Saturday, June 30, 2018
10 Tips for Shooting With Macro Lenses in Still Life Photography
Imagine if you were able to take a peek at any photographer’s wish list of lenses. Or even must-haves. You’d be sure to find a macro lens on that list. Having a macro lens for still life photography in your kit can feel like a bit of a luxury, but...
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Best Mirrorless Camera for Travel Photography
Travel photographers are always trying to minimise their gear. Large format cameras made way to medium format, and they in turn made way to the 35mm for its ease of use and compact size. Today we are searching for the best mirrorless camera for travel that money can buy. We...
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Friday, June 29, 2018
10 Tips For Taking Natural Light Portraits
Portraiture is one of the most challenging, but also most rewarding areas of photography. Natural light photography play an important role in this major photography field. Have you ever wondered what makes outstanding portrait photography? There are various techniques that can be used to take great portraits. We’re going to focus exclusively on natural...
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Why I Always Wear a Lens Hood and UV Filter, and Why You Should Too! (2018 Update)
We all get those plastic, circular things attached to the lens when we buy new glass. These are lens hoods, and you know what, they actually have a purpose. A few in fact. Don’t just leave them sitting in the same box that you bought the lens in though. You actually...
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25 Tips For Amazing Airshow Photography
The buzz of jets screaming past at 1000 km/h, the simple beauty of a glider silently navigating thermals, the classic ‘sound of round’ from a radial engine – airshow photography is an awe-inspiring experience. Ready to pit your camera skills against the speed and tenacity of aircraft and aviator? Here...
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Thursday, June 28, 2018
Best Instant Cameras in 2018
The world was stunned by the bankruptcy of Polaroid in 2008. The film and cameras they made were an institution in the photographic world, as the instant film was such a groundbreaking success. In the time of film photography, Polaroids were a great way to see a scene a few minutes after...
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10 Tips for Better Engagement Sessions
If you’re just starting out in engagement photography, these 10 tips are for you. Photographing a couple for their engagement session is a very emotional and meaningful way to capture your clients as they are before the wedding day. It’s a chance for them to take a more relaxed approach...
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Editing Flower Photography in Lightroom: 9 Quick and Easy Tips
From abstract macro photography to bright spring colours on Instagram, flower photography is everywhere. Not all of it great. In this step by step tutorial, we’ll show you how to take your flower photos from meh to great with a few simple Lightroom tricks for editing flower photography. Don’t get us...
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Wednesday, June 27, 2018
Spiral Light Painting: Cool Photography Ideas to Try Today
Light painting photography is one of the coolest things you can ever do with your camera. It’s colourful, futuristic, and most importantly, fun. Unfortunately, a lot of people often feel discouraged to try it because they think it’s technically challenging. The truth is that it’s a really easy process, and...
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12 Wedding Photography Lighting Tips | From Natural Light to Flash
From expensive ballroom weddings to backyard weddings and weekday courthouse weddings, wedding photographers have one tool that can make any wedding look beautiful, no matter the venue: wedding photography lighting. The problem is that wedding light comes in many forms. It can be a large window or a sanctuary lit with...
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How to Choose the Best Camera for Street Photography
Street photographers are always trying different systems, looking for the best street photography camera. Thankfully, there are always new cameras developed and released on the market. Each style of street photography needs a different camera to record it. The best cameras for street photography are completely dependent on what you...
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Tuesday, June 26, 2018
What Is Editorial Photography?
What is editorial photography? We can look at this from two different perspectives. The Stylistic Perspective Editorial photographers will seek to illustrate a story with their photographs. The story may be purely visual, or the photographs may accompany words. The Legal Perspective The legal perspective accounts for how photographs are...
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How To Create Strong High Key Portraits | Inspired by Platon’s Portrait Photography Style
In this article I will show you how you can take portraits in a similar style to those of renowned British portrait photographer Antoniou Platon. Platon is best known for his series of highly contrasted black and white portraits of celebrities and politicians. And while you may not be photographing...
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Alternatives to Lightroom – What’s the Best Option?
Adobe products are the industry standard for photographers all around the world. But what about alternatives to Adobe Lightroom? Firstly, are there any that can hold water to this organising and editing masterpiece, and secondly, if so, what are they? For those of you who haven’t tried Lightroom yet, it...
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Monday, June 25, 2018
How to Take a Professional Headshot
These days everyone is looking for a headshot photography session. From fitness instructors to Instagram bloggers to business owners, anyone looking to improve their marketing and get their brand out there will need a professional headshot. The process is not as simple as it seems though. So where do you...
