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Like the worlds tidal waters, photographic creativity ebbs and flows for many of us. Sometimes creativity can use a jump-start, an artificial method to get the photographer to start looking at the world in a new way in order to facilitate, restart, refine, or improve your photography.

There are many ideas on how to get yourself to push through an artistic block or inspire you to further expand your boundaries. Not all of them involve the camera. Several websites and books... more

Model Mayhem has been leading a successful existence by being one of the webs most popular destinations for professional models and photographers to connect. Now there’s a new contender,... more

There are already a good number of portable lighting studios on the market, but WhiteBisons SOOC Studio strives to be the best full-featured option. The kit includes a foldable carrying case that transforms into a durable 18x16x12-inchsetup with built-in 6,000K LED strips and an... more

This week, Cokin has announced a new lineup of mineral glass natural density (ND)filters to fit within its Creative Filter System for photo and video cameras. Consisting of an adapter ring, filter-holder, and a number of various filters available from the company, the system allows photographers... more

Photographers are familiar with the ring light, which produces a pleasing ring-shaped highlight (or catchlight) in a subjects eyes. Its often used in the fashion industry to create images you see in many magazines. The Square Ring Light is just like that except its a square. I find it makes a unique, almost otherworldly catchlight that really draws attention to the eyes.

Youll need 2 speedlights (electronic flashes) as the light source. The rest of the project the ring... more

We've just added Ricoh's Pentax K-3 II to our studio test scene. An evolution of the K-3, it offers a 24MP stabilized CMOS sensor with a clever Pixel Shift mode that uses the camera's stabilization system to record full color information from a scene. We tested it out on our studio scene - take a look at the results. Read more

A couple of years ago, when I switched careers and moved into photography full time, I did a lot of research on multiple aspects of running a photography business. One of those areas, digital asset management (DAM), deals with, well, managing your digital assets, your image files.

I discovered Adobes open standard Digital Negative Graphics (DNG) file format. There are a number of advantages to converting your proprietary raw files (CR2, NEF, etc.) to DNG files, including file... more

A few days ago, we shared a report on how Panasonic was developing focus-after-you-shoot technology. The company made an official announcement on it today, but it turns out it’s not the light field competitor to... more

Ive shot digital for as long as I can remember, but for a number of years I have been considering delving into film for my street photography work. Every time I became adamant about pursuing it, I talked myself out of it.

“What are you going to do with your negatives? How will you print? Its so expensive! Your hit rate on digital isnt that great…you have more control with RAW anyway…It will be waste of money”

I dont think these concerns were... more

Pluto was first discovered on February 18, 1930, by a 23-year-old man named Clyde Tombaugh, who compared photos captured 6 days apart and discovered the dwarf planet moving between the two shots. Since then, scientists have created numerous photos of Pluto over the years, but none clearer than the ones NASA made over the past week with the New Horizons space probe.

Here’s a look at how mankind’s view of Pluto has gotten sharper over the years as we’ve pointed... more

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