Final Cut Pro X is a powerful video editing program from Apple. With this software you can create short films and special effects, color grade your footage, and much more. In this tutorial, we’ll be covering how to install LUTs in Final Cut Pro X. LUTs are lookup tables that allow you to apply effects […]
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Minimal Lightroom Tutorial: How to Create a Soft Matte Effect
Minimal effects can be great for blog images, portraits/lifestyle photos, and many other styles of photography. I have always been a fan of the soft matte effect, so today we are going to take a look at how to create this photo effect using Lightroom. This effect is not very hard to create and only […]
Continue reading13 Amazing Special Effects Tutorials for After Effects
Adobe After Effects is a powerful tool, to say the least. If you have become a master at programs like Photoshop and Premiere Pro, another great program to advance your video editing and animation skills is After Effects. In this article, we share 13 tutorials for After Effects that range from beginner to expert. These […]
Continue readingUsing Light to Create Emotion in your Photography
Shooting film for a project, for work, or really for any matter where you need accurate photos is tough if you don’t have tons of experience. You won’t be able to see your mistakes right away if you are making any and once you realize that the lighting was off or your settings weren’t perfect, […]
Continue readingHow to Install and Use LUTs in Premiere Pro
Using LUTs can be helpful when color grading footage in Premiere Pro. With lookup tables, you are able to get a good color base and can build from that point to grade your entire project. I usually like to edit clip by clip to account for light/color inconsistencies. In this tutorial, I will be covering […]
Continue readingStunning Cafe Photography: 10 Tips for Capturing Lifestyle Photos at Your Local Coffee Shop
Café lifestyle photography has seemingly taken over the Instagram scene in recent years, and it continues to grow in popularity. The reason why is pretty simple: it’s downright gorgeous. There’s something magical about a beautiful scene that contains some of the most essential human needs: food, drink, and a relaxing location. Café lifestyle photography creates […]
Continue reading14 Great Sites to Learn Video Editing
Video editing can be very challenging to learn. There are a lot of programs that you can use in your workflow and they are constantly updating along with cameras and other equipment used for production/post-production. Once you get a good baseline in the programs you need to use, you can build on your knowledge and […]
Continue readingHow to Edit Travel Photos in Capture One Pro
I started using Capture One a little over 8 months ago after seeing articles about the raw photo editing program frequently pop up in my social feeds. Since then I’ve only used it more and more. For some reason, I was under the impression that Capture One Pro was only useful for studio and high […]
Continue readingHow to Load 120mm Film into the Mamiya M645
Loading and unloading your camera is never the part that people look forward to, yet everyone that shoots with film still has to know how to load and unload their film. This is especially true if you’re shooting anything larger than 35mm film because everything has started to get more expensive and you don’t want […]
Continue readingEdit Like Sam Dameshek: Matte Lightroom Tutorial
Do you ever wonder how a certain photographer makes their image come to life? We do too. We wonder about this all the time and we have become more and more aware of how these amazing photographers create their edits. To help you edit with more of a strategy and style, we sat down and […]
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