Saturday, March 31, 2018
11 Easy Tips for Mouth-Watering Food Photography
One of the best ways to hone your camera skills is to practice food photography. Whether you want to beef up your Instagram profile with mouthwatering food images or become a professional food photographer, use these tips to help you take better pictures of food. As an added bonus, these...
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15 Tips for Better Travel Photography
Travel is extremely fulfilling, but being able to express the emotion of your travels through travel pictures can be difficult. While it gets a bit easier as you do more travelling, here are 15 travel photography tips to get you started on the right foot. 1. Research The internet is...
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Friday, March 30, 2018
The Complete Guide To Smartphone Photography: 96 Tips
Your best camera is the one that is always with you. For most of us, and when it comes to smartphone photography, that means our smartphone. It is small enough to fit in your pocket and lightweight enough it won’t break your back. Smartphones have advanced to the point where...
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View from Above: Aerial and Drone Photography Basics
Drones, airplanes, helicopters, whatever gets your camera up in the air, they are all after the same thing. It’s the thing that makes photographs good – a new perspective. This is why our article today will focus on drone photography. Good photography is about showing people views of the world...
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Thursday, March 29, 2018
DIY Light Box | How to Make Your Own Photography Light Box
Ever wondered how those great product shots you see in catalogues or online stores are photographed? We have the answer. They are usually photographed inside a light box. This diffuses light, avoids bad reflections and softens hard shadows. It gives the product even lighting and makes it stand out from...
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The Complete Guide To Drone Photography: 137 Tips
Drone photography has been the fastest growing photography trend in recent years. Using drones you can get up high to photograph landscapes, cityscapes, real estate and weddings. Or even yourself from very very far up. Other than having commercial, agricultural and military uses, most of us use our drones as...
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Wednesday, March 28, 2018
The Only Wedding Photography Checklist You’ll Ever Need
A wedding photography checklist can be a lifesaver. Imagine this. The music is playing and the bride begins her walk down the aisle. Her stomach is undoubtedly filled with butterflies from nerves and excitement. But somewhere farther down that aisle, is the first-time wedding photographer. Their stomach is equally aflutter...
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Photographers! Free Time Isn’t Free
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The Complete Guide To Travel Photography: 113 Tips
Travel photography incorporates many other areas of photography. Street, landscape and architecture are all part and parcel of what travel photography is. It is the feeling of a time and place. Some images remain timeless, others reflect the moment in which it was taken, portraying land and its people. Photographing...
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Tuesday, March 27, 2018
Post-Processing Astrophotography: All You Need To Know
Standing in awe under the starry night sky is only 50% of the fun in astrophotography. What’s the other 50%? Post-processing photos, of course. Make no mistakes: if you do astrophotography, you must learn how to edit your images. Problem is, this editing is often a long, complex and rather...
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Monday, March 26, 2018
More Than a Selfie: How Self-Portraiture Will Make You A Better Photographer
Impactful self-portraiture photography is no small feat. It involves focus, persistence, and an endless openness to improvement. As both the photographer and model, you’re in charge of posing, lighting, and camera settings. As challenging as these responsibilities are, they’re more than just extra work. They’re opportunities to become a better...
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Sunday, March 25, 2018
10 Post-Processing Landscape Photography Tips
Even years after the digital photo has been developed, people still ask me if a for landscape photography tips photo on editing. And a common questions is whether a photo should be edited or not. Yes, it should! A camera is merely a tool. Yes, it’s a good tool, but I...
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Saturday, March 24, 2018
8 Steps to Becoming a Professional Photographer
These days it seems like everyone is a photographer because of easy access to cameras, editing tools, and online sharing. Having access to the basics doesn’t automatically make you a professional photographer, though. So what can you do to get started as a pro? Here’s your quick guide to becoming...
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Friday, March 23, 2018
10 Tips to Improve Your Pet Photography
The furry and the feathered, the scaled and the fuzzed. Pets are and have been humans’ greatest companions and comrades throughout time. It’s no wonder pet photography is everywhere! It could be a smartphone photo of your cat or a professional photo shoot at a dog show. Regardless, animal photography...
