If you’ve ever been to Los Angeles, California, you’ll know that the city’s traffic is one of the worst. So, how would you take a picture of a truck crossing the freeway, by itself, in downtown LA, in the middle of traffic? Mind you, we’d like to shoot the truck coming at us on an off-ramp? What you’d do is you have the cops stop traffic and escort the truck into place and then shoot it, just like how Jay P....

In this high-speed photography tutorial done by Evan from Photo Extremist, you will learn how to freeze the motion of water splashes by using very cheap equipment which you can find at the stores like Walmart. The equipment includes: - An inexpensive 10 gallon fish tank - A Squeegee to remove water drops that splash onto the surface of the glass after dropping fruit or vegetables - 20X30 foam board (black) was used as the background - A...

Forget all the celebrities of the celebrities whom you see on TV and hear on the radio. Jasmine Star is like the #1 celebrity to me. If I happened to bump into her on the street somewhere, chances are I’d bust out my camera and start shooting her like a paparazzi. And yes, I’ll have her autograph on my camera too. Watch the video below of reDefine interviewing Jasmine Star, who recently selected as one of the top 10 wedding...

This is a very nice and interesting wedding video you don’t see everyday. Usually, wedding videos are in color, regular speed, and with upbeat music. For example, everyone knows Stillmotion is like the masters of all masters when it comes to this. It really does take some serious skills (and gear) to shoot like them, which is somewhat of a downer when you know it’ll be quite some time before you are at that level. Instead, Lee...

What would you do if 1.) you love shooting time-lapse and 2.) you don’t want to go outside to shoot and 3.) you have a giant studio with nice and expensive equipment? You set things up right inside your studio to shoot the time-lapse. In this video, we look at creating time-lapse using strobes as the light source. There are several problems that can cause timelapse to not work very well when using strobe equipment. This video looks at...

I have seen a lot of Lightroom post-production processes by other photographers, and I have developed a method of my own over the years as well. Today, I thought I’d share with you guys how *I* do it. I’m not saying this is the most absolutely good and correct way, but I hope it’ll give you some useful insights or tips. Take it with a grain of salt. First, let me start by saying that this isn’t a Lightroom tutorial;...

Here’s a quick and easy tutorial that’ll teach you a cool method of transferring a photo print (black and white or color) onto a block of wood. You’ll want to use prints made with some kind of laser printer or copier rather than an ink printer. This method works great with LASER print copies, but not so much Ink Jet. The Ink Jet ink will smear, as it’s water soluble. I’m not sure why Modge Podge was used for the protective...

Interior photographer Scott Hargis is based in the San Francisco Bay Area and has lots of experience shooting really cool spaces. He works throughout the United States. Scott’s work has been published in This Old House, Women’s Day Kitchens & Baths, The San Francisco Chronicle, The Los Angeles Times, Wend Magazine, Bay Crossings Magazine, and others. He’s fast, easy to work with, and fun to be around. This great video...

For most of us pros and semi-pros, and anything in between, we have at least two camera bodies. When you’re out on location doing a photoshoot, chances are you will bring out both (or more) of your bodies, with each having a lens attached to it; that way you can save the time of changing the lens to not miss any “money” shot, or to save the hassle. Up until recently, before I saw this video by Kevin Kubota, I always had...

Do you know that your photography website can actually be damaging your business? Google tells us that there are almost one million photography websites on the web right now. This is bad news for you. The good news is that most of these websites suck. Photographers keep making the same mistakes over and over again, never getting the best out of their websites. This post will show you what are these deadly mistakes and how you can fix them...