Photography

Film and digital photography, tips, tricks, tools, trends, new skills and prestigious professionals in the world of photography

Photography
Categories
Popular tags
  • What is RAW Imagery and What is It For?
    Photography

    What is RAW Imagery and What is It For?

    Find out what the main advantages of RAW photography are and why you should consider using it It is one of the most used image formats by professional photographers because of its great advantages when editing and the amount of information it is capable of storing, but do you know what RAW is and why you should consider using it? Photographer Edu Gómez (@edugomez) explains what its main features are and why it is the format of choice for connoisseurs of photography.

    • 1
    • 0
  • 5 Tips For Taking Creative Photographs Without Leaving Your Home
    Photography

    5 Tips For Taking Creative Photographs Without Leaving Your Home

    Anna Devís and Daniel Rueda present “Visual Stay-rytelling” and inspire you to create within the walls of your home Anna Devís and Daniel Rueda are a creative duo with extensive experience working with top international brands such as Facebook, Netflix, and Disney. They have thousands of followers on social media, especially on Instagram. Earlier this year, they took part in our Domestika Live: Visual Stay-rytelling, sharing details of their creative process. Their work mixes architecture with photography; the way they approach new projects is sure to give you ideas for how to fulfill your creative potential without even leaving your house.

    • 0
    • 0
  • Domestika Diary: Aaron Walls
    Photography

    Domestika Diary: Aaron Walls

    The photographer shares how to take photos without having to leave the house Being a photographer doesn’t always mean counting on the best equipment or circumstances: photography depends on the eye of the maker and their capacity to see the expressive possibilities of their surroundings, regardless of their limits. In today’s Domestika Diaries, the portrait photographer Aaron Walls tells us how his work as a professional photographer is developing every day. Walls doesn’t stop looking for opportunities to create content from his home and remain active on social media. Learn more in the following video:

    • 0
    • 0
  • Download Free Presets for Adobe Lightroom
    Photography

    Download Free Presets for Adobe Lightroom

    Rafaella Bertorini shares the tools to improve your photographic post-production processes Rafa Bertorini (@rafabertorini) got into photography thanks to her mother. Her most vivid childhood memory is taking photos of everything around her with her mother's camera. It was her first hobby, and over the years it became a much greater passion. Now, it's her profession, her full-time job. These days, Rafa is a professional photographer and instagrammer focused on fashion, portraits, and travel.

    • 2
    • 0
  • Cleaning and perfecting skin in Photoshop
    PLUS Photography

    Cleaning and perfecting skin in Photoshop

    Alain Perdomo goes through a series of editing methods for fantasy portraits in Photoshop The process of retouching skin in a photo can achieve a professional result if it’s done with care. The following methods to correct details of the face and skin in a portrait will ensure spectacular results in your photos. Alain Perdomo (@alainperdomo) is a digital artist, photographer, and editor, focused mainly in cinema and advertising photography for fashion and beauty. In the following video, he shares his methods to retouch and perfect the skin to accomplish a fantasy effect:

    • 5
    • 1
  • Jupiter: Textures and Colors Out of This World
    Photography

    Jupiter: Textures and Colors Out of This World

    Enjoy this stunning collection of Jupiter photographs created by NASA and amateur astronomers The Juno space probe reached Jupiter in 2016 after a five-year journey from Earth. Since then, NASA has gathered a vast collection of data that is helping us understand the fascinating nature of the planet and giving the artistic and scientific communities new opportunities to work together.

    • 3
    • 0
  • 7 Tips For Photographing Amateur Models
    Photography

    7 Tips For Photographing Amateur Models

    How to take professional portraits of amateur models Catalina Bartolomé (@catalina_bartolome) is an Argentinian photographer who has been taking portraits for more than 12 years. She has collaborated with the likes of La Nación, OHLALÁ, Clarín, Radar, Inrockuptibles, Rolling Stone, and Las 12. In 2016, she founded her own company, Retratos Profesionales, specializing in portrait photography for amateur models. Over the course of her career, Bartolomé has mastered the secret to great direction, having worked with a diverse mix of models and clients who have each had their own unique reason for seeking out a professional portrait. Today she is sharing 7 key tips that will help you work with amateurs and get the best results.

    • 0
    • 0
  • Photoshop Tutorial: 3 Ways to Save Your Images
    Photography Teacher

    Photoshop Tutorial: 3 Ways to Save Your Images

    Learn from Carol Lopes the 3 ways to save a file in Photoshop so that you can edit, print, or share it on social media Saving an image file in Photoshop may sound simple, but it requires following different steps depending on what you want to do with your image. In this tutorial, post-production expert and photographer Carol Lopes (@carol_lopes) will teach you three ways to save your images: one so that you can continue to edit later, one so that you can print, and another for sharing on social media. Watch the tutorial in the video below:

    • 5
    • 1
  • Photographic Composition: 9 Basic Principles You Should Know
    Photography

    Photographic Composition: 9 Basic Principles You Should Know

    Derio Ilari tells you how to achieve stunning photos for a professional Instagram profile Many people believe, to capture a great photo, you need great equipment and editing skills. However, you can be a master of post production and not get a single good photo if you don’t pay attention to the composition. Derio Ilari (@derioi) is a product photographer who has worked with brands like Adidas, Audi, Volkswagen, Guaraná and, Stella Artois, among many more. His incredible catalog shows his talent and artistic sensibility. Photos have always been the medium he has best expressed himself with and the composition is the essence of each of his images. Here he shares what to consider when taking professional photos for Instagram.