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Thursday, March 22, 2018
Skylum Software Offers Free Hands-On Shooting Lab at Shutterfest
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The Complete Guide to Architecture Photography: 98 Tips
Camera Equipment Architecture photography is a lot slower than other fields, such as photojournalism or sports photography. You spend a considerably amount of time mulling over a scene or environment. This means your camera doesn’t need to focus on speed, or continuous shooting modes, for example. You need to focus on quality....
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10 Ways to Improve Your Marathon Photography
If you're lacking inspiration and don't know what to take photos of, then marathons are great opportunities to broaden your photographic horizons. There is such a mixed range of emotions to capture in a challenging setting, it'll test your skills, but still produce excellent results if you follow these 10 easy steps. Best of all, you don't have to pay to get in, and you don't need a pass to bring your camera - so get out there and start shooting!
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15 best poses for photographing families
Family photography is a great way to keep beautiful moments with the people you love. But during a family portrait session, you need to take care of a lot of variables. Light, location, clothes, poses, not to mention you have to handle children and toddlers and of course do everything...
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Exciting Lighting Equipment for 2018 (from WPPI)
The Wedding & Portrait Photographers International (or WPPI as it is fondly known) is a photography conference and expo in Las Vegas, Nevada. Here is the second part of our highlights from the show! This time we focus on lighting equipment. You can read our review of the cameras and lenses...
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Wednesday, March 21, 2018
Tuesday, March 20, 2018
Top 9 Must Have DSLR Accessories for Wildlife Photography
Wildlife photography relies on many different accessories to get that magic shot. Every photographer works with different accessories, but some are universally useful. As a wildlife photographer myself, I can say the DSLR accessories listed below should be in everyone’s bag. These will help you significantly improve the quality of...
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Monday, March 19, 2018
The Complete Guide To Sports Photography: 87 Tips
Sports photography is a very broad term. It is closely related to photojournalism, but also to vernacular (daily life) photography. Sports photographers in this area work with wire agencies, newspapers and magazines. These positions range from staff photographers to freelancers. These photographers are hidden in VIP areas, shooting from afar, or on...
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Capture the Colours: Tips for Better Macro Flower Photography
Flowers are something that I’ve always admired. They are the perfect subject to photograph. The colour, shapes, textures and its widespread accessibility make flower photography an interesting subject for any photographer looking to improve their macro skills. No matter how many flowers I’ve photographed, they never cease to amaze me....
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Milky Way Photography Settings: Use These for 98% of Your Shots (2018)
Taking photos of the Milky Way requires a totally different approach than almost any other kind of photography. This is why we’ve dedicated an entire article to the Milky Way photography settings that we use for 98% of our shots. Before we get started though, I want to make one...
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Sunday, March 18, 2018
Tips for Turning Blurry Pictures Into Art with Motion Blur Photography
Motion blur often frustrates new photographers. But that same blur can also create artistic, almost magical images that would otherwise be bland and boring. Understanding what causes blur eliminates the frustration. But knowing what shutter speed is and how it works isn’t just a tool for getting technically correct photographs....
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Saturday, March 17, 2018
What is the Difference Between Micro, Macro and Close-Up Photography?
One question you might ask yourself when you’re just starting out with macro photography is the difference between macro, micro and close-up photography. Is there one? Are they all the same? There is. And they’re not. In our article we’ll take you through everything macro, micro and close-up. You’ll learn...
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Friday, March 16, 2018
A Guide to Scouting Landscape Photography Locations
One of the biggest challenges in landscape (or any other) photography is not the equipment or knowledge of camera settings or even your compositional skills, it’s being at the right place at the right time. Photography locations are key to good landscape photography. Putting time and location together has little...
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Knowing the Camera Settings for a Photo Isn’t Really Important
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Thursday, March 15, 2018
7 Fun and Creative Self-Portrait Locations for a Rainy Day
When I was a beginner in self-portrait photography, I often struggled with indoor photography. I found walls and ceilings dull to be quite honest. And this made me hate bad weather and yearn for summer all the time. The outside world, filled with nature, space, and spontaneity, was what truly...