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How To Get Paid For Travel Photography
The travel industry is worth trillions each year, which means the demand for anything tourism-related is massive. That includes photography and travel photography jobs. If you love to travel and you have the ability to create amazing photos, you may have considered trying your hand at travel photography. Spoiler alert:...
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10 Maternity Poses for Better Photos
It doesn’t matter if you photograph your maternity clients indoor or outdoor, there are some foolproof poses that can help you to add variety to the session, focus on the bump, and make long lasting memories for your clients. Posing can also mean the difference between an okay photo and...
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Sunday, June 24, 2018
What Is Surreal Photography: 12 Examples
Both peculiar and thought-provoking, surreal photography challenges its admirers to change their perspectives, question their values, and create something unforgettable. This unique genre has inspired many photographers to recreate their wildest dreams. When surrealism was still young, photographers created their own worlds using darkroom tricks and optical illusions. Today, we...
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17 Macro Photography Projects for Beginners
Macro photography has become more and more popular over the last few years. This has prompted an increase of macro photography ideas to flood the photographic world. And rightly so! Photographing miniature objects and enlarging them beyond their 1:1 ratio is the backbone of all macro photography. Mirrorless, DSLR and even...
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Saturday, June 23, 2018
Colour or Black and White: Which Is Better for Street Photography?
When it comes to colour vs black and white street photography, unfortunately there’s no secret rule book. We tend to interpret colour and black and white photography subjectively. The beauty of photography is that you incorporate your own experiences, culture, and background in your photos. There are certain conditions however, when I...
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10 Tips For Environmental Portrait Lighting
When you start photographing portraits, environmental portraits are a great way to tell more of a story. They go beyond the standard headshot. Environmental portraits are taken within a particular scene, set, or location that adds to the overall story the portrait is going to convey. Part editorial and part...
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Friday, June 22, 2018
16 Tips for the Budding Freelance Photographer
These 15 tips for the budding freelance photographer were written with beginners in mind. From what freelance really means to challenging yourself and always learning to how to survive the stress of freelance photography, this article will give you the tools you need to start out as a freelancer. Disclaimer:...
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Great Gifts for Photographers Who Travel
Photography can be a very expensive game. That’s why gifts for photographers can be very helpful, especially for those travelling around the globe. Depending on where your friend/family member/colleague is travelling, their camera equipment is likely to differ. A trip to Tanzania for wildlife photography will need different gear than...
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Best Macro Photography Cameras (Top 10)
Macro cameras have really come into their own recently. They allow inexperienced photographers to pick up a system and start photographing immediately. You will realise that macro photography depends entirely on the lens, and not the camera. More specifically, it’s about the lens being able to focus on the subject...
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Thursday, June 21, 2018
How to Write a Model Release Form
If you’ve worked with models, studios, media companies, fashion brands and others in the public eye, you’ve definitely encountered a model release form. This can range from a single page of simple text to a hefty document, written in the most highbrow English. As a photographer, it’s important to know...
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What’s the Best Way to Backup Your Photos While Travelling?
In this article we will focus on a particular aspect of travel photography: what’s the best way to backup photos while travelling without a computer. This means both accessing your photos to review, edit and/or share them as well as creating a backup on the fly. Packing Your Photographic Gear If...
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Focus Stacking for Still Life Photography
We all love the shallow depth-of-field and blurred out backgrounds in food photography. However, there are times when we need our entire subject to be sharp, such as when we are shooting a product or a spread of food. Focus stacking is the ultimate way to get the sharpest images....
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Wednesday, June 20, 2018
Photo Editing Tips for Travel Photography
You’ve just come back from the trip of a lifetime. You’re sorting through the thousands of photos you took. And you realize that they need a little extra to really stand out in a unique way. This is where you need travel photo editing tips. Perhaps you want to share...
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How to Take Your Fall Photography to a New Level
Fall photography is weird. The colours throw our perceptions through a loop, and getting the right photos becomes a challenge. This article will take you through everything you need to know about autumn photography so you can capture anything from detail macro shots to sprawling landscapes. Colours and Fall Photography...
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Tuesday, June 19, 2018
Low Key Monochrome Photography: How to Get Amazing High Contrast Images
For many people monochrome photography is a creative stretch. We see in colour, not in a single colour or grey scale. Visualising without colour can be challenging but low key monochrome photography can also lead to interesting photos. First, let’s make sure we are clear on the jargon here. What...
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How to Edit Interior Photos in Lightroom
Whether you’re new to digital photography or not, Lightroom is a powerful tool to take your interior photography from good to great. Knowing how to work with Lightroom to edit interior photography, though, can take lots of practice! While each photographer works slightly differently and eventually develops their own workflow,...
