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Hybrid Shooting Lessons From a Photography Background

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Whether you’re a photographer, videographer, or “content creator” (a term I personally cringe at), the current expectation is that you can shoot both stills and video. When I began my photography career in 2008, deliverables were much simpler. Instagram hadn’t launched yet, and brands were just beginning to explore digital marketing. Now, the pace of […]

Lighting

A Guide to Light Painting Photography

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Light painting is a great way to approach photography differently, but it can be a complicated process and requires some trial and error to get it right. When done right, you can really maximize the lighting you’re using or, better yet, add a level of surreal lighting to your images. So, let’s take a look […]

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Breaking Down One-Shots in Cinematography

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The Oner – A cinematographer’s boss fight that really tests one’s ability to choreograph a scene from front to back and expertly flex their skills with a camera. While the Oner (or commonly called a one-shot) was certainly always a novelty, with recent technological advances and current trends in cinematography, the Oner has pushed itself […]

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Overcoming Creative Blocks – Creative Photo Prompts for Beginners

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Isn’t it amazing how we live in a world with infinite inspiration and unlimited muses, and yet, somehow, we always end up creatively stuck? It doesn’t matter how many things you screenshot or how many TikToks you save to your phone; inevitably, you will be visited by The Creative Block. People always talk about creative […]

Photographic Techniques

How Severance Filmed One of the Best Scenes of the Last Decade

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A week or so ago, my girlfriend and I sat down to watch the season two premiere of one of our favorite shows, Severance. Upon starting the show, we were met with a ~2-minute montage of Adam Scott’s character running through the narrow corridors of Lumen Industries. My girlfriend, a talented writer and producer for […]

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