vmoldo

PHOTO BREAKDOWN #003

As a photographer, one of the most important elements to consider when creating a stunning image is lighting. While natural light can be beautiful, using light ...

PHOTO BREAKDOWN #002

When it comes to art, there are a million and one decisions to be made. What aspect ratio would better fit the story you are trying to tell? What colors should ...

I'm letting AI write stories based on my photos #001

As the night sky began to darken, one lonely guy made his way to the top of the hill on the edge of the forest. It was a place he had come to know well, a place...

PHOTO BREAKDOWN #001

While discussing grain or film emulation on digital files is fun I think there is one thing we as photographers don’t do enough and that is breaking down a phot...

The rabbit hole of adding grain to digital photos is deeper than you think

For months now I've been obsessed with emulating the film look into my digital photos. It all started with me exploring the panoramic aspect ratio of 65x24 and ...

A BETTER WAY TO USE PRESETS IN LIGHTROOM

Lightroom presets are all around us, you might love them as a 1 click solution to your batch editing needs or you might think that they are useless and all the ...

How a photoshop bug improved my editing workflow

Storytime For some idiotic reason that I have Yet to find, my current installation of photoshop decide it won't open photos anymore when I send them from Lightr...

The Adobe photography suit is in a weird spot and nobody is talking about it

I'll start this article by saying that I used adobe products daily for years. They have been part of my daily routine for around 10-12 years now and I always ha...

What shooting pinhole for a week taught me

Concept |You know the drill. Nothing special here. You take an electric drill, put a hole into a lens cap, tape a piece of metal from a soda can to the lens cap...

What makes a photo cinematic?

I'm sure over the last few years all of us photographers have heard the word CINEMATIC so much that in the end, it lost all meaning. Is every photo with crushed...

Getting a 200megapixel panorama out of a drone that I can put in my pocket

In this article, I am planning to discuss the way I use my DJI Mini 2, a cheap drone that many people dismiss as being a toy for beginners in order to get photo...

Turning myself into a vaporwave sculpture

I did take a huge break from shooting in the studio and all this time I experimented with other ways to create and tried to find mediums to express myself. One ...

Tryin to make phone photos look like film

Today I left home without any photo gear. Usually, you can see me carrying a big backpack, but today I just went on a hike near the city, no gear, no backpack j...

Drone fun and 360 photography

I know whoever got to know me back in the steemit days probably remembers me as a portrait photographer that is always in the studio or editing in Photoshop. Bu...

The center of my city in infrared

This is the most icon part of my city, Brasov Romania and i managed to find an angle that makes it look good in infrared...

How I shoot infrared photography on my phone [tutorial]

I will start with a warning: ⚠ Digital Infrared Photography it's not easy & this will get technical fast. Backstory It all started when I saw some awesome Insta...

New instagram account

I decided to make a new instagram account for my infrared journey. So far most of my infrared photos are shoot on my phone and processed in lightroom. I am plan...

Snowy fantasy in the middle of the summer

...

Some more IR

[](https://alpha.steepshot.io/post/@vmoldo/some-more-ir-2019-6-6-9-25-5) - -- - - --- -- - - -- - - ----- -- - - ---- - - - -- shoot with my phone and a 780nm I...

Infared photography on the phone

Yes it can be done, and i rediscovered the pleasure of walking around the neighborhood without carrying 5kg of gear around. No the quality is not 10/10 but for ...