Some drips are more beautiful than others! Compositing product photography has practical benefits, but there are also a lot of creative reasons to combine exposures in Photoshop, notes a new video from Dustin Dolby of workphlo, which shows how to combine “the studio-lit beauty of a simple cosmetic with the naturally beautiful essence of a drip” to recreate a dynamic look suitable for advertising. Read the full Story >>
While the range of photography's technological capabilities have advanced and expanded significantly over the past few decades, the tech's bias in favor of light skin has perpetuated a certain ongoing lore around dark skin: that its tones require more light and that darker skin is, overall, a burden to photograph and film, notes Allure, which spoke to three photographers with extensive experience working with Black and brown subjects about their personal approaches to shooting those with darker skin tones. Read the full Story >>
Crowdfunding platform Indiegogo is changing the way it does business, shifting from an open platform where anyone can raise money for just about any purpose to a closed model where every campaign will receive a manual review before it can go live, notes The Verge. “Crowdfunding is not shopping — people generally understand that now — but it also shouldn’t be a leap in the dark,” says Will Haines, vice president of product and customer trust at Indiegogo. The new approach is being used on a small number of campaigns and will be rolled out more widely in the coming months. Indiegogo is also establishing an alliance with GoFundMe, adds TV. Read the full Story >>
The winners of the 2021 International Photography Awards have been announced, among them the Advertising Photographer of the Year (John Huet, USA); the Architecture Photographer of the Year (Julia Anna Gospodarou, Greece); the People Photographer of the Year (Art Streiber, USA); and the Sports Photographer of the Year (Andre Magarao, Brazil). Now in its 19th year, IPA’s annual competition is a sister-effort of the Lucie Foundation. More than 14,000 entries were submitted from over 100 countries across all categories. Read the full Story >>
