How We Shot It
Lightning Panorama – How We Shot It
If you have ever tried to photograph lightning during the day, let me tell you it is not easy! What makes lightning so easy to photograph at night is 1.) The fact that you can very easily achieve long shutter speeds, and 2.) Lightning is usually the brightest thing in the sky at night.
US Navy Blue Angels – How We Shot It
Shooting air shows is the best situation (actually, the only) I shoot in for demonstrating the use of shutter priority mode. People often think that shutter priority is what you use to shoot fast action because you want to dictate a very fast shutter speed, when in fact most action sports photographers get the same result by simply shooting in aperture priority with their aperture wide open.
Vancouver Moonrise at Sunset – How We Shot It
Today I have a great example of "seeing the forest for the trees"... Sometimes, when something truly breathtaking happens right before your lens, you get caught up in the moment and don't see the big picture. This was one of those moments, and I almost missed it completely...
Panoramic Sunset Portrait – How We Shot It
Every sunset is different. However each year, there are a few of them that you remember forever! This was certainly one of those sunsets! As Galen Rowell once said, "You only get one sunrise and one sunset a day, and you only get so many days on the planet. A good photographer does the math and doesn't waste either."
How We Produced It: Creating a Dramatic Wedding Environmental Portrait
In this Lightroom 4 Preset System tutorial, we will show how we can quickly and easily make this beautiful environmental portrait of a bride and groom's first dance at the Pelican Hills Rotunda more dramatic in Lightroom 4.
How I Shot It | Clouds in the Mirror
I live in Flower Mound which is a beautiful city situated north of the Dallas-Fort Worth area. We’ve enjoyed some amazingly great weather this winter with many days of cloudless sunny skies and unseasonably warm weather. Perhaps it’s the result of global warming but for now I’m enjoying every minute of it.
How We Shot It: 15 Minute Self-Portrait Under The Stars!
Have you ever wondered how people take pictures of the stars, when there is almost no light at all? Â Your light meter can't be trusted, and autofocus is downright useless.
Portraits of Denzel Washington and Michael Phelps
The morning of the shoot I quickly tried to determine where I would be making my portraits. The only space available to me was an all black small studio with curtains and a giant window.
How You Shot It: Wasted by Ronnie Chan
This is a shooting tutorial that was submitted by Marcus Wong in the SLR Lounge Forum.
How We Shot it – Environmental Portrait with Singer-Songwriter Sabrina
This environmental portrait is part of an editorial assignment that I had for Sabrina Claudio, an up-and-coming young singer-songwriter from Florida. In an environmental portrait, the surrounding tells just as much of the visual story as the subject. The client also wanted the lighting to look natural, so the trick here is to add just enough ambient lighting to balance out the three Einstein monolight strobes that I used to light this image.
How We Shot It – The Vogue Styled Portrait Session
In this article we show you guys our shooting and lighting setup for how we pulled off this magazine styled portrait session.
Dramatic Black & White Portraits [Getting The Shot – Episode 1]
Alright, it's time for a new series! Welcome to "Getting The Shot" with your camera-geek host, Matthew Saville. The goal of this series will actually be to explain (in a NON-geeky way) what goes into making a photograph. Instead of going crazy with techno-babble and assumptions of reader skill level, these articles will focus on three simple things:
