PHLEARN Magazine

This photo shoot workflow checklist will help you find your inner ‘autopilot’ so you can automate the structure of your workflow until the process becomes just a given that you do one step after the next. This will not only help you in how you work, but will also show the client you’re efficient.

Leland Foster has a knack for capturing dark scenes that evoke a feeling of uneasiness and exclusion. He tells us how he shot a nostalgic series of images one night in Phoenix, including one particularly dramatic scene of a local diner.

New York City street photographer Manuel Pena always has his camera on hand – even on his daily commute, which is why he was able to capture this intriguing shot of everyday life. Manuel explains how he took the shot and his editing process to draw out the beauty in the everyday.

Concluding our series on the exposure triangle, we discuss ISO, which plays its own specific role in exposure and light. This guide explains what ISO is, how it affects your images, the pros and cons of using ISO, and how it interacts with shutter speed and aperture.

What’s the best way to promote a new musical synthesizer? Bring it back to the old days, of course. Here’s how Michael McCluskey created a visually stunning campaign inspired by 80s music for audio manufacturer, Meris.

Adam Senatori’s shot of the Watchmen Tower in Zion National Park is one that will no doubt go down as one of his proudest. While he spends much of his time working with some of the world’s biggest brands, it is his creative and personal work, like this, that really inspires him.

Astrophotographer Geoff Moore tells us how he pre-plans his night shoots. By researching meteor showers and scouting locations free of light pollution, he searches for and gets the perfect shot.

When Polish photographer Lucasz Waszak visited NYC with his eight-month-old son, he strayed from his routine of walking city streets in search of subjects, and entered a subway station to catch a ride. What he found was a new appreciation for dark, moody scenes.

For outdoorsman Nathaniel Cutshall, the Pacific Northwest is the perfect playground, offering plenty of photos ops. Nathaniel explains how he captured perfect symmetry in the Cascade Mountains.

While hiking around the mountains of Tenerife in Spain’s Canary Islands one day, landscape photographer Taysa Jorge got lost and had to be rescued by firefighters. But, she got this incredibly unique shot of Mt. Teide in the process!