Our first guest Nice Photo of the Week is by up and coming photographer Chris Barfield. It would seem this image was inspired by curiosity, which is as good a reason to make a photo as any. What he has produced is an image I personally find more fascinating than the sum of its parts. […]

Here’s a new idea for a series of articles here on Nice. It’s called: “Idea Idea”. Sounds catchy to me.
I find a lot of people ask me where do I get my ideas. I can only answer that they just find their way to me. That’s how it seems, but in reality, sometimes I have […]

Oh, barn doors. How people love you. If you leave the front door open to your aunt’s house she may utter the timeless classic: “Were you born in a barn?” That’s always a knee slapper. But barn doors are no joking matter when it comes to photography.

Want to ditch the gaffers tape method of attaching the Radio Popper receiver to your flash? I sure did. Now with the Nice Photo Mag Five Minute Radio Popper Mod you can, too!

The Idea:
Allure is another image from the series I mentioned in last week’s POTW - Trunk - images that are inspired by the feature film look. Images for this series revolve around a moment where the main character is about to do something that will change their life forever. In this Nice Photo of the […]

Ctein over on The Online Photographer has posted an interesting, somewhat tech-y article about the human brain’s ability to distinguish between brightnesses. How many levels of gray do you think you can see?
Head over to TOP and see what they think.
Though this isn’t directly related to creating photography with an artistic flair, I think it […]

Here is a video I really enjoyed made by Gabor Tarnok that shows the emotional power of using a short depth of field. The spectacular part is that despite what your eyes are telling you, this was not shot with some $100,000 film or digital high def camera. It was shot with a $750 Canon […]