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Wednesday, March 14, 2018
How to Use Light Reflectors | Cheap Hack for Well-Lit Photos
Lighting gear prices can easily push into the four digits. There’s one accessory that costs as little as $20 but allows photographers to manipulate light for some serious pop: light reflectors. When it comes to photography, a reflector bounces existing light, and re-directs it back onto the subject. Reflectors are...
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Tuesday, March 13, 2018
The Complete Guide To Abstract Photography: 112 Tips
Abstract photography is a very wide field of image capturing. Any subject can become abstract depending on the way it’s photographed. It takes creative imagination and concept to be able to capture subjects in an abstract way. You are only limited by your vision and ideas. Changing your usual perspective...
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15 Tips for Better Seascape Photography
Seascape photography is a kind of landscape photography where one of the main subjects is the sea or the ocean. Apart from the sea, seascape photos depict other coastal features, such as rocks and stones, beaches, sea animals, etc. Shooting seascape photos is very similar to classic landscape photography. The...
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Monday, March 12, 2018
The Complete Guide To Fine Art Photography: 135 Tips
What is Fine Art Photography? Researching this topic will tell you that fine art is contrasted against representational photography, such as photojournalism. It puts fine art and art photography as a process where the artist/photographer tries to express their perceptions and emotions. These are then shared with others. Commercial photography...
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Exciting Camera and Lens Gear for 2018 (from WPPI)
The Wedding & Portrait Photographers International (or WPPI as it is fondly known) is a photography conference and expo in Las Vegas, Nevada. WPPI is the place to be for the ultimate portrait and wedding photography enthusiast. This year’s show featured an array of announcements from top camera brands Canon,...
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10 Photography Lessons From Ansel Adams
Over the weekend I visited an Ansel Adams exhibition in London. Having found his work to be even more breathtaking in print, I purchased a documentary about the man himself, in an effort to learn more about the artist I admire so much. What I learned has helped me to...
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Sunday, March 11, 2018
Capture the Romance: A Photographer’s Guide to Couple Poses
As a portrait photographer, one of my favourite types of work is couple photography. They are all about love, connection, joy and romance… It is quite a big responsibility to convey all these feelings through images. Guiding and instructing the couple on how they should pose is crucial. It makes...
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Saturday, March 10, 2018
Getting Started with Deep Sky Astrophotography
Foreword by Josh: This is a guest post written by Andrea Minoia, and we’ve been blown away by the depth and quality of his writing. This is by no means a quick and easy read (at nearly 4,000 words), but what it is, is a hugely detailed guide to deep sky astrophotography,...
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Friday, March 9, 2018
10 Things Your Photography Contract Must Include
We want to trust all our clients, but sometimes misunderstandings happen and things can get messy. It’s moments like this that can make you glad to have terms set in writing, in your photography contract. If you’re not using photography contracts with your clients yet, you’ll want to consider taking...
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21 Female Photographers You Need To Know About
We’ve put together a list of 21 female photographers whose art will inspire and amaze you. Coming from all over the world, these female photographers have captured everything from street, travel, and landscapes, architecture and war photography. They are artists from different time periods, different backgrounds, and who are following...
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20 Tips for Shooting With a Shallow Depth of Field
Shooting with the aperture wide open is a really good way of taking soft, naturally lit photos, as the aperture produces a shallow depth of field, and allow the maximum amount of light in. It's also a great way of drawing the viewers eye to a certain part of the photo, as the majority of the photo will be out of focus.
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Thursday, March 8, 2018
The Complete Guide to Product Photography: 89 Tips
Product photography is everywhere. Every time you shop on Amazon, go to McDonald’s or flick through a magazine – product photography is there. Even fashion photography is showing you products to buy. Ninety-nine percent of all purchases (99!) come from an emotional response, not a need. People buy things based on how...
