How to Build Your Own Basic Makeup Kit for Photo and Video Shoots

Sometimes hiring a makeup artist is impractical. Your project may not have the budget to support it, or you’re doing some really fast run-and-gun work and you need to move really quickly. In these types of situations, it can be helpful to have a small photography makeup kit to help you handle some quick fixes.… Continue reading How to Build Your Own Basic Makeup Kit for Photo and Video Shoots

Photograph With Makeup: How to Pick the Right Type of Makeup to Use

When you’re getting into makeup for portrait photography, you’ll see a lot of terms like primer, concealer, foundation powder, and more. In this tutorial, you’ll find out what these types are and what they’re typically used for. Let’s talk through the products to use in the order that you might use them in a typical… Continue reading Photograph With Makeup: How to Pick the Right Type of Makeup to Use

Fujifilm’s new 56mm f/1.2 could be the ultimate X-mount portrait prime

The new Fujifilm 56mm looks like a real peach of a prime. Fujifilm In addition to unveiling the new X-H2 APS-C mirrorless camera, Fujifilm also revealed the new XF 56mm f/1.2 R WR portrait lens. This is an update to the similar-sounding XF 56mm f/1.2 R, launched in 2014, with improvements made to the optical… Continue reading Fujifilm’s new 56mm f/1.2 could be the ultimate X-mount portrait prime

7 Top Still Life LUTs and Presets for Lightroom

Do you find yourself stuck in your same old editing style? Or maybe you’re embarking on a new photo project and want to freshen up the look that your images typically take on. Using LUTs and presets is an incredibly easy way to shake things up in your post-production workflow and achieve results that you… Continue reading 7 Top Still Life LUTs and Presets for Lightroom

Everything’s just beachy: Our favorite reader-submitted Photos of the Day

“Riding the wave”. Gordon Webster Photography There’s nothing quite like a trip to the seaside. It‘s something about the way the saltwater air teases your hair and flavors your sandwich, how the sun reflects off pastel umbrellas, and how the waves rumble in and out, taking with them the occasional sandcastle. This week, we asked… Continue reading Everything’s just beachy: Our favorite reader-submitted Photos of the Day

The Triumph of Davison’s Painterly Aesthetics

Photograph by: George Davison  Image Source: Wikimedia Commons The year was 1890 when George Davison, one of the significant figures in the development of pictorial photography, was awarded a medal at the Photographic Society of Great Britain’s annual exhibition. The image, titled An Old Farmstead (later renamed The Onion Field), was one of the first impressionist… Continue reading The Triumph of Davison’s Painterly Aesthetics

On Location: A photographer’s guide to Venice

Reading Time: 5 minutes Mantas, Floater, Green Fortuny, Cochinilla & Kinsaccuchu Dyed Yarn, Wood, Body in Forte di Mezzo, 2019 © Lorenzo Vitturi. The azure lagoons and golden light of Italy’s floating city have charmed visitors for centuries. Louise Long looks beyond the touristic sites and bustle of the Biennale to uncover Venice’s photographic highlights… Continue reading On Location: A photographer’s guide to Venice

The Ultimate Road Trip Route Across Canada

Whether a road trip across Canada is an adventure you have been dreaming about or are already starting to plan, we are here to help! As a proud, Canadian company, we’re sharing our best road trip routes from the west coast to the east coast, helpful tips to make the most of your holiday, and… Continue reading The Ultimate Road Trip Route Across Canada