Lee Morris
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Charleston, SC, United States
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Guy Creates Apple Vision's UI on a Meta Quest
The Apple Vision Pro has been described as "magical" compared to other VR headsets. What sets the Vision Pro apart is not just its impressive displays, apps, and comfort, but primarily its user interface (UI) that relies on eye- and hand-tracking. The YouTuber ThrillSeeker, an experienced VR enthusiast, realized that although underutilized, the Meta Quest Pro has the eye- and → Read More
How To Create AI Art of Specific People or Yourself
Imagine being able to effortlessly insert your own face into iconic images or movies or create completely unique images with a particular person using AI. Thanks to the remarkable open-source software Insight Face, this is now achievable with just a few simple steps. Unlike traditional methods that rely on Photoshop or endless re-rolls with uploaded selfies, Insight Face → Read More
Product Photography With Fire Tutorial
In today's video, I light the bottle of Oliveum Hot Sauce on fire for an online advertising campaign I'm about to run. My goal was to capture Oliveum hot sauce with embers falling down around it in slow motion. I ended up filming this in my backyard at night to get a black background. I set the bottle on a piece of glass on top of a black piece of foam core to get a → Read More
Testing Luminar Neo Extensions
I wanted to share with you my experience exploring the new extensions available in Luminar Neo, photography software that many of you may already be familiar with. These add-ons offer specific functionalities to enhance your photographs and are each sold separately. Focus Stacking One of the first extensions we'll explore is focus stacking. It's a technique used when you want → Read More
Apple Vision Pro is Goofy
Monday, Apple made a groundbreaking announcement: the release of their Apple Vision Pro augmented reality (AR) headset, priced at $3,500. As an enthusiast, I can't help but feel a mix of excitement and skepticism about this new product. I don't think there's any debate that the Apple Vision Pro is the most advanced AR headset ever made. I don't doubt the hardware, I doubt the → Read More
How to Photograph Small Rooms on a Yacht
In this video tutorial, I'm going to show you how I photographed the bedrooms on a $12 million yacht. Although the rooms are large for a boat, they are very small compared to your average bedroom. Although most architectural photographers will tell you that 12mm is too wide, when you're shooting small rooms, the wider the better. I shot on the Sony a7 IV and Sony 12-24mm f/2.8 → Read More
Rode Wireless Me Versus DJI Mic
Wireless mics have come a long way in the last few years. In this post, we will look at four different systems, with a focus on the newest mics from Rode and DJI. Sennheiser G4: The Professional Yet Unreliable Option I invested in the Sennheiser G4 system due to its professional reputation and higher price point. However, I soon discovered that it didn't live up to my → Read More
The Best Sony Ultra-wide Angle Lens for the Money
I'm not a big fan of ultra-wide angle lenses. Shooting at 12mm usually requires that you get really close to your subject and create weird, warped-out-looking images, but I was recently hired for a job that required a wide field of view. I ended up buying three lenses to find the right tool for the job. A few weeks ago, I was hired to take photos and film a promo video for a → Read More
The Best Desk Toys You Can Buy
We're always looking to bring our lives a little more joy and since most of us are chained to our desks throughout the day, I've decided to review the t13 highest-rated desk toys on Amazon. 1. Papuka Cube This $20 spinning cube with gears is satisfyingly heavy and spins incredibly smoothly. 2. Apqdw Spinner Although I recommend spending a little more and getting a heavier → Read More
Cull and Edit an Entire Wedding in One Hour with Aftershoot
We've recently reviewed a lot of different programs that allow users to "train AI" to edit like they do in Adobe Lightroom. Aftershoot is the latest program to do this, but it has a few significant features that make it stand apart. There are three main features that make Aftershoot different from the competition. First, it will cull your photos automatically, choosing the → Read More
One of My Favorite Gadgets of the Year Is a Vacuum
Although at Fstoppers, we tend to focus on photography-related products, we occasionally feature gadgets and technology outside of our normal focus. The Roborock S8 Pro Ultra is one of the most incredible gadgets I've ever used, and I wanted to create a video about it. Why Is This on Fstoppers? Each time I make a video or write an article about something that I'm interested in → Read More
AI's Incredible Advancements Just in the Last Week
Unless it's your full-time job, you probably don't know how fast AI is improving. Let's look at the incredible advancements that took place just last week. On Monday, Stanford introduced the Alpaca 7B model, which is a language model trained on 52,000 instructions, similar to the way GPT-3 is trained, but with fewer instructions. This model is more lightweight and can be used → Read More
Photographers, Print Your Photos
Although I've probably taken millions of photographs at this point, I rarely ever print them. I moved into a new house in 2022, and a year later, almost every wall was still bare. Well, not anymore. I finally printed 10 giant photos and purchased two Samsung Frame TVs that become art when they aren't being used. Samsung Frame TV Review Let's first start with my new TVs. We → Read More
New AI Software Will Fix Any Photo
Artificial intelligence may end up destroying the photography industry, but until then, let's use it to make our lives easier. Impossible Things is new software that uses artificial intelligence to determine the subject of an image and do complex adjustments automatically. The best parts about the software are that it's incredibly easy to use and it works inside of Lightroom. → Read More
Save up to 66% on Sandisk Memory for Prime Day
Do you have Amazon Prime? Do you need more storage for your computers or cameras? For the next 24 hours, you can save big. Hard drives, memory cards, external SSDs, internal m.2 drives, and much more are on sale for the lowest prices of the year at Amazon. It's also checking out the other discounts for Prime Day because the deals are impressive. → Read More
The End of Professional Photography
Every year, I've had to hear about how a new technology was going to kill the photography industry. I ignored it all, until now. Smartphones are killing the camera market. In 2007, over 110 million digital cameras were sold, but in 2021, the world only bought 8.4 million. Phones are coming with multiple cameras that are capable of different focal lengths, macro, and long → Read More
How Brands Buy Reviews Without Money
The people and websites that sell the most products make the most money, but at what cost? Fstoppers.com is now over 12 years old, and I've learned a lot about marketing throughout the years. I've been given tons of free gear, I've been given early access to exciting products, and I've been paid to promote products directly. Sometimes, I love these products and promoting them → Read More
DJI's New Drone Is Mind Blowing
The new DJI Avata dropped today and this little drone looks absolutely incredible. Let me first start by saying that I think DJI drones in general are some of the most incredible products made in the last decade. It seems like every 3 months another DJI drone comes out that makes the previous model feel obsolete. Just a couple of years ago you needed to buy a specific drone → Read More
Editing Photos With the Wacom Cintique 22" and Loupedeck CT
Although I've never been a high-end retoucher or digital artist, today, I'm going to play one. I've got my hands on a Wacom Cintiq touchscreen tablet/monitor and the Loupedeck CT, a customizable input device. Wacom is probably most well known for their desktop tablets, but they also make touchscreen monitors under the "Cintiq" brand. If you've ever wished that you could draw → Read More
This Software Finds Good and Bad Photos Automatically
The worst part about being a wedding or event photographer is having to edit thousands of photos, but I've recently discovered Narrative Select, software that uses AI to make the culling process much faster. Narrative Select isn't photo editing software, it's dedicated only to one thing: weeding out the bad images and keeping the good ones. Narrative Select will help cull → Read More