I must have watched this time-lapse video at least 2 two or three times before posting it. From the music to the composition and locations, everything gives you a very relaxing feel about it. Fine-art landscape & time-lapse photographer Joe Louw, who’s based in South Africa, travels around to shoot this video below with his wife, who helped him with carrying the equipment, planning the shots, and documenting the whole trip. In my...

Check out the time-lapse video below called “Heart of Vancity” shot by Canada-based photographer Joel Schat. The video is one of the cleanest I’ve seen. The composition is top notch, the music is epic, the movements are so smooth, and there is virtually none of light flickering. What you’ll notice is that is Joel Schat focuses on shots that involve a lot of change in terms of lighting. How did Joel achieve such...

Here’s another Jasmine Star’s installment on how to pose a bride for a photoshoot. When you are photographing a bride, it is as important to make her feel comfortable as it is to have the pictures look good. One of the tricks is to give the bride something to hold, because it will create natural lines and curves where they are supposed to be. This can be easily done since there’s always the bouquet. You can also give...

Coco Rocha has got to be one of the coolest models I’ve seen. Born in Toronto, Ontario, and grew up in Richmond, British Columbia, Coco Rocha started her modeling career in New York in 2004. Ever since, we have seen her face all over big named ads and commercials. I like her because she seems to be a hard working individual with a lot of self-respect and integrity. In fact, she ran into a bit of a problem last year when Elle Brazil...

NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory, more commonly known as SDO, has spent the last three years taking pictures of the sun, showing off its steady increase in activity as its latest 11-year cycle nears its peak. As part of the project, NASA has taken some of the images and compiled them into a single 3-minute video, which makes it easy to see the gradual increase in solar activity. SDO’s Atmospheric Imaging Assembly (AIA) captures...

It’s really time-lapse like these that make me feel like I really need to try pushing my limits even further to better my craft. I must admit, living in NYC is great, but there are so many projects that have already been done here, so unless you do something out of the box, your work is less likely to stand out. Ole C. Salomonsen, a dedicated and passionate landscape photographer who lives in Norway, however has a different story....

I’ll be honest, I’m generally not a huge fan of Joe McNally when it comes to tutorials because he tends to go off tangent and I can’t follow, but this is an exception that I personally think is one of the greatest. In this video, Joe McNally will tell a story about how he got the gig to shoot this badass aircraft for National Geographic. The plane was delivered to him and 3 o’clock in the morning, so it was pitch...

Okay, this time-lapse video has GOT to be one you haven’t seen before. These photographers and filmmakers keep pushing the their limits that a regular time-lapse doesn’t even cut it anymore. Check out Richard Bentley‘s latest time-lapse project that he shot in Dubai; it’s really out of this world! And by that I mean you’ll see some aliens and spaceships like in a sci-fi movie. Normally, I’m not a huge...

If you don’t have a large 4×6 softbox or an octobox to shoot portrait using your existing light, Mark Wallace has some nice tips for you to overcome the limitation. In this episode, Mark teaches you how to use a light modifier that most people have – a white wall! Using the white wall to bounce the light and a few reflectors, Mark will demonstrate lighting setups using studio strobes and speedlights. The method works for...

One of the mistakes one photographer could make in the early days was showing up to a photo shoot and hoping things would work out for themselves. They never do. When your shoots are not going the way you wanted, you should realize that it was no one’s fault but your own. As a wedding photographer, Jasmine Star needs to prepare her clients for success. This usually begins at the beginning of the working relationship – the...