Discover how to search for representative imagery of real people. Images that feature bodies of all shapes and sizes on stock marketplaces. For far too long, mass media outlets have only featured thin, unrealistic representations of bodies. Ads and articles created an illusion that the only body shape worth note was the shape of runway […]
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How to Work with the Patch Tool in Adobe Photoshop
Here’s everything you need to know about the Patch Tool with this step-by-step tutorial to touch up your images. When you take a picture only to later realize it wasn’t perfect, you don’t have to go back and reshoot the photo. Instead, you can use the help of an image editing software such as Adobe […]
Color Forecasting: How Are Color Trends Created?
How are these color trends created, who creates them, and are they simply a spontaneous fad? Let’s take a look. With color forecasting influential in generating billions for the retail sector each year, color trends are no flash in the pan. In fact, color forecasting is a specialist industry, with experts from a range of […]
Making the Most of Your Tiny Home Photo Studio
Even a very small studio can be the setting for some great images. Especially if you dare to push some boundaries and do the fun, the weird, and the unusually interesting. Building a photography business requires hustle. It also requires exploring outside your comfort zone in order to deal with the common constraints. Like small […]
Photo-Worthy Images of Mature Female Friendships
What characterizes today’s over-forty, female friendships? Here’s a checklist to make sure you’re not putting us out to pasture in our prime. When did drinking tea become the international symbol for women over forty? To judge by photos of “mature female friendships” (a surprisingly popular search term), you’d think that once women hit a certain […]
10 Travel Trends: Visually Representing Travel in 2021
What will travel images look like in the not-so-distant future? Our crystal ball is predicting these ten trends for 2021. Remember travel? Like everything else, the coronavirus has ground travel to a halt. But with vaccines here, we may be returning to vacations sooner than we think. That’s not to say travel will be the […]
Voice of the Artist: How to Have a Second Act as a Photographer
How April Burns tackled her dream career as a photographer, and how you can too. When April Burns’ oldest son was two, she hired a photographer to take professional family photos. “They turned out amazing,” she says. She was so impressed with the results that, long after her own photos were delivered, she found herself […]
Voice of the Artist: 5 Expert Tips for Making the Perfect Dog Portrait
Greg Murray discusses his journey into full-time photography and shares his tips on how to capture your own silly, sweet, or even dignified dog portraits. Ask Greg Murray to choose a couple of standout portraits from his Offset page, and he’ll need some time to think about it. He photographs mostly dogs (and the occasional […]
Set Your Photo-Ready Easter Table with a Spring Splash
Create an enticing, photo-ready Easter table with colorful Spring themes, including fresh flowers, nested eggs, and delectable desserts. Easter coincides with spring, so most of its symbols are refreshing and fun. Décor for your holiday table can include lovely things like bunches of spring flowers, fresh grass, fluffy toy chicks, rabbits, and candy (which has […]
2021’s Wedding Design Guide for Photographers and Designers
Watch for these wedding design trends in the coming year, and learn how creatives can respond and adapt to a rapidly changing wedding culture. After a restrictive year for couples and a crippling one for the wedding industry, getting married has never felt more meaningful . . . and long overdue. An overly organized and […]