The Affinity v2 Suite by Serif offer creative professionals an array of tools for photo editing, graphic design, and other digital art projects.
Author: Austin
My name is Austin Triggs, freelance filmmaker/photographer in South-Central Wisconsin. I opened Disizit Studios in 2012 as a content creation company and started offering freelance services in 2015. I attended Madison Media Institute 2016-2018 earning a diploma in Video Production and Editing and an Associates of Science in Media Business.
I specialize in documentary-style films, corporate ads and training videos, and portrait, landscape, and product photography
Over the years, I have done graphics that have sold on Redbubble and Printer’s Studio. I started offering photography services in 2016 portraits, landscapes, and product photography. Photo prints are available from Fine Art America. Follow me on social media.
Changing Lenses
When you’re changing lenses, you want to be careful with your camera and lens, making sure you don’t drop them, but also making sure that the environment you’re in is okay. First of all, make sure you’re not in an environment that has dust floating around that will get in the body.
What is The Rule of Thirds?
The rule of thirds is a framing tool that says where parts of your composition should be. It is made up of 2 vertical and 2 horizontal lines making 9 equally sized boxes on the screen.
Alternative Uses For a Tripod
There are more uses for a tripod than using it as a tripod.
Alternative Uses For a Monopod
There are more uses for a monopod than using it as a monopod. Some things you can do by just using it differently, others require extra parts. What all you may need depends on what you’re doing and what you have.
The Exposure Triangle: ISO, Aperture, and Shutter Speed
ISO, aperture, and shutter speed are the three sides of the exposure triangle. All three effect the brightness of the image and all three change one other aspect of the photo or video you are shooting.
Unsplash: The Free Stock Photo Repository
Stock photo websites offer subscription based pricing to gain access to their library of photos. Unsplash does things differently. They offer all photos for free. It is one of the largest, if not the largest, stock photo websites with over 1.5 million photos. They don’t even offer a subscription. Try to pay for it. I dare you. You can’t.
What is White Balance and How Do You Use It
As the term suggests, it is for color calibrating, specifically using the color white. To calibrate your white balance, you need a white card. You can also use an 18% grey card.
Creative Cloud Alternatives Without Subscriptions
The creative cloud is made up of many programs that are all available, at the time of publishing, is $52.99 per month.
This is expensive, about $640 per year, if paid monthly. This list is here to give you the chance to pay that price (or less) once with no compromises.
Best Practices For Data Backups
I’m sure you’ve been there. You accidentally delete the wrong file and it’s gone forever. Or your hard drive dies and you lost everything.
I have been there. That sinking feeling, the search for another copy, and the thoughts that I could’ve done better are not things I want to relive.