A new Kickstarter campaign seeks funding for Chroma Chrono, a programmable RGB camera flash that emits multiple colors during long exposures. Users can program the flash using a web interface accessible on any device with a web browser and WiFi; the system enables users to choose the flash colors and the on/off duration for each …
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Sep 18
Food Trucks! Mac’D-N-Loaded! « Joe McNally’s Blog
Next up on our “world tour” of Los Angeles food trucks–Mac’d-N-Loaded! This was a fun job, to be sure. Got to use some lenses I rarely use, and meet some really cool chefs. So–how do you separate yourself from all the hundreds of food trucks out there? Especially in LA? One way is to have one …
Sep 13
Daymond John: Why Grit, Persistence, and Hard Work Matter
Daymond John is the CEO and founder of the iconic lifestyle brand, FUBU, which he started by selling handmade hats on the street and went on to have more than $6 billion in sales. You’ve seen him as the “snake in the grass” star on ABC’s Shark Tank, which is currently in its tenth season …
Sep 08
Photo Of The Day By Deborah Tracy-Kral
By Staff | September 1, 2018 | 0 Photo By Deborah Tracy-Kral Today’s Photo Of The Day is “Help From a Friend” by Deborah Tracy-Kral. Location: Millbrook, New York. The photographer describes the image as a “female red-winged blackbird eating ticks off eastern white-tailed deer.” See more of By Deborah Tracy-Kral’s photography on Flickr. Photo …
Sep 03
Adobe Creative Cloud Update Leaves Behind Older Operating Systems
One of the sadder aspects about a software update is when it outstrips the machine you’re running it on and, in this case, that still matters even if the software is cloud-based. Adobe announced, to the chagrin of many, that its next Creative Cloud update could leave some users in the dust, particularly those that …
Sep 03
Fstoppers Photographer of the Month (August 2018): Saulius Kerikas
The Fstoppers community is brimming with creative vision and talent. Every day, we comb through your work, looking for images to feature as the Photo of the Day or simply to admire your creativity and technical prowess. In 2018, we’re featuring a new photographer every month, whose portfolio represents both stellar photographic achievement and a high level …
Sep 03
8 Tips to Help Find the Subject for Your Composition
Do you find it difficult to take photos which hold people’s attention? In our digital societies where image sharing is prolific, it is challenging to have people really take time to look at your prized photos. Image composition is key here. So I want to give you eight tips on how to create pictures that …
Sep 03
How to Design Your Own Multi-Page PDF With Shutterstock Editor
Shutterstock Editor has tons of easy-to-use tools that will help you make a multi-page graphic for print materials like magazine spreads or double-sided flyers. In this quick tutorial I’ll show you how to use the Pages feature in our online photo editor to create a multi-page design. It’s perfect for things like magazine spreads, brochure …
Sep 03
Viewing Corrupted JPEG Photos in a New Light
I’ve always had bad luck with portable hard drives. Over the years I have had failures with several brands and models, so nowadays I have almost everything in the cloud for more security. The last time this happened was a couple of months ago: one of my backup hard drives became corrupt, I took it …
Sep 03
This week in Editors’ Choice
Each week, members of the 500px team curate photography that showcases the breadth of our community’s talent and diverse tastes in Editors’ Choice. A few of the themes that caught our eye in this week’s Editors’ Choice photos were relaxed, off-center posing, geometric framing, and wide-open seas and sky. Spot these trends and more in …