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Best Lightroom Presets for Street Photography
Editing street photography can be daunting. To help you make the most of your street photos and get through your workflow quickly, we’ve put together this list of 15 best Lightroom presets for street photography. 15. Color 1600 v4 (Eric Kim) Color 1600 v4 is a colour preset, as the name...
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Monday, June 18, 2018
Photographer of the Week: June 11 ~ 15, 2018
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What Are the Best Settings for Time-Lapse Photography?
Time-lapse photography is, by its very nature, a time consuming endeavour. It typically involves taking and processing hundreds of images. It really pays to plan your shoot and time-lapse settings accordingly. I wouldn’t say there are any ‘best’ time-lapse photography settings. These can vary depending on the camera and the...
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8 Tips for Planning Better Landscape Photo Shoots
Some people think that landscape photography is about luck but in reality, it’s about planning. Good landscape pictures come out of many factors, and planning the photo shoot is one of the most important. The luck part takes no more than 5-10%. The recipe is being in the right place...
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Sunday, June 17, 2018
Best Camera for Time-Lapse Photography
Time-lapses are incredibly interesting ways to show a scene or scenario. Finding the right time-lapse camera can be a challenge, especially if you have never tried it before. A scene that involves movement or a change over time is a great topic to photograph. For example think of a scenario...
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7 Tips for Using Lightroom’s Graduated Filter Tool for Landscape Photography
Adobe Lightroom’s local adjustment tools are some of its best features. The Graduated Filter is one of the tools that I use more than anything else when editing landscape photography. Very few of my images make it out of Lightroom without having applied these Lightroom filters in some way. The...
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How to Use Panning to Easily Capture Movement – Updated 2018
I was recently asked to do some photography for a new blog that's starting and my first assignment is to take some photos of them Go-Karting for one of their first blog posts. This post will show you the steps I took to get to my final photo.
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Saturday, June 16, 2018
One Light Set Ups for Food Photography
To really take control of your food photography lighting, you need to learn to use artificial lighting. The good news is that your food photography lighting equipment and set-ups need not be complicated. One light is all you need for great food photos. Note that for this article, I’m not talking...
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How to Use the Transform Tool in Lightroom
You may find that your images are subject to what is called perspective distortion. This is more present in architectural photography or images of buildings. Don’t worry, Lightroom has got you covered. The transform tool was designed specifically to fix this problem. If you are experiencing another type of distortion...
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Friday, June 15, 2018
Rokinon 14mm f/2.8 Review
As a professional photographer, there will be times where you’d wish you had a wide angle lens. This way, you’ll capture the entire scene, leaving nothing to the imagination. Our human eyes cover 114 degrees (horizontally) of the visual plane. The Rokinon 14mm comes close to this as its field of view...
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8 Tips for Choosing the Right Fashion Photography Model
The right model is essential for a successful fashion photography shoot. Even if you’re a skilled photographer, it will be challenging to create Vogue-worthy photos without a good subject. To help you find the right person for the job, we put together a list of tips that will make your...
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10 Easy and Fun Still Life Photography Ideas
Looking for a spark of inspiration for your still life photography ideas? Feel like you’ve tried everything and there’s nothing left to discover? Or on the contrary, you’re just getting started and feel a bit lost in an ocean of opportunities and choices? Don’t worry, we’ve got you covered. There...
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Thursday, June 14, 2018
How to Use Natural Frames for Better Photo Composition
Naturally framing photography is sometimes overlooked as a compositional technique. By taking advantage of natural frames, however, you can add focus and depth to an image. Photography as a genre is full of techniques to help with composition. Some focus on colour or contrast, others on shape or shadow. Basic...
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What Is Focus Stacking and How to Use It Correctly
There will be times when you will need to get something entirely in focus. Think of an insect during your macro photography, or jewellery for product photography. You want to show all of it in focus, not just the wings or the head or one stone. This is where focus stacking...
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How to Sell Your Travel Photography
Capturing brilliant travel photography after hours or walking around and waiting is often rewarding enough. But imagine also getting paid for that photo. Seeing a photo sell can give you an enormous sense of pride and accomplishment. Today, you don’t need to be a professional photographer to sell your photos....
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Wednesday, June 13, 2018
Photo Montage: What Is It and How to Make One Yourself
Imagine a progression of time visible in a single photographic artwork. Envisage an image depicting multiple points of view on one flat surface. Welcome to the photomontage. What Is a Photomontage A photomontage is a series of individual photographs, collectively of one subject, arranged together to create a single image. Sometimes...
