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  • How to Use the BMPCC: Complete Guide to Setup, Filming, and Post-Production

    How to Use the BMPCC: Complete Guide to Setup, Filming, and Post-Production

    Marie Gardiner

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    1. Shooting Portraits for the Web and Why it's Different

      Shooting Portraits for the Web and Why it's Different

      Tutorial • Intermediate

      If you have a website, use a lot of social media, or write articles for print, you need a simple portrait thumbnail that will support the content you are...

    2. Shooting Portraiture at Night: A Practical Tale

      Shooting Portraiture at Night: A Practical Tale

      Tutorial • Intermediate

      I love night shooting and night photography. I think it's the ambience that comes from a dark blue environment dotted with yellow-orange lighting. It's like...

    3. Freezing Action With an Einstein Monolight

      Freezing Action With an Einstein Monolight

      Tutorial • Intermediate

      Introduced in 2010, the Paul C. Buff Einstein has been rapidly growing in popularity as tales of its capabilities spread via the popular photography blogs....

    4. The Versatility of the Humble Beauty Dish

      The Versatility of the Humble Beauty Dish

      Tutorial • Beginner

      Unless you're very new to modifiers, you've likely heard of a beauty dish, but do you know what it is, what it does, and how it can help your portraiture? In...

    5. Three Different Portraits Shot with Three Lights

      Three Different Portraits Shot with Three Lights

      Tutorial • Advanced

      Wondering why you should add more lights when you like the images you get with one or two? Are you trying to figure out if you can justify the expense of...

    6. Shooting a Red Hot Chili Pepper: Flaming Food Photography

      Shooting a Red Hot Chili Pepper: Flaming Food Photography

      Tutorial • Advanced

      In this tutorial, I'll show you how to do some commercial food photography and set it on fire! I'm going to take you through a step-by-step process of food...

    7. Shooting a Surprise Proposal

      Shooting a Surprise Proposal

      Tutorial • Intermediate

      A few weeks ago I was called upon by an old friend to shoot him proposing to his girlfriend at an out-of-town location I had never been to before. It was a...

    8. Build A Triflector for Only $50

      Build A Triflector for Only $50

      Tutorial • Intermediate

      Triflectors are a staple in beauty shooting and are applicable to a variety of studio applications in the headshot and portraiture area. Instead of a table...

    9. Build a DIY Rotating Time Lapse Tripod Head

      Build a DIY Rotating Time Lapse Tripod Head

      Tutorial • Beginner

      In this tutorial, I'll show you how to quickly and easily create your own rotating time lapse head for your GoPro or compact camera using a kitchen timer. It...

    10. Build Your Own DIY V-Flat Light Modifiers

      Build Your Own DIY V-Flat Light Modifiers

      Tutorial • Intermediate

      V-flats are a staple of studio setups and have a wide array of uses, but the "real" flats they're usually made up of are a type of foamboard for display...

    11. Shooting a Sunset Wedding on a Hot Air Balloon

      Shooting a Sunset Wedding on a Hot Air Balloon

      Tutorial • Intermediate

      As a wedding photographer, you only have one chance for every moment. We all have to handle curveballs on the big day from the florist running late to the...

    12. Micro Macro: Low Power Microscopy Without Lab Equipment

      Micro Macro: Low Power Microscopy Without Lab Equipment

      Tutorial • Intermediate

      When pursuing macro photography, there's always the urge to probe deeper, get closer. We want to marvel at the infinite layers of detail offered by the world...

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