Adorable Portraits of Trotter the French Bulldog Modeling Various Outfits

There’s a new rising star on Instagram, and he’s only one year old and walks around on four legs. It’s Trotter, a San Francisco-based French Bulldog owned by photographer Sonya Yu. Six months ago, Yu — a professional food photographer — began dressing Trotter up in various costumes and snapping clever portraits of the outfits. Amazingly, Trotter plays along and does a great job at pug-mugging for the camera. Yu tells the Huffington Post that Trotter has been groomed for the camera from the get-go: We’ve been training her since she was young so she’s...

When to Use a Light Meter in Photography

Mark Wallace is back at it, delivering his viewers with another informative video tutorial, this time focusing on the helpfulness of a light meter. There is no question as to whether or not a light meter can improve your photography, but knowing why and how to use one is crucial to the equation. In his video, Wallace describes various situations in which he employs the handy tool and pairs them with some excellent tips to help you get the most out of your light meter. Have a look: Basically, a light meter takes the guess work out of setting up your lights. Wallaces attributes his quick...

What I’ve Learned About Photo Gear Over the Past 40 Years

This entire story is about black-and-white film shooting, but I hope there are good lessons in this for you youngsters shooting digital. Hopefully, you won’t take this as being arrogant, condescending, or hectoring. I offer this in the spirit of something I’ve found to be fascinating for some four decades. I have been a very active photographer for most of the past 40+ years. In my early days, I thought I wanted to be a pro and actually worked as a photo assistant and freelance shooter while still in my teens. I rapidly learned that photography was wired into me — I...

Lacrosse Photography Session: Behind the Scenes

In the video below, viewers are treated to a behind the scenes look at a lacrosse photoshoot. Like many behind the scene videos, this one doesn’t stop at after the photographs have been captured. Also included in the short film is the entire editing workflow, which was done in Lightroom and Photoshop. Pretty interesting for those of you who are curious about editing techniques of different photographers, something that is not often shared with the public. Have a look: The photographer’s setup included a pair of softboxes, 3 SB600s, and a SB700. The SB700 powered the softbox...

Quirky New iOS Camera App Gives Your Photos Witty Captions

Frank Said What? is an amazing new iOS camera app that can accurately describe any photo you show it. It’s not just smart, it’s witty too: “Frank” will usually give your photographs humorous captions. Some will make you smile, while others will make you laugh out loud. Here’s how the app works. Once you install it and open it up, you’ll be asked to sign in via either Twitter or Facebook. Once inside, you can either browse the captioned photos of other users or snap/choose your own photograph for automatic captioning. Once Frank has it, he’ll need...

Clever Photos of People Casting Intricate Shadows With Their Bodies

Earlier this year, we shared the photos of Tim Noble and Sue Webster, London-based artists who are well known for creating amazing shadows using piles of carefully arranged objects. Perhaps inspired by their work, photographer Julian Wolkenstein shot a clever series of photographs a couple of years ago that show three people contorting their bodies in various ways to create intricate shadows on the wall behind them. The project is titled, Nova. Just in case you didn’t realize it, the photographs aren’t real. They were created as part of an advertising for an Australian radio...

Turn Your Instagram Photographs Into a Beautiful Tear-Off Calendar

Last year, we wrote about Poladarium, a tear-off calendar that inspires you with a new Polaroid picture every day. Now, for roughly the same price, you can create one that features your own photographs. Instagram printing company Printstagram has launched a new calendar product that allows you to turn your Instagram photo stream into a beautiful stack of 365 8.5x7cm “Polaroid” pictures. The calendar features a different photo of yours every day, with each one printed on thick-ish paper. You can use each day’s photos as decoration, notecards, or a fun gift that’ll...

Off Camera Flash Techniques

Despite what you may have been told, you don’t need an extensive lighting setup to do professional quality studio work. In the seminar below, speedlight master, Bob Harrington, explains to users how to get started using minimal equipment. Throughout the nearly two-hour long presentation, Harrington gives a live demonstration on six different ways to use only a single speedlight. What he is able to do with one light and limited space is oddly inspiring. Take a look for yourself: “The joke in my house is that my wife gets Golf Digest and I get Vanity Fair. But, you open Vanity...

Photog Denied Park Permit Because His Mirrorless Camera Lacks a Mirror

There was once a time when you could more easily spot a professional photographer simply by glancing at the camera equipment in a person’s hands. Was it a beast of a camera with a gigantic lens attached to it? You’re looking at a serious shooter. Is it a dinky pea shooter that is used with arms outstretched? The person is a tourist, newbie, or both. Nowadays, as serious hardware and specs are increasingly found in smaller cameras and new types of cameras, the distinction is rapidly blurring and fading away. Unfortunately, there are people who still haven’t caught on to this...

Remember That Hipstamatic Wedding Pic Craigslist Ad? Here Are the Photos

Photography purists, you might want to look away. For the rest of you: remember that Craiglist listing we shared a couple of months ago posted by a couple looking for Hipstamatic wedding photographers? Among the hoards of enthusiastic Hipstamatic shooters who responded were Keith and Marc, hosts of the iPhoneography podcast TinyShutter. After being chosen for the gig, they drove down to Connecticut from Massachusetts and New Hampshire to capture the wedding with their iPhones. Here’s a selection of the photographs that resulted: After shooting the wedding, the two...