Austrailia-based visual artist Catherine Nelson builds complex floating worlds consisting of hundreds of photographs stitched together.
When I embraced the medium of photography, I felt that taking a picture that represented only what was within the frame of the lens wasn’t expressing my personal and inner experience of the world around me. With the eye and training of a painter and with years of experience behind me in film visual effects, I began to take my photos to another level.—Catherine Nelson
From the Film School Rejects: "Steven Soderbergh is one of the most prolific filmmakers of our era. Though his early retirement is immanent, he’s released more films – and a greater variety of films – in his twenty-three years of directing than some filmmakers helm in a lifetime. Since bursting on the American independent film scene in 1989 with sex, lies, and videotape, Soderbergh has made studio blockbusters and micro-budget experiments, strange remakes and films that blur the line between narrative and documentary, not to mention semi-biopics of public figures as diverse as Spalding Gray, Che Guevara, Erin Brockovich, and Channing Tatum. He’s been a leader in exploring the possibilities of new digital filmmaking technologies, and it seems there isn’t a genre or scale of filmmaking that he hasn’t yet touched."
This is a step-by-step tutorial that will show you how to take a portrait and create to create a high contrast black and white portrait, as well as a film-like black and white portrait
"Apple have updated their ProRes White Paper and tucked away are some interesting performance figures for Final Cut Pro X on a Retina Macbook Pro. A great read with some great explanations.
When we first started to read this update to the ProRes White Paper, we just thought it had been given a slight tweak to bring it up to date. Then we realised that some of the testing had been done on FCPX 10.0.6 on a Retina MacBook Pro, so we read on!
Read Apple's ProRes White Paper
We would recommend that everybody should read the publication as it provides some really good background information about ProRes and other codecs. A few things jumped out at us."
Create and explore social documentary photography websites investigating critical issues facing our world today.
SocialDocumentary.net is a website for photographers, NGOs, editors, journalists, lovers of photography and anyone else who believes that photography plays an important role in educating people about our world.
Launched in October 2008, SocialDocumentary.net (SDN) today has hundreds of compelling online exhibits by photographers from all corners of the globe documenting issues as diverse as the effects of modernization on Kathmandu, homelessness in the U.S., the consequences of oil exploitation in the Niger Delta, and reconciliation in Rwanda. All photographers on SDN share a common curiosity about the human condition and a strong desire to communicate their insights through words and photographs.
Add high-end lens flares to your next FCPX project with PROVEGA™ by Pixel Film Studios™. This collection of dozens of professional lens flares was designed to create naturalistic streaks and light spots caused by light reflecting inside a camera lens. The PROVEGA™ flares are ready to be be animated and customized for your footage.
Photoshop’s wide array of cloning tools is the cause of many of the absolute best and worst works created with the application. In a skilled and experienced hand, these tools lead to phenomenal results. In the hands of a careless artist, Photoshop cloning can be disastrous to the credibility of the result. This article introduces the several cloning tools available in Photoshop and goes over the proper usage and best practices of each.
An ND filter improves exposure and depth of field when shooting video. On a sunny day using a ND filter is like putting a pair of sun glasses on your camera. On bright days you have less control over exposure due to shutter speed restrictions. Using ND fiters or graduated filters allows you to limit light coming into the lens and provide you with more control over shutter speed. The result will be a well balanced expose, true color and better depth of field.
In this micro Final Cut tutorial, Larry Jordan -- http://www.larryjordan.biz/ -- answers the question, "AVCHD files - MTS files won't import. How do you get them into FCP X
In this exciting presentation, Harold Davis will demonstrate his unique vision which blends painstaking craft and respect for the aesthetic traditions of art and photography with an informed attitude towards the tools of digital photography and today's latest technologies. Harold will show some of the imagery that he is best known for, including his night photography, digital monochrome, and floral imagery. There will also be a special showing of his handmade prints.
Harold will explain how he makes his images, discuss digital workflow and new technologies such as HDR (High Dynamic Range) photography, and describe how digital photography has become a new art form with many opportunities for creating unique imagery not possible before.
Photographer Jeff Cremer recently captured the highest-resolution photo ever shot of Machu Picchu, the most popular tourist destination in Peru and one of the New 7 Wonders of the World. This article also shows videos of the behind the scenes activities as to how the images are made.
Slide Strip from CineFlare is a packed-out slides and film strip effects and transitions tool for Final Cut Pro X. And it’s not just that…it has so many options that go beyond the simple slide projector look from overlaying real stock film to creating your own custom vintage color schemes...
FCP.co is posting 5 free courses per day from a 15 course program on color correction methods by Color Grading Central. It's an amazing resource.
The course is not just a series of screen captures either, the videos are well produced and there's a logical progression through the series of videos from beginner to advanced.
The Lightroom 4 Presets System v1.2 & Digital DVD by SLR Lounge is a collection of 216 Presets including 189 Develop Presets, 27 Brush Presets, and a nearly 6 hour digital DVD featuring over 40 video tutorials to teach you how to get the most from this powerful system! These Lightroom 4 Presets provide powerful effects for Vintage Effects, HDR Effects, Portrait Retouching and More.
The new Canon C500 is just hitting the streets, offering both internal 50 Mbps 422 recording, as well even higher quality outputs. The camera can output HD & 2K in 4:2:2 up to 120p, or 4:4:4 up to 60p, and uncompressed 4K Raw data up to 60p and 120p at half vertical resolution. This Canon Raw data can be recorded using an external recorder like the Codex S or Convergent Design Gemini 4:4:4. However, Canon Raw is unlike any Raw format that we’ve seen before. Canon has a very unique Raw method that deserves some explaining, but first – what is it?
Production-proven special effects tools for digital video & film professionals. Trapcode Shine is Ultra-fast, 3D light ray effects Sunshine through clouds, headlights in fog, or light rays sweeping a logo: Trapcode Shine does it all. Create 3D volumetric light effects without leaving your 2D editing timeline, and without the tedious render times of specialized 3D applications. Choose from 22 compelling Shine presets, or make your own light rays from scratch. Support for 16- and 32-bit guarantees high-quality effects for every project.
Have you ever wondered what the insides of a digital single-lens reflex (DSLR) actually look like? This article tears open a Nikon D600 and walks you through all the components and technology used to make a moden day digital DSLR.
For those who don't have the countryside on their doorsteps, there is still a world out there for street photography. Learn how to get the best shots. Street photography is a crafted skill that enables us to create powerful, emotional depictions of everyday life. From capturing crowds of unhappy commuters flocking past busy pedestrians to the silent expression of a person walking across a deserted alleyway at night, street photography is all about recording the nuances of human activity.
If you have 20 minutes to spare and would like to learn all about how to shoot long-exposure photos showing landscapes and starry skies, check out this primer by adventure photographer Kamil Tamiola. Titled “Let There Be Light,” the video steps through many of the fundamental aspects of long-exposure night photography, from choosing the right environment to choosing the right gear.
For the author post-capture processing in Lightroom 4 or Photoshop CS6 is a matter of tweaking the RAW image to help recreate what you remembered seeing when you took the shot. A graduated neutral density filter is used to balance the exposure between the background and foreground of an image. As such, it is an essential tool that every landscape photographer should learn to use early in their career (or hobby) and can help you achieve better color balance and a more accurate shot when the shot is taken.
If you have been experimenting with off camera flash at all, at some point you have contemplated using a light modifier such as an umbrella or a soft box. These flash modifiers can add a tremendous amount to helping you control the quality of light on your subject. But often, the biggest decision you will face is how to choose between them? What is the difference between the quality of light each one offers?
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