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Choosing the Best Travel Tripod: 5 Lightweight Tripods Heavy on Features
Tripods are easily one of the bulkiest photography accessories. But that extra camera support won’t do you much good if you can’t fit it on the overhead compartment on the plane or hike a few miles with it. If you’re curling up in a fetal position on the edge of...
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Wednesday, March 7, 2018
10 DIY Photography Lighting Ideas | Speedlight Flash Modifiers
I have worked as a studio photographer for more than 20 years. In this time, I have come to realize that even though I use high end lighting equipment on a regular basis, some of my best images were done with inexpensive speedlights and some DIY speedlight flash modifiers. Speedlights...
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Tuesday, March 6, 2018
Useful Glossary of Astrophotography Terms
Astrophotography is more technical and scientific than most other photography genres. This is why we put together this easy glossary to help you along the way as you read about astrophotography. You can check out our Complete Guide to Astrophotography here. A Afocal Projection In general, you mount your camera...
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How to Edit Black and White Photography in Photoshop
Black and white photography continues to be popular in an age where almost all digital cameras shoot colour images. And when it comes to B&W, it’s as much about taking the photo as it is about knowing how to edit black and white photography. Given that we start with a...
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Monday, March 5, 2018
DIY Photography Lighting Ideas
The best way to start with photography lighting is to get down to the basics, using a simple flashlight as your main light source. Trying to control its light output with simple modifiers is a great learning process. A small flash is not comparable to a big studio light output...
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The Complete Guide To Wedding Photography: 97 Tips
Wedding photography is a mixture of many other photographic genres. It incorporates portraiture, family and group photography, documentary, boudoir, event and close-up images. It may even incorporate landscape if the location is particularly beautiful or important. This is probably one of the most stressful areas to be a photographer. If you...
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Sunday, March 4, 2018
How To Take Stunning Panoramic Photos
Alaska, where I’m fortunate to live, is one great big, enormous, sprawling place. The “big sky” country of Montana has nothing on this place. Trust me. I often find myself standing before one of these grand landscapes and realize that one image just isn’t going to do the trick. This...
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Saturday, March 3, 2018
What Is Aperture? A Guide of Exposure and Depth Of Field
Aperture is one of the fundamental elements of photography. Photography is the capturing of light hitting a subject in your viewfinder. I know that is the least creative way to explain this art form, but for the sake of this article, it is true. The other two elements used to...
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How to Take Fun and Natural Family Portraits
Nothing holds a deeper place in one’s heart than beautiful family portraits with loved ones. This can be anything from photos of the entire family or just portraits of a couple. The photographer’s goal is to ensure that the bond and connection between each member of the family shines through...
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Friday, March 2, 2018
The Complete Guide To Food Photography : 77 Yummy Tips
Food photography is a huge part of product photography. Everywhere you look, there’s food, drinks and snacks. Leafing through any cookbook and you find beautiful images of food. Walk into any restaurant, anytime, anywhere and you will be presented with their stunning edibles. Instagram is flooded with the most attractive...
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16 Creative Ways to Have Fun with Double Exposure
Double exposure photography refers to merging multiple images so they become surreal, emotional, or simply humorous. Though there are exceptions, they usually feature silhouettes. Double exposures may look complicated at first, but they’re surprisingly easy to make. Both in-camera and in Photoshop. During the photo-taking process, you have to make the...
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Thursday, March 1, 2018
The Complete Guide To Fashion Photography : 114 Tips
Fashion photography is everywhere. You will see hundreds of images a day of men and women dressed-up (or down), showcasing clothing, accessories and footwear. It is one of the biggest, most profitable areas of photography. The world of fashion photography is fast-paced. It focuses on portraiture, posing, extensive lighting and...
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Spring Landscape Photography Tips | How To Take Advantage of the Changing Seasons
Imagine a spring landscape. What comes to mind? Most of you probably think of scenes of fresh green leaves, newly bloomed flowers, and a verdant landscape coming to life. Those are accurate, but only partial representations of the spring season. What spring really is, is a time of transition. Where...
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