The “bullet time” effect in video can make for a very interesting visual, just ask Keanu Reeves in The Matrix when he dodges a speeding bullet. Usually this visual technique…
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The Cooperative of Photography has just released a fun video that boils the entire history of photography down into a 5-minute video. From the very beginning of pinhole-style cameras and…
If you’re one of the millions of people who use Google Drive for file storage, then you have an opportunity to receive free storage space from Google. In celebration of…
“…At my height, I might have some different angles than other photographers.” All Photographs/Quotes by Kevin Durant, Players’ Tribune. The packed crowd at Superbowl 50 was full of a collection…
Seagate Technologies is currently being investigated for selling hard drives that “routinely failed at exceptionally high rates,” leaving consumers with broken hardware and significant loss of data. If you’ve purchased…
Ethan Field and Ron Campbell were hiking off-trail in Oregon’s Columbia Gorge a week ago when they found something they would have never expected. On the ground was a strangely…
Unless you live under a rock, you’ve probably heard about the story sweeping through the photography community. Nikon Singapore recently selected a blatantly photoshopped photo as the winning entry in their…
If you want to take a drone down, forget about using a gun or laser or net (or bigger drone), because the animal kingdom has just the tool to take…
The China National Space Administration has just released all of the images from their recent moon landing. There are now hundreds of never-before-scene true color, high definition photographs of the…
What do you get when you combine a musician named V1RUZ with 100 hours of planning with 5,210 photos taken in a 25-hour period with 230 hours of post-production? You…
Ultra-long telephoto lenses aren’t just used to see very far away, they can cause distortion to create really creative and dramatic shots. In the movie Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, a…
“You can be up and running within minutes.” That’s what Adobe is telling photographers looking to put their portfolio and work online. Their new application, Adobe Portfolio, lets users quickly…
From Spencer Brown: “The online premiere of the multi award winning short film from writer/director Spencer Brown. The Boy with a Camera for a Face is satirical fairy tale about…
Chairman and Co-Founder of Photoshelter and Summit Faculty member Allen Murabayashi wrote an incredibly relevant and informative article for PetaPixel titled “Why Won’t Photographers Talk About Price?” All photographers can certainly…
Photographers have done some creative things with mirrors, but photographer Stefan Schlumpf has just raised the bar with his series of portraits using a giant mirror! For his “Silent Dialog…
Image Copyright (c) Melissa Groo With a New Year ahead and everyone looking at setting new goals, Nature Photography Simplified asked 14 of the top bird photographers in the world…
Nikon Ambassador and long-time Summit Instructor Corey Rich shoots the new promo video for the new Nikon D5 camera using only footage taken on the new camera itself. When Nikon…
Nikon KeyMission 360 Camera Nikon Ambassador and long-time Summit instructor Corey Rich was among the very few testers of the new Nikon KeyMission 360 and called it "a new way...
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Following their post, “What to get the Photographer in Your Life for the Holidays,” Zenfolio came up with a list of their Top Travel Photography Workshops for 2015-2016. We’re happy…
Two college students who had both attended 2015 Summit Workshops have both now been recognized by College Photographer of the Year for their outstanding work. Carolyn Van Houten, attendant of…
We’d like to introduce the newest workshop to our series, the Sandhill Cranes workshop. At this workshop you’ll have the chance to photograph the over half-a-million Sandhill Cranes that arrive…
Former Summit Workshops instructor and critically-acclaimed photographer Joe McNally was recently asked a very important and interesting question at the 2015 PhotoPlus Expo. “What do I know now that I wish…
The Summit Workshops are in New York at the PhotoPlus Expo assisting our instructor Lucas Gilman on a photo walk for G-Technology! The Brooklyn Bridge makes quite a good backdrop…
Via Allen Murabayashi from Photoshelter. A lot of attendants to our workshops arrive ready and excited for all of the events, but nervous for the image critiques. Any photographer would be nervous…
Few people, if any, have had the impact on sports photography and photographing the game of basketball that Rich Clarkson has had. On Thur, September 10, Rich was enshrined…
The Summit Workshops can set up photographers with the tools they need to thrive and be successful, like in one case with a student from the 2015 Sports…
If you photograph portraits and want help improving both your photos and your editing process, than you absolutely need to view these courses. Jam-packed with technical information, you’ll learn how…
Course Overview In this course, Allen Murabayashi, takes you on a journey into the digital world that now drives the creative industry in many ways. As a Co-Founder of the…
Nothing catches the eye of a potential home buyer or design client quite like a beautiful set of photos. Whether it’s for real estate agents, designers, or homeowners, expectations are…
Every time a new version of Lightroom comes out the first thing I look for are features that make the Develop module better, or easier to use. The ones I…
Creating a photography portfolio can be a daunting experience. As a rule, photographers have basic or no knowledge of design at all. Moreover, creating a site with the pictures in…
SummitOnline.co Presents: NatGeo Research with Jim Richardson. Course Overview In this lesson, well-known National Geographic photographer, Jim Richardson, takes you where very few have ever been before — behind…
Video shot and edited by Jarrod Sumpter, Clarkson Creative.
In only it’s second year, the Summit Lighting Photography Workshop has become a mainstay among the Summit Series of Workshops. Both new facilities and additional faculty made the 2015 Lighting…
What is the Adjustment Brush? The Adjustment Brush is an editing tool in Adobe Camera Raw (known simply as ACR). This tool is possibly the equivalent of the Dodge and…
We talk a lot around here at Digital Photography School about Depth of Field. I’m writing this based on the assumption that we all understand that in layman terms, “depth…
How do you take Portraits that have the ‘Wow’ factor? Today and tomorrow I want to talk about taking Portraits that are a little out of the box. You see…
Winners of Summit Workshops’ Annual Photo Contests receive free tuition to any of Summit Workshops’ award-winning non-destination photography workshops. Professional Photo Contest Winner: Isaiah Downing (Instagram: @isaiahdowningphoto) …
When you are out in the field and you’re not sure if your the image you are making is any good, go through this quick mental checklist to see if…
My first love in photography when I first got my trusty old Minolta SLR as a teenager was landscape photography. There’s something about getting out in nature with the challenge…
Jen Edney has been to several Summit Photography Workshops and even helped at the workshops as the second-ever workshop mentor. Jen just recently landed two photos (out of 10 total)…
An eye for composition is one of the things that elevates the work of the best photographers above the rest. One of the best ways to learn about composition is…
Autofocus is so good on modern cameras that most photographers use it all the time. It seemingly never lets you down. But, let’s say it’s nighttime and you are going to do…
In many ways, shutter speed is an inaccurate term. I read an article a few years ago and the photographer referred to shutter speed as shutter time. The logic was…
What operation on a camera could possibly be more simple than pressing the shutter button to take a picture? There’s not much to it, really – you look through the…
Peter Lockley is a sports and portrait photographer who works with editorial and corporate clients to create dynamic and story telling images. Peter began his career at the University of…
The world of sports is mourning the passing of Dean Smith, who died February 7, 2015 at the age of 83. Smith was called a “coaching legend” by the Basketball…
In the summer of 2014, Gary Lloyd McCullough came to Colorado Springs to take part in the Summit Sports Photography Workshop. It was there that he met the esteemed faculty and…
