The selfie is definitely one of the most prominent cultural phenomena of the 21st century. It’s been a topic of many psychological researchers, and some even categorized it as a mental disorder. In this thought-provoking video, The New Yorker discusses what stands behind selfies, and why millennials are especially drawn to the selfie culture.Advertisements The video argues that we’re constantly expected to be the “individualistic unit of perfection.” There’s an idea that each of us has that perfect, golden persona, and we constantly try to prove it on social media....

It’s not often that a behind the scenes or tutorial video goes over the entire process of an image’s creation. Usually, they cover only a specific aspect of it. Often that’s just the gear used, just the lighting set, or just the post work. Great if you want help with a particular element of a shoot, but they don’t really provide the entire picture (no pun intended). In this video, portrait photographer Francisco Hernandez goes over his entire process for creating this shot....

Thankfully, Netflix does make that pretty easy to do. In this tutorial, we are going to show you how you can turn on subtitles for each platform that Netflix is available on. Since it is different on some platforms versus others. Which languages are Netflix subtitles available in? Which languages are Netflix subtitles available in? Almost all languages are supported on Netflix for subtitles. However, there are a few that are not available....

If you want to change colors in your photos, you may find color inspiration lying in other images. If you want to copy the exact color from one image to another, Colin Smith from Photoshop Cafe has a tutorial to help you do it pretty quickly and accurately. He uses a Curves adjustment layer and works in Lab mode, and he teaches you how to apply this technique to flawlessly match colors between two images....

Corrine at Corrine West Photography booked a wet plate workshop with me before the pandemic started. Two years later we were finally able to do it. The main subject was to get comfortable with the wet collodion process and to create images similar to the ones of spirit photographer William H. Mumler. Mr. Mumler created images (probably double exposures) where his clients could take a picture with their deceased relatives. The photograph of Mary Todd Lincoln with the “ghost” of her husband (Abraham Lincoln) was his most famous one....