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The Second Comprehensive Guide to Vintage Film and Cameras

Cameron Knight — Thu, 31 May 2012 14:00:14 +0000

Today, we’re hopping back in the Delorean for another trip to the days when megapixel wasn’t a word and Google didn’t make special glasses that allow you to photograph with your mind (or whatever it is they do). In the first installment of this article, we covered the classic film vs. digital debate, film speeds [...]

A Poor Man’s Guide to Budget Macro Photography

Josh Johnson — Wed, 30 May 2012 18:00:51 +0000

Macro photography can be an absolutely stunning way to view the world as you’ve never seen it before. However, high equipment costs represent a formidable barrier to entry in this particular field, leaving anyone without a large lens budget left out. Today we’ll discuss how to bypass these costs with some cheap and crafty tricks [...]

How to Shoot a Time Lapse Video of the Sun – Tuts+ Premium

Andrew Childress — Wed, 30 May 2012 13:00:20 +0000

We have another Photo Premium tutorial exclusively available to Premium members today. In this tutorial, we’ll teach you all about time lapse photography. Learn more after the jump! Time lapse photography is a great way to express the passage of time. We can combine the best of photography and video in order to show viewers how [...]

An In-Depth Guide to Effectively Capturing Dereliction and Decay

Simon Bray — Tue, 29 May 2012 14:00:29 +0000

Sometimes as a photographer I get overwhelmed by the thought of the amount of subject matter that is out there for me to capture. There are always new sites and exciting people to photography, but for me, there is just as much interest in capturing what has been left behind. New subject matter is exactly [...]

Building a Narrative Through Photojournalism

Jose Antunes — Mon, 28 May 2012 12:00:00 +0000

Telling visual stories is the work and craft of the photojournalist. I remember it from the first hard news story I covered, back in 1980: a bank robbery that completely defined my future. The images on this page tell the story of a man saved from the sea, the same day a preeminent Portuguese pianist [...]

Greg Weight on Portraits and Landscapes

Cameron Knight — Sun, 27 May 2012 14:00:59 +0000

Just because you didn’t get to go to that awesome photography conference doesn’t mean that you can’t learn something from the pros! Occasionally, we’ll be featuring a recommended photography lecture or interview on Phototuts+. Today, we’re featuring Greg Weight, an Australian landscape and portrait photographer. He began work at the Yellow House in Sydney in [...]

Quick Tip: Balancing ISO and Aperture to Achieve the Results You Want

Andy Wright — Sat, 26 May 2012 14:00:02 +0000

Shooting action requires a photographer to be quick on his feet and with his settings. It takes more than the speed of the shutter to capture the moment. ISO and aperture are two functions that can dramatically change the result of an image. Know the Best Action Technique Keep in mind that one of the [...]

Photo Critique #138

Cameron Knight — Fri, 25 May 2012 12:00:34 +0000

Friday Photo Critique is our weekly community project, where we publish a photograph submitted by one of our wonderful readers, then ask you all to offer constructive feedback on the image. It’s a great way to learn more about photography, express your viewpoint, and have your own image critiqued! Quick Ground Rules Play nice! We’ve [...]

Easy Tips to Get Great Travel Portraits

Simon Bray — Thu, 24 May 2012 15:00:05 +0000

For many of us, visiting somewhere away from home can feel like just that, somewhere that isn’t our home. There’s often so much for us to engage with, so much to take in, that it’s easy to forget that it’s someone else’s home. Travel portraits enable you to engage with the people that call that [...]

How to Shoot With an Extremely Shallow Depth-of-Field

Cameron Knight — Wed, 23 May 2012 17:00:21 +0000

So you’ve saved every penny, and your piggy bank is full to bursting. It’s time to cash that in money and buy a new lens. And what better choice than a fast prime lens? These offer plenty of benefit’s, and we’re going to dive into one of those benefit’s today: that shallow, professional and silky [...]