Behind the scenes

Before you read any further, please note that this post is a repost from DIY Photography. I am NOT the author of this post - I am simply sharing valuable information that I personally have found useful and would like to share it with my fellow photographers and in doing so, hopefully boost the exposure of this article. Benjamin “Von Wong” Montreal Based photographer here to write a quick article on what it’s like to put together a Mass Photoshoot with two week deadline. [udi: Ben is leaving for a super awesome photography collaboration trip funded via indiegogo, if you like...


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Nine times out of ten, I would rather shoot with natural light. But no matter how prepared I am or how keen I am on picking out the perfect moment, the reality is natural light sometimes needs a little assistance to capture the vision I have in my mind. It’s at times like these when I do my best to combine the best of both worlds: natural light and flash. To show off how best to bring together these two beasts photographer Adam Angelides has created a helpful tutorial. Throughout the five minute video, Angelides walks through his reasoning and thought process for blending natural light...


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When photographer and retoucher Erik Johansson decides to create an image, he certainly makes an effort to push the boat out, quite literally in this case. In a project that took several months to complete, Erik used 17 square meters of mirror to help produce this extraordinary scene, and while there’s certainly a lot of post and retouching going on here, it was a lot of work in the camera, too! As well as breaking up the mirrors, numbering all the pieces so they lined up, photographing them in the studio, they all had to be brought out and arranged on location, along with the model,...


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