Ever since Nikon announced their new bodies D800 and D800E, one with the anti-aliasing filter and one without, respectively, everyone is talking about the Moire pattern that appears in some photos. You can read up on the difference is image quality HERE. TL;RD: the anti-aliasing filter helps remove the Moire patter, but also lowers the quality. In this episode on AdoramaTV, Mark Wallace will demonstrate what the pattern looks like, and how...

Check out this video of photographer George Holz where he sits down and talks about his photoshoot of Beyonce. George Holz is an American photographer whose work spans 30 years and includes nudes, fashion, and celebrity portraits. He photographed major celebrities in music, film, sports and politics including Jack Nicholson, Angelina Jolie, Madonna, Michael Jordan and President Bill Clinton. Holz photographed movie posters including...

This is a look at DSLR basics as of today. Things have changed ever since Canon 5D Mark 2 came out. Changed for the better as the industry has adapted and progressed with this explosive tool. Part one is a look at the basic way to set up and support the camera with the new tools that have evolved. All the basics are covered to get you started shooting video on a Canon 5D or 7D. Part 2 will cover the camera set up and sound. With these 2...

Watch these videos below for some tips from Zach and Jody Gray as they give you an inside look into how they bring all the pieces of a wedding day together. The course, which you can purchase here, includes a lot of good information on how Zach & Jody create beautiful portraits in any lighting situation during a fast-paced wedding day, how to incorporate dynamic yet simple off-camera flash, and how they master troublesome reception...

What a coincidence. I just posted a link on my Facebook page to an excellent article on screen resolution v.s. screen resolution. Basically, it boils down to this: DPI (dots per inch), or sometimes interchangeably called PPI (pixels per inch), don’t matter at all on a monitor; they matter when you print. This week’s episode on AdoramaTV, Mark Wallace talks about how your camera resolution (megapixels) is related to print sizes....

The art of shooting Black and White Photography has changed with the introduction of digital cameras. Many people convert their images to Black and White in the post process but very few shoot with Black and White in mind from the beginning. This lesson focuses on shooting digital Black and White images, giving tips and ways to focus on that thought in the camera, not the computer. In the end, it is a conversion process in Photoshop or...

Watch this video below by Canada-based photographer R.J. Hidson on long exposure and stroboscopic flash using a couple Nikon SB-800s and one SB-900. R.J. Hidson is a wedding and portrait photographer from Edmonton Alberta. There are 2 numbers that you have to remember with repeating flash: the first one is the number times the flash goes off, the second one is the speed of which is goes off. Those 2 will determine how long your exposure is...

In this episode on AdoramaTV, Mark answers the question, “Why are you using a flash when shooting outside in bright sunlight?” Mark also goes over the difference in power output between built-in flash and external flash. The whole point of using a flash in the sun is to overpower the sun, thus getting rid of the nasty shadows on the model. The trick is to shoot in high-speed sync so that the lighting is balanced between the...

In this episode, Mark Wallace shows us how to use ND filters in a studio environment. Mark will demonstrate how you can shoot with wide open apertures even with powerful studio strobes. Then, Mark will show us how we can use a similar effect outside and use a studio strobe to overpower the sun. On a side note, given that I’m a Nikon shooter, I just found out that the max sync speed of the 5D Mark II is 1/160th second. That’s...

Nothing is better than catching up with your TV shows on a rainy weekend. And by TV shows I mean Photoshop post-production tutorials. I finally had the time to sit down and watch these videos by Sean Armenta from FStoppers. These videos will teach you all the basic and powerful tools that you will need when doing beauty retouching. I’m posting a bunch of videos into this one post, so if you don’t have the time to watch all the...