The nomadic Rautes are the last hunters-gatherers of the Himalayas. The Rautes, who call themselves Kings of Forests, subsist on langur and macaque monkeys, wild yams, rice and a few kinds of vegetables traded from local farmers. Their main occupation is to trade and exchange of wooden items in nearby...
Desert Timelapse in 4K
During my trip to Death Valley, I experimented a little with timelapse photography using the MIOPS device. One of the moments, particularly at Zabriskie Point, was the one I did not miss and capture it at its full glory, while the light was constantly changing. At first, I set up...
Where Are My Mid-tones?
We've gotten several emails, the most recent and the best phrased one from a reader of Photography Life, with questions along the following lines: What happened to my mid-tones? I set the exposure using exposure meter, opened the shot in Adobe Lr (or Adobe Camera Raw, or some other converter)...
KeepSnap Overview
Every once in a while, I bump into a great idea that I wish I came up with myself. Recently, I came across such an idea - a website called "KeepSnap" and I thought that the concept behind it was very smart. Many of us photographers often go to the...
Panorama Photography Tips
When photographic architecture, landscapes and even people, photographers often desire to increase detail and resolution, capture a wider angle or create a unique look that is impossible to achieve with standard camera gear. That's where panorama photography comes in - it can be a great technique to utilize in order...
How Was This Picture Made #05: The Answer
Earlier this week I posted a portrait as the next installment to our How Was This Picture Taken series. Most of our readers took this as an opportunity to stretch their brains a bit and try to use visual clues within an image to figure out how it was taken....
Visions of Vietnam – Four Photographers, Four Styles
As a Southeast Asia nomad for the better part of two decades, Vietnam has always been one of my very favorite places to photograph. On the surface it’s easy to see why – the spectacular, seemingly endless mountain rice terraces of the northwest; 54 colorful tribal/ethnic groups, most of whom...
How to Eliminate Ghosting and Flare in Landscape Photography
When photographing landscapes and including a bright source of light like the Sun, we often end up getting quite a bit of ghosting and flare in images. Although seeing lens flare is quite normal in both images and video (in fact, videographers and movie makers often purposefully add ghosting and...
How Was This Picture Made #05?
For Part 5 of our How Was This Picture Taken series, I present to you: this portrait. The answer has been posted here. (more…)
Aukey Cell Phone Camera Lens Review
While some people might consider cell phone photography inferior to using a "real" camera, there are many who strongly believe that, as Chase Jarvis says, the best camera is the one that you have with you. These days, that camera is typically going to be a phone. With that in...