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10 Tips for Better Street Photography in the Rain
When the rain starts falling, our natural inclination is to stay indoors where it’s toasty and warm. But rain photography is a wonderful subject to include in your street photography. And it provides fantastic opportunities to work with different light conditions and reflections. Next time you see dark clouds looming...
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Tuesday, June 12, 2018
30 Best Free Lightroom Presets for Landscape Photography
When it comes to landscape photography, your work can really benefit from using Lightroom landscape presets. It just takes a click of a button to adjust your photographs. The best thing is that you can edit multiple images by selecting and then pasting the settings across all images. If you...
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How to Make the Most of Your Travel Photography With a Shot List
Ever wondered how those beautiful travel photographs in magazines came to be? They are usually the result of dedication, persistence and hard work. But before this, they are the result of endless hours of planning and research. This usually culminates in what is known as a travel photography shot list....
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Why You Should Try Black and White Wedding Photography
Black and white wedding photography may be devoid of colour, but sometimes, taking away the colour adds something greater to the image. But isn’t black and white photography going backwards and removing the benefits of today’s colour digital sensors? Many new photographers are under this illusion and ignore what can...
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Monday, June 11, 2018
13 Tips for Setting Your Wedding Photography Prices
Wedding photographers have a few wide-spread fears, like missing the kiss or tripping mid-ceremony. Last week, I had a nightmare that I had to shoot a wedding with my iPhone. But many wedding photographers often have one fear that has nothing to do with photography and everything to do with...
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Faceless Portrait Photography: Why You Don’t Always Have to Show Your Face in a Self-Portrait
When it comes to self-portraits, many photographers focus exclusively on their faces. I’m definitely guilty of this! This isn’t surprising, given the powerful nature of expressions, eyes, and angles. You might be afraid that without these features, a faceless portrait will look dull. This isn’t true. In fact, faceless portraits...
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Sunday, June 10, 2018
7 Lessons I Learned From Street Photography
Street photography is difficult because of its undefined and unpredictable nature. But going out and photographing strangers will make you a more creative person and a confident photographer. No matter what their niche is, I always encourage people to try street photography. You may not earn money from it, but...
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What Is a Telephoto Lens?
Telephoto lenses are very popular in the photographic world. They are the really long lenses that cover many photography disciplines. You will see sports, wildlife, landscape and astrophotographers carrying these around often. A telephoto will help you understand your relationship with your scene. And let you photograph dangerous situations without...
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How to Fix Grainy Photos: Photo Retouching
Grainy photographs can be frustrating to work with. Photo retouching might be necessary, especially if the content doesn’t distract the viewer from the lack of quality. There are a few instances where grain might work, such as a vintage scene. Otherwise, poor quality shows poor execution. And increasing the size...
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Saturday, June 9, 2018
6 Simple Lightroom Tips for Better Travel Photography
I am a traveller, I like to travel as much as I can. Combining photography and travelling was a natural thing. My two passions united at the same time. It is natural to come back from trips with thousands of shots, calculated by heart, to be developed and edited in...
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How to Create a Time-Lapse Using Lightroom Timelapse
A time lapse is a great way to create a video out of still images. There are definite benefits of this process, rather than just capturing a scene as a video. For all the information you will need on how to create a time-lapse, read our article here. We will be using Lightroom...
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6 Reasons Why You Should Use a Telephoto Lens for Pet Photography
If you’re interested in pet photography, you’ve likely heard the term “telephoto lens.” One of the most popular lenses for animal photography (of any kind), telephoto lenses tend to be the staple in most pet photographers’ kits. Why? You’ll find out in this article on six reasons why you should...
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Friday, June 8, 2018
35mm or 50mm Prime Lens or Both?
There is a reason why a prime lens is called so. They are the most important pieces of your photography kit, the chief of the lens world and should be part of your everyday kit. If you don’t know why 35mm vs 50mm is important, then this article is for...
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The Best Lens for Street Photography: Which One Is It?
In all the years you may have been photographing, what’s the one debate you keep on having? That’s right, it’s the discussion about which camera lens is the best one! In this article you’re going to see my opinion on the best lenses, and why they’re so good. Then you’ll...
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Photographing With Minimal Gear: Why You Don’t Need as Much as You Think
Every photographer has a list of what they consider essential photography equipment. Professional photographers often need complicated gear to make their images. Amateurs and semi-professional photographers can be more economical and innovative with their kit. When I started photography, I felt intimidated by the list of gear I thought I...
