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Ron Leach  |  Mar 07, 2018  | 

Michigan-based photographer Robert Hall came up with this interesting project while attending last week’s WPPI Expo in Las Vegas: He challenged two fellow photographers to an off-camera flash shootout, in which the three of them would devote no more than a minute to taking portraits of total strangers on the street.

Ron Leach  |  Jan 08, 2018  | 

When reviewing new cameras, especially those designed for pros and advanced amateurs, we always take a close look at build quality and how well the camera is sealed against water. That’s because, for most outdoor photographers, this is a key consideration.

Henry Anderson  |  Apr 06, 2021  | 

With some photography tutorials, the title really says it all. And in the below video, pro photographer Manny Ortiz shares what he calls "6 minutes of NO BS, straight to the point PORTRAIT Photography tips!" The helpful portrait photography clip really lives up to its billing.

Henry Anderson  |  Jun 07, 2022  | 

Bear spray is your friend. That’s the message from a terrifying video showing a photographer being stalked by a black bear in the woods in Canada only to turn the tables on the animal with a well-placed blast of bear spray.

Ron Leach  |  Dec 28, 2017  | 

When we post time-lapse videos, they typically involve thousands of landscape or nature images, like the spectacular project we shared last spring that used 8TB of photos to capture the beauty of blooming flowers over a period of three years. 

Dan Havlik  |  Jul 23, 2015  | 

If you’ve ever flown a drone, you know these flying eggbeaters are prone to crashing…sometimes in very hard-to-reach locations.

Ron Leach  |  Oct 26, 2017  | 

Earlier this month we posted a fascinating video demonstrating all the technology that enables the shutter of a modern DSLR to open and close with remarkable speed and precision. In the equally interesting time-lapse below, you’ll see what happens when things go wrong and a technician has to replace the shutter of a Canon EOS 6D.

Ron Leach  |  Jun 04, 2021  | 

We regularly feature image-editing tutorials, and they’re among most the most popular videos we share. While the majority of these episodes are quick and concise, typically running 10-20 minutes, what you’ll find below is a complete hour-long Photoshop workshop you can watch for free at home.

Dan Havlik  |  Feb 25, 2016  | 

There’s not much we can say about this video other than the fact that photographers should really know when to say when.

Dan Havlik  |  Nov 20, 2018  | 

Talk about a close encounter! What would you do if this happened you?

Dan Havlik  |  Jan 05, 2015  | 

Will people ever get the message that it’s not polite to buzz wildlife with a flying drone? Last week we shared a video of a pride of a male lions chomping and chewing up a crashed Phantom imaging drone.  Now’s here’s a similar clip involving a group of seven kangaroos.

Shutterbug Staff  |  Oct 18, 2018  | 

We don’t know about you, but if this happened to us when we were out shooting landscape photos, we might have had a heart attack! In the eerie video below shared by The Weather Network, strong winds blowing through a woodland area in Sacre-Coeur, Quebec this week make it appear that the forest floor is “breathing.”

Shutterbug Staff  |  Jul 17, 2018  | 

Who says modeling isn’t a dangerous business? Photographer Ken Kiefer recently had several models swim in a watery reef full of crocodiles for an underwater “glamour” shoot, according to the New York Post.

Shutterbug Staff  |  Jan 28, 2019  | 

We love videos that show the interaction between photographers and animals in the wild. Check out the below, which shows a wild white Arctic Fox carefully approach a photographer’s camera set-up and take a nibble of the lens hood.

Henry Anderson  |  Jun 16, 2022  | 

If you’re a wildlife photographer, you’re bound to have some close encounters with animals. Recently we shared a video where a photographer was stalked by a bear in the woods and now here’s a (slightly) less frightening encounter with a group of baby elephant seals.

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