Articles on: photo & video

[caption id="attachment_742" align="alignnone" width="650"] screen shot from Nafis' video[/caption] What if we asked you to put together a two year photography project? Now ask yourself what you would do if you were restricted to one apartment for those two years.

[caption id="attachment_683" align="aligncenter" width="620"] Strandfotograaf / Beach Photographer via Flickr Creative Commons.

[caption id="attachment_668" align="aligncenter" width="620"] Courtesy of Felix Esser and The Phoblographer[/caption] Call it nostalgia, call it whatever you want, but there's something special about shooting with film. It's the mystery of not knowing, it's the precision you need to take before pressing down on the click button and most of all, its the unique character of each roll that cannot be mimicked by today's digital world.

[caption id="attachment_635" align="alignnone" width="620"] Photo courtesy Jen Brook.

[caption id="attachment_595" align="alignright" width="413"] Photo courtesy Chase Jarvis.

Portrait photographer Lori Nordstrom knows a thing or two about running a profitable business. Starting out photographing her kids in her own backyard, over the last 10 years Lori has built a phenomenally successful portrait business — all in the tiny midwestern town of Winterset, Iowa.

What does it take to set up an elaborate beverage shoot? During this behind the scenes video shot for Fstoppers, Rob Grimm, Gary Martin and the RGG Photo team walk us through the steps they took to make the new and elaborate Bailey's Irish Cream bottle look perfect.

Aside from the actual "I do's," a couple's first dance might just be the most important moment in their wedding. They finally have a romantic, intimate minute to themselves during an otherwise chaotic day, and a photographer's job is to capture the nuances of this intimacy and create a picture that can be treasured for years to come.