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Top 20 Photography Websites 2018
Photography websites are the place to go for all kinds of help. Whether you’re just starting out, or a seasoned photographer running a business, you will need help, advice and tips from time to time. To make your life easier, we’ve put together this list of top 20 photography websites....
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Thursday, June 7, 2018
Step by Step Guide to Beautiful Bokeh
Bokeh refers to a soft out-of-focus background that you get when shooting a subject. By using a fast lens, at its widest aperture, you can achieve this bokeh effect. ‘Bokeh’ is a very recognisable characteristic of a photograph. The word itself comes from the Japanese word for ‘blur’. You can even...
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10 Tips for Capturing Breathtaking Fine Art Landscape Photography
When we’re taking landscape photography, we get inspired by light, land or a fleeting moment. But what makes fine art landscape photography unique isn’t found in the scenery. Artistic photography is found within. To me, fine art landscape photography is the quintessential way of showing who you are as a...
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Wednesday, June 6, 2018
Should You Use a DSLR or Smartphone For Social Media Photography?
Photography has always been a popular hobby. But with easy access to amazing cameras and the rise of social media, photography has become a way of life. Most of all, Instagram camera has really become its own defining term. It’s even common nowadays for wedding guests to be asked to...
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Why You Should Create Your Own Outdoor Portrait Photography Studio
Outdoor portrait photography has its advantages and its challenges. Lack of control over lighting and backgrounds can lead to frustrations. The sun, however, is a fabulous light source. Learning to work with it and manipulate natural light to your needs is a good skill to acquire. Building your own outdoor...
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Tuesday, June 5, 2018
Best Camera for Astrophotography
Knowing which is the best astrophotography camera can be challenging. But if you follow our guide, you will have a clear idea of what will work, where and when. Before we dive into the best cameras, make sure you know what astrophotography is, and what you can photograph as an...
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12 Instagram Tips for Beginner Smartphone Photographers
Instagram is fun to use for photographers of all skill levels. However, achieving success on this platform can also be quite elusive even if you’re talented. That’s why it’s important to research Instagram tips and make sure you get the most out of what it offers. Follow these 12 Instagram...
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Monday, June 4, 2018
Top 20 Young Photographers 2018
The visual market is over saturated with 95 million photos and videos being shared on Instagram per day. This is a very difficult area to become noticed in, even for young photographers who have the knowledge and the content. How much more difficult must it be for those young photographers who break...
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10 Common HDR Photography Mistakes and How to Avoid Them
High Dynamic Range photography, HDR in short, is a powerful technique used to extend the dynamic range of your camera in order to capture the maximum of the details in highly contrasted scenes, such as sunsets, interior photography and more. Imagine you are a tourist visiting a majestic cathedral and...
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Sunday, June 3, 2018
How to Care for Your Photography Equipment in Cold Weather
Protecting your equipment for winter photography is essential. After all, you don’t want to ruin all that expensive camera gear. I live in Fairbanks, Alaska. That’s about 65 degrees north latitude, or just a little over a degree south of the Arctic Circle. We are deep in the interior of...
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Ten Tips for Shooting Still Life Photography
Still life photography is a vibrant and often lucrative niche. It’s also great for expressing your creativity. And it can make you money through stock photography or sales of art prints through a variety of websites. The great thing about still life photography is that you don’t need a fancy...
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Saturday, June 2, 2018
The Travel Photographer’s Packing Checklist
Making a travel photography checklist is not easy. You need your camera (or cameras), lenses, a tripod, memory cards, filters, and so on. And you also need to pack clothes and personal belongings. But you can’t bring the kitchen sink either, so what do you bring, and what do you...
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21 Travel Photography Accessories
Travel photography perfect for many. You get to travel, see the sights and then photograph them. You may even be able to make a buck or two selling the images online or to stock websites. Win-win, right? So how do you get those perfect shots? Well, it all depends on...
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Friday, June 1, 2018
27 Juxtaposition Examples
The definition of juxtaposition is placing two things together in order to show a contrast. In photography we use composition, clever use of forced perspectives or carefully placed props to convey the contrasts in the image. Photographs can also rely on cultural ideas and identities of the viewers. Juxtaposition photography...
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10 Fun Creative Ideas for What to Do With Your Digital Photos
I love digital cameras. They allow you to take as many photos as you want and you can do amazing things with the digital photos in post-processing. However, it is easy to leave the photos in a computer folder and forget about them. To avoid this, I make sure to...
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Combining the Power of Aurora HDR 2018 and Luminar 2018 In The Same Picture
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