeds up your selection workflow by snapping to the object you want to select using machine learning technology.
B&H carries Adobe Photography Plan subscriptions.