Christmas has gone. We’re almost to the new year. In a few hours, we’ll be there. But it’s never too late for a festive wintery themed photo shoot. Winter’s still going to be here for a while yet. In this video, photographer and educator Gavin Hoey walks us through his process to create this festive fine art composite portrait in the studio. In the nine-minute video, Gavin walks us through his whole process, including the gear he uses, how he sets it up and why....

The anamorphic look is all the rage these days, as evidenced by the rate at which new anamorphic lenses seem to be getting announced. And while it’s not possible to fully create the anamorphic look without an anamorphic lens, it is possible to fake it a little bit. For After Effects, there are plugins like VideoCopilot’s Optical Flares plugin. But isn’t there another way? Well, yeah, there is. You can do it in DaVinci Resolve using the Lens Reflections effect....

Overwatch 2 Thanksgiving Weekend Highlights Overwatch 2 Thanksgiving Weekend Highlights Highlight intro is added in the new version of this game and Kiriko has this intro in the game, while the game is available from December 27th and December 1st of this year. There are certain rewards in the game that can be unlocked if the player logs into the game in the above-mentioned period. For eth season 1 of this game as thanksgiving is on its mark, makers have added the double XP period for all of this thanksgiving season....

Motorised smartphone gimbals have gotten pretty inexpensive over the last couple of years. Something like the Zhiyun Smooth 4 only costs $120, and you can find ones that are even cheaper if you shop around. But there’s something to be said for the humble gravity stabiliser, especially when you can make one yourself. In this video, the guys from COOPH show us how we can make a DIY smartphone stabiliser using just a mop head, a paint roller and a few tin cans....

I had seen some Think Tank Red Whips online earlier this year, and even though they weren’t very expensive to begin with, like most DIYers I thought “I could make those myself….for cheaper.” So I did. Materials you’re going to need for this are elastic band or cord (plan on using about a foot per tie but you can make them any length), a pack of spring loaded cable locks, a pair of scissors, a ruler, and a lighter....