    • 1
    • 1
  • What is Photojournalism?
    Photography

    What is Photojournalism?

    Photojournalist Manu Brabo on the history of photojournalism and its defining features Manu Brabo (@manubrabo) is an independent photojournalist who formed part of the team that was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 2013 for coverage of the Syrian civil war. Since 2007, he has captured uprisings, rebellions and civil wars in such countries as Haiti, Honduras, Kosovo, Palestine, Libya, Syria, and Ukraine. He is a regular collaborator to the Associated Press agency and has seen his stories published by some of the most widely-read media titles around the world. Here, Manu talks about the history of photojournalism and its current rulebook. A record of history Since the beginning of culture, art has captured historic moments in different visual and literary formats. Manu Brabo reminds us that man’s first graphic works captured important events, such as the first-ever hunting expeditions and wars. The purpose of these works was to glorify military victories and teach others about historical events.

    • 0
    • 0
  • Tips for Highlighting Brightness and Reflections in Product Photos
    Photography

    Tips for Highlighting Brightness and Reflections in Product Photos

    Karina Meza shares how to take advantage of light and shade in your photos using Photoshop Karina Meza (@karinameza) is a photographer with 15 years experience in digital retouching, specializing in advertising still lifes. She knows that special attention should be giving to retouch brightness and reflections for product photos, as much as to contrast. These details greatly influence the product’s final look. Below, she gives three basic tips you should consider when editing these elements on Photoshop.

    • 0
    • 0
  • Photomontage Tutorial: How to Create an Artistic Narrative
    Photography Teacher

    Photomontage Tutorial: How to Create an Artistic Narrative

    Discover the key steps to tell a story using photomontage with Carlos Herrejón Camera, Photoshop, and lots of imagination. You don't need much to tell a good story with a picture. In this tutorial, Carlos Herrejón explains the basic elements for creating a narrative through photography and creative editing on Photoshop. Internationally celebrated for his surreal style, inspired by the great artistic masters, Carlos teaches the Domestika course Artistic Photography Compositing. Below, he shares his tips for expressing yourself through narrative photography.

    • 1
    • 0
  • Photography Tutorial: How to Make a Pinhole Camera at Home
    Photography Teacher

    Photography Tutorial: How to Make a Pinhole Camera at Home

    Learn to make your own pinhole camera at home with Fotolateras Nowadays, almost everyone can take photos. Even if you don't have your own digital or analog camera, your cellphone should. But if you want to go that bit further and you're a fan of a more artisanal approach to your photography, we've got another option for you. Fotolateras share how to make a pinhole camera with simple materials: a metal box, black paint, black adhesive tape, aluminum adhesive tape, and a drill. Are you ready to step into the world of analog photography?

    • 3
    • 0
  • Domestika Creatives: Shinji Nagabe
    Photography

    Domestika Creatives: Shinji Nagabe

    The Brazilian photographer talks about his creative process, his series full of ironic and surreal images, and his inspirations. Shinji Nagabe followed the same path as many photographers of his generation and those before. He began his career in journalism and hard news and witnessed the often harsh reality of São Paulo's periphery, a city where he also lived for some years. In his transition to a more artistic style of photography, which has earned him international awards and recognition, he developed a more commercial version of his discipline. Little by little, he achieved the look he was after: a hybrid of art and storytelling brought together in a very personal style. In his series, ordinary people are adorned with multicolored accessories, masks, plastic bananas, and bright objects that contrast against arid landscapes. The viewer's initial shock and bewilderment give way to reflection. The condemnation of poor living conditions around sugar cane plantations or of Brazil's complex political sphere, which the photographer's ironic gaze converts into a banana republic, set the tone for his work and other criticisms. In this video, Nagabe talks about his creative process:

    • 0
    • 0
  • Tutorial: How to Cut an Image in Photoshop in Less Than 5 min
    Photography Teacher

    Tutorial: How to Cut an Image in Photoshop in Less Than 5 min

    Learn how to cut out objects from photos using the Polygonal Lasso Tool in Adobe Photoshop, and get them ready to animate in After Effects Photoshop–the most popular editing software in the world–is the best tool for cutting out objects or figures from photos. Once the selected part of the photo has been cut out, you can add any background, correct mistakes, or apply it to other images to create a collage. Today, we share a step-by-step guide, which is suitable even for those who are new to Photoshop. Given that the edges of an animated object needn’t be perfect, this is a great exercise for those who haven’t used this technique before and need some practice.

