Digital Camera News, Reviews and Tips
I love the long-exposure look and feel of moving water in a mountain stream. It’s a look that adds a somewhat soothing vibe to a nature image and it’s hard to get that just straight out of the box camera. In this article, I’m going to show you how I make this effect happen with a relatively simple and affordable addition to my camera kit. [Read more…]
There’s no easy way to cut out hair from a very busy background; however, there are definitely doable processes that produce solid results. Check out the above video from PiXimperfect as he walks you through how to get the best results with the help of a Wacom tablet.
Check out the above video from PiXimperfect in which you can learn how to use the “Color Burn” and “Color Dodge” blend modes together in Photoshop to boost the shadows and the highlights along with adding a punch of color to it.
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Check out the above Phlearn video with Aaron Nace as he shows us his technique with high pass filter and layer masks to sharpen portraits in Photoshop.
The GoPro HERO5 and HERO6 are the current flagship action cameras in the market. While there are many knockoffs in the market, GoPro continues to have a strong brand presence as the premier action cam.
For a quick overview of the similarities and differences, both cameras capture 4K and have nearly identical external construction. The devil is in the details though and the HERO6, of course, edges out the spec sheet of the HERO5.
Both cameras feature a 12MP sensor for capturing still images in JPG and RAW formats. The HERO6 adds a more capable HDR mode than the HERO5.
On the video side, the HERO6 gives you 4K/60p/50p capture in H.265 (HERO5 offers up to 4K/30p in H.264) and 1080/240p (compared to the HERO5 at 1080/120p).
While I use a GoPro for videos on occasion, I probably get more use out of the built-in timelapse functions – especially since GoPro started building the LCD into the cameras with the HERO4 Silver. Of course, both the HERO5 and HERO6 have a great touchscreen setup with more intuitive control.
I find the LCD to be critical for my use of setting up a timelapse shoot. For one, it’s on the camera and I don’t have to fiddle with connecting my phone wirelessly through the GoPro app. Additionally, I save battery life by being able to leave the WiFi turned off. The built-in LCD is a standard feature now and is even included on the most recent reissue of the basic GoPro HERO.
There are a couple different ways to capture timelapse images with the GoPro HERO5 and HERO6: [Read more…]
With the Fourth of July celebrations right around the corner, here’s my annual PSA for camera settings when shooting fireworks. If you’ve never successfully shot fireworks before and would like a starting point, check out my prior article: Camera Settings for Shooting Fireworks.
Have a safe and happy Fourth of July to all of you celebrating here in the US.
There was a time as a business owner where I was inefficient. I was sending contracts with physical paper in the mail, waiting for checks, sending DVDs, and taking my sweet time with editing. Editing was especially time-consuming. I was editing on a MacBook Air that had a minimal four gigs of memory. You’d think I was editing with Picasa, but I was actually running Photoshop on that little thing. It took forever for images to save and it added hundreds of hours onto a task that should have been as efficient and straightforward as possible. [Read more…]
Check out this short video from Lens Pro To Go that shows us an overview of a commercial lighting setup in a bookstore. It’s a pretty simple setup but is a great example of how to get a clean, soft light setup in a tight space.
While the gear used is high-end cinematography gear, the same principles of diffusion and light placement can easily be translated to budget and DIY setups for both still and video shoots.
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Check out this video tutorial from Phlearn, which shows you a couple quick methods you can use to color your landscape photos in Photoshop. You’ll learn how to isolate specific parts of the photo so your saturation adjustments don’t affect the entire image. You can select color ranges to alter or use selection tools to create masks on your adjustment layers. Some pretty cool, yet simple tools to really make your landscape images pop.
With the release of the Canon 7D Mark II a couple years back, we are starting to see more and more Canon DSLRs offer a built-in intervalometer. For those of us who have shot Canon DSLRs for a long time, this is a very welcomed trend.
The Canon 80D offers virtually the same built-in intervalometer features we saw on the Canon 7D Mark II. I put together the above video as a quick walk-through to introduce the features to new 80D users. If for some reason you can’t see the video embedded above, you can find it directly here on YouTube.
You can also read my full Canon 80D Review for more on this mid-range prosumer DSLR.