Wedding ring photography is an important aspect of wedding photography. Besides the fact that clients pay a whole lot of cash for them, they’re important because of their significance as a symbol of their union. Getting incredible wedding ring photos time after time can be a challenge. Finding the right background, lighting, and settings for ... Read more
As a portrait photographer, your lens choice is extremely important when it comes to your growth as a photographer. There’s a misconception among new photographers that zoom lenses are the way to go. Take a look at 3 reasons why you may want to go with a prime lens instead.
If you're looking for something exciting to do this weekend, then you should check out this year's Perseid Meteor Shower! One of the strongest, most impressive meteor showers every year, the Perseids always deliver at least a handful of truly stunning, giant meteors streaking across the sky.
Windows aren’t just a source of natural light. They can be powerful storytelling tools in wedding photography. When used intentionally, they offer opportunities to frame emotion, layer reflections, and create visual tension or intimacy in a scene. In this guide, we’ll explore 10 creative ways to use windows during a wedding day to help you ... Read more
Who among us hasn’t heard of Lightroom? Professional photographers and enthusiasts around the world use this popular (and powerful) photo editing software. Because of its popularity, several companies have designed Lightroom-compatible presets to further simplify the editing process. With presets, photographers can apply pre-made adjustments to photos and get to a final image more quickly, ... Read more
DxO PhotoLab has always occupied a slightly different lane than Lightroom or Capture One. Instead of focusing first on catalog management or creative presets, DxO’s reputation has been built on something more fundamental: getting the best possible image quality out of every camera and lens you own. Specifically, noise reduction, demosaicing, and lens correction have ... Read more
If you’ve ever wished your AI editing tool could just get your style without endless tweaking, Impossible Things’ latest update might be worth checking out. The Lightroom plugin, from the same team behind DVLOP, just added a feature called “Learn From My Edits” (currently in beta), which you can find and test here. The concept ... Read more
Finding the right Studio Management Software is critical for photography and videography businesses of all sizes and genres. The right software will help you do the following: This article (updated annually) is your guide to finding the right one for your creative photography studio. Photography Studio Management Software: At a Glance This guide covers everything ... Read more
Looking for inspiration for photographing your next road trip (or walk around the block)? Check out our curated list of black and white landscape photos!
You can have the best, most perfectly prepared subject with phenomenal hair, makeup and styling and have gorgeous light at your disposal, but bad or mediocre posing will make it all moot. Even an experienced model who knows how to work the camera can use a little coaching to look best from the camera’s perspective ... Read more
The Fuji X-E2 is a worthy evolution of the X-E1 and X-Pro1 combination. It isn't without its quirks, but offers tremendous value, and may have you enjoying shooting again.
There is no denying that with the recent announcement of the new X-T1, buzz around the Fujifilm line is riding high. It looks as if Fujifilm has noticed this and is hoping to lure some more of us their direction with some fresh deals announced over the weekend.
Here at the Studio for SLR Lounge, (and Lin & Jirsa Photography) we have a LOT of tripods. For some cazy reason, we probably have 2-3 tripods per photographer! I don't know how that happened, but as a landscape and time lapse photographer I certainly don't mind having a couple backup tripods.
Nikon's current rebates have already been "refreshed" once, so it is likely that with Nikon's fiscal year ending at the same time, there will be no extension after the rebates expire in two days on March 30th.
While the D600 is definitely an amazing camera that I'm sure many people are buying right now, if you read my D600 review then you know that for my particular line of work, I'll be sticking with a D700. In fact I'll be buying a second or third one, used, since they're now discontinued...
