Tag Archives: video
This Is What It Looks Like To Shoot Video Through a Large Format Camera Lens From 1880
By now, we have posted a couple videos from Mathiu Stern’s “Weird Lens Challenge,” but I’m not sick of them yet, so here’s the latest one. This time, he has mounted a 136 year-old large-format lens with an early mechanical … Continue reading
Choosing the Winners of the National Geographic Photo Contest (Video)
This year’s National Geographic Photo Contest saw more than 13,000 images entered into three categories: people, places and nature. From that huge range of options, the judges selected three photos, including one grand prize winner. You can catch a glimpse into the logic behind … Continue reading
How to Create a Lightsaber in Photoshop Video Tutorial
With all the recent hype and talk about the newest installation in the Star Wars movie empire (The Force Awakens), I thought this might be a fun project to do. If you’ve followed along with the saga you know about … Continue reading
Nikon aims new AF-P kit lenses at entry-level DSLRs and video
Almost all DSLR lenses are built for stills photography. They use autofocus motors designed to get the lens to the right focus point as quickly as possible, even if that does mean they make a bit of noise doing it. … Continue reading
Video: In Which a World Class Ski Racer Is Almost Smashed By a Falling Camera Drone
For the most part, camera drones (or UAVs, if you will) are pretty awesome. They let us capture images that we could never otherwise get, and they’re also pretty fun. However, they can also be unpredictable little buggers and that … Continue reading
Hyper Zoom Through an Austrian Village (Video)
The following video comes from Geoff Tompkinson and it’s easily my favorite video of the week—at least! It gives a short insight into making beautiful hyperzoom videos, and it does so using a great example: the small village of Hallstatt … Continue reading
How to Take Amazing Rainy Day Self-Portraits (Video Tutorial)
Ilko Alexandroff is a surreal fashion and travel photographer, born in Bulgaria but now living in Japan. His experiments with light—silhouettes, bokeh, patterns—have led him to step out in the rain every so often for a few creative self portraits. It takes … Continue reading
Video: Watch The Sartorialist, Scott Schuman, Take High-Fashion Street Portrait Photos
If you’re a fan of fashion, then you’re probably already familiar with The Sartorialist. For the uninitiated, it’s a prolific collection of high-fashion portraits shot of real-world people on the street by photographer Scott Schuman. It’s kind of like Humans … Continue reading
This Video Explains How Camera Lenses Work In Wonderfully Nerdy Detail
When it comes to lenses, we spend a lot of time obsessing over spec sheets and test results. But, it’s easy to neglect the engineering wizardry involved in creating a lens. We snap them onto our cameras and shoot away, … Continue reading
This Video Provides an Excellent Explanation About How Camera Sensors Work
Sometimes I catch myself taking my camera for granted. On a fundamental level, I know how it works, but some of the things a modern camera can accomplish are truly amazing if you step back and consider the actual technology … Continue reading
Leica’s ‘affordable’ rangefinder camera leaves video out of the picture
Leica is known for creating some of the world’s most exquisitely expensive cameras, but the German company is introducing something a tad more affordable with the M Typ 262. Though the M Typ 262 offers a 24MP full-frame CMOS sensor … Continue reading
This Red Bull BMX Video Looks Like a Video Game Thanks to Clever Camera Tricks
I’m not a fan of Red Bull the drink, but their Media House is responsible for some seriously cool stuff. A recent project called Kaleidoscope is a BMX bike video starring rider Kriss Kyle and it’s one of the most … Continue reading