About Benedict Brain (Image credit: Marcus Hawkins) Benedict Brain is a UK-based photographer, journalist and artist. He is an Associate of the Royal Photographic Society and sits on the society’s Distinctions Advisory Panel. He is also a past editor of Digital Cameras Magazine, and the author of You Will be Able to Take Great Photos by The End of This Book. Equipment isn’t something I banged on about a great deal in this column, although there have been times when I feel it’s important to acknowledge the role of kit in the creative process. I acquired a Fujifilm X100V, as…
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Spider-Man 2 Photo Mode Tips and Tricks
Screenshots: James Whitbrook/Gizmodo, Insomniac Games/Sony From the earliest days of his career as a superhero, Peter Parker has made taking pictures—pictures of Spider-Man—as vital as webslinging and crimefighting. Photojournalism is as important a part of Spider-Man’s legacy as any other aspect, and with the release of Marvel’s Spider-Man 2, there’s plenty of opportunities to snap a pic or three of Peter and Miles. But if you want photos that’d make the Daily Bugle’s front cover? Here’s a few tips from my own dream career as a Spider-Man virtual photographer. Over the course of playing Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 for review earlier…
Top Spring Landscape Photography Tips
Spring is a time of new growth, flowers and color; we lose the beige of late winter and get the fresh spring greens. Before you go out looking for spring landscapes, take a moment to consider what constitutes spring. Think bluebells, fresh spring growth and new bracken unfurling to open up and cover the dead bracken of last year. ADVERTISEMENT A picture, a moment can change the way we feel. Change how we see ourselves. Change our understanding and change the rules. Provoke and change history. MPB puts photo and video kit into more hands-on, more sustainably. Every month, visual…
Night Photography Tips From Nat Geo Photographer Keith Ladzinski
Glowing tents dot the grass around Les Cheserys Lake in the French Alps. | Photograph by Keith Ladzinski As part of its 2023 in Review series, National Geographic has not only revealed its “Pictures of the Year,” the iconic publication has also worked with its photographers to deliver a series of how-to articles designed to help amateur shutterbugs up their game heading into 2024. Alongside educational articles on portraits, wildlife, and underwater photography, written by Celeste Sloman, Jasper Doest, and Jennifer Hayes, respectively, famed Nat Geo photographer Keith Ladzinski wrote about “How to take great photos at night.” Scouting and…