PHLEARN Magazine

I don’t have the funds available to have a dedicated videographer follow me around and shoot behind the scenes all the time, so how do I get around this problem and still capture video? Here are some tips for why you need and how to capture stellar video that grabs the client’s attention.

For me, the camera is so much more than just a device that creates images. It’s so much more than just something that exposes a roll of film, or delivers way too many megapixels. It’s a key. A key that opens doors.

While most of his portfolio reveals photos of musical artists in the heat of performance, another project has been stealing this photographer’s time. Read our interview with Justin Eisner to find out what he’s been doing with an old box of his grandfather’s slides.

I’d like to shed some light on a place I’m certain every single creative person has visited, but very few willingly admit to having been…the creative wasteland found in The Long Middle.

Specializing in portraits of people’s everyday lives across Asia, Dewi Natalia strives to capture beauty across different cultures to change the way we see each other. Today, we talk to Dewi about her goals and her creative process as she travels and shoots.

Deep down, I was disappointed. I was letting myself down. It was another project that I was putting in the “unfinished pile”. I knew I had to arrest this downward spiral before it degenerated into total failure.

Learning the ways of these old-school effects not only gave me newfound respect for the art and craft of the masters that went before me, but instilled a sense of practical creativity and problem solving that I’m not sure I would have gotten in the purely digital world.

As a travel photographer, Evan Spiler has to be ready for anything. His work has taken him to many locations and he has to choose wisely what gear he takes. Evan shares his favorite gear and the gadgets he just can’t travel without.

So maybe you’ve been inspired by Aaron Nace, but when you compare yourself to him you realize he has over a million subscribers and your idea seems an utterly impossible reality.

Once you learn the hard way, that information sticks with you forever. This new outlook informed everything I touched artistically from then on.