    • 10
    • 2
  • Spark AR: Create Filters for Facebook and Instagram Stories
    Photography

    Spark AR: Create Filters for Facebook and Instagram Stories

    Learn to merge the real world with the virtual world, creating unique experiences with your designs Instagram Stories and Facebook Stories offer infinite options for all sorts of projects. You’re probably already familiar with filters, having used them regularly to enhance images and videos. But do you know which software you can use to create your own? Now, everyone can create their own filters thanks to Spark AR, an intuitive app that can transform your illustrations into augmented reality filters.

    • 1
    • 0
  • Domestika Maestros: Viki Ospina
    Photography

    Domestika Maestros: Viki Ospina

    A pioneer of Colombian photojournalism, her camera has captured the last 50 years of the country's history When Viki Ospina started taking photographs, being a photojournalist and a woman were almost incompatible. Still, working alongside other photographers who struggled for decades to claim their role in the world, she managed to find a place for women in this profession. Along the way, Ospina also captured all the contradictions of the recent history of Colombia through the lens of her camera. The photographer meets us in her studio to enlighten us with all her wisdom, accumulated over decades of constant work. Passionate about capturing the true essence of things, and about transmitting everything she learned throughout her extraordinary career, Ospina reviews the most important moments of her life in the following video.

    • 1
    • 0
  • The Best Photo Editing Apps
    Photography

    The Best Photo Editing Apps

    Expert photographers share their favorite apps to take and edit pictures using only natural light No matter what your photography style is, these tools will help you get the most out of your mobile device. Photographers Nicanor García (@nicanorgarcia), Emilio Chuliá Soler (@emiliochulia) and Derio Ilari (@derioi) recommend their favorite applications for phones and tablets, apps that will help you capture and edit incredible pictures both indoors and outdoors, using only natural light. SKRWT This application allows you to apply perspective correction (horizontal and vertical), distortion, cropping, lens correction, ISO adjustments and gives you exposure information of your pictures, as well as a gallery view function.

    • 1
    • 0
  • 5 Instagram Accounts Sharing Food Styling Inspiration
    Photography

    5 Instagram Accounts Sharing Food Styling Inspiration

    Espacio Crudo shares some of their favorite food photographers’ Instagram accounts Over recent years, new artists working in food styling and food photography have been emerging and proving that a love of food really does develop through the eyes. If you have some experience in photography, this is a discipline that will interest you: there is a growing demand for photographers who can capture products so that they look as delicious as they taste.

    • 1
    • 0
  • What is a Flat Lay Photo and How to Shoot It
    Photography

    What is a Flat Lay Photo and How to Shoot It

    Learn to create these popular images and bring your Instagram profile and other social networks to life Flat lay photography is one of the most popular styles on social networks, especially on Instagram. It provides an ideal way to present products, projects under development or travel arrangements. Mina Barrio (@minabarrio), product photographer at Melon Blanc studio, tells you everything you need to know about this approach and how to easily create the most striking flat lays using only your phone.

    • 2
    • 0
  • 10 Wildlife Photographers to Follow On Instagram
    Photography

    10 Wildlife Photographers to Follow On Instagram

    Amaze yourself with the photos of artists fighting to protect our planet We have brought together 10 wildlife photographers whose work is aimed at inspiring others to care for our natural resources. Many are scientists committed to environmental activism. From big cats and sea mammals to tiny insects and majestic plants, you will find daily inspiration on all their Instagram accounts. Christina Mittermeier (@mitty) Photographer, engineer in marine biology, conservationist, and author born in Mexico City, she founded the prestigious League of Conservation Photographers (ILCP). Her work has been published by National Geographic and TIME, and has won numerous prizes, such as the Smithsonian Conservation Photographer of the Year Award.

    • 2
    • 0
  • Photoshop Tutorial: How to Select Hair in Photoshop
    Photography

    Photoshop Tutorial: How to Select Hair in Photoshop

    Discover how to use Photoshop selection tools to properly separate a figure from the background It is one of the most dreaded tasks for those taking their first steps in Adobe Photoshop: how can your subject be perfectly separated from its background, in order to manipulate both separately? Fortunately, the photo editing software has some smart selection tools that make this task easier—if you know how to use them. Photographer and post-producer Oriol Segon (@oriolsegontorra) explains an efficient technique to select your subject in Adobe Photoshop, even when we face lots of hair or other complex edges that need to be separated from the background. Watch the video tutorial below:

    • 1
    • 0
  • 20 Essential Keyboard Shortcuts for Adobe Lightroom
    Photography

    20 Essential Keyboard Shortcuts for Adobe Lightroom

    Simplify your photo editing work in Adobe Lightroom with these essential keyboard shortcuts Adobe Lightroom launched more than a decade ago with the goal of simplifying the workflow of any digital photographer. From downloading images from a camera to editing or "developing" them, Lightroom is an intuitive program capable of delivering great results in no time. In many cases, users will need to work with huge amounts of photos, so streamlining the workflow is essential to keep up with the delivery dates. This is where keyboard shortcuts come in handy. They make our work much easier. These are the Adobe Lightroom shortcuts that every photographer should know:

    • 1
    • 0