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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. How to Use Your Phottix Odin Radio Flash Triggers

      How to Use Your Phottix Odin Radio Flash Triggers

      Tutorial • Beginner

      The popularity of radio for flash triggering reached a new level when triggers offering more than the "normal" flash sync opened new doors of experimentation...

    2. Understand How Autofocus Works: Part 2

      Understand How Autofocus Works: Part 2

      Tutorial • Beginner

      After our first look into autofocus, we'll now take a more technical approach. I'm firmly of the belief that the more you understand about your camera and...

    3. Understand How Autofocus Works: Part 1

      Understand How Autofocus Works: Part 1

      Tutorial • Beginner

      Autofocus is easily one of the most useful advances in modern photography. In the majority of current camera systems, not having autofocus is nearly...

    4. How to Attract and Photograph Birds in Your Own Backyard

      How to Attract and Photograph Birds in Your Own Backyard

      Tutorial • Advanced

      If you're interested in photographing birds, this tutorial is the one for you. After watching it, you'll know what kind of equipment to use, how to set up a...

    5. Creating a Photo of a Light Bulb Powered by the Mind

      Creating a Photo of a Light Bulb Powered by the Mind

      Tutorial • Intermediate

      Today, we'll use some simple compositing techniques to create a image of a person holding a lightbulb. The light bulb appears to be disconnected from...

    6. Getting Started With Your New Monolight Kit

      Getting Started With Your New Monolight Kit

      Tutorial • Intermediate

      Monolight is a fancy name for a common type of studio flash unit. If you're interested in taking your lighting work to the next level, monolights are where...

    7. How to Achieve Simple, Dramatic Portrait Lighting

      How to Achieve Simple, Dramatic Portrait Lighting

      Tutorial • Intermediate

      There are a million ways to light a portrait and the way you light it will convey something about your style and your subject. In this article, we'll focus...

    8. 9 Essential Tips to Shoot Classic Theater

      9 Essential Tips to Shoot Classic Theater

      Tutorial • Beginner

      Photographing theater is a challenge. You'll face low light, prohibitions against flash, moving actors and unevenly lit stages. Here are some tips for you to...

    9. How to Photograph Jewelry

      How to Photograph Jewelry

      Tutorial • Beginner

      You might not be invited to shoot jewelry for Christie’s catalogs, but taking pictures of your own jewelry can be a of fun, and a lesson about the way light...

    10. Light Painting Text and Images with a Tablet or Smartphone

      Light Painting Text and Images with a Tablet or Smartphone

      Tutorial • Advanced

      In this tutorial, we are going to show you how to create a custom text or image light paintings using Adobe After Effects and your smartphone or tablet. You...

    11. Tethering a DSLR Camera to a Microsoft Surface Pro Tablet With a USB Cable

      Tethering a DSLR Camera to a Microsoft Surface Pro Tablet With a USB Cable

      Tutorial • Intermediate

      Photographers have a lot of complaints when you ask them what they think about tablets. Most tablets lack the tools that photographers need to preview and...

    12. A Beginner's Guide to Lens Whacking

      A Beginner's Guide to Lens Whacking

      Tutorial • Beginner

      In this tutorial, we'll take that lens off the camera and do some freelensing, also known as lens whacking. By unmounting the lens, you can create tilt-shift...

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