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As part of their incredible “100 Most Influential Photographs of All Time” project, TIME is telling the stories behind some of the most powerful photographs in human history. You’ve no doubt seen Jeff Widener’s iconic “Tank Man” photo … but have you ever heard the full story behind it?

Widener shares this story in his own... more

Adobe took a lot of crap from the photo community for switching to the Creative Cloud subscription model, but all of that criticism seems to have been worth it. According to the company’s... more

Photoshop’s tools frequently overlap, and a great example of this is Luminosity Masks vs Blend If. Both can be used to do the same thing, but they work in slightly different ways. This useful tutorial breaks down the differences so you know when and how to use each tool.

This Photoshop tutorial comes to us from Blake Rudis of... more

It’s the holiday season and everyone’s favorite photography background prop is Christmas lights. It used to be pretty easy to get these photos to come out perfect, but with the rise in popularity of LED lights, there’s some weird stuff that happens if you don’t have the right camera settings.

The gif above shows 10 consecutive images taken at 1/125 of a second. Notice how the lights seem to cycle on and off and never does the tree appear to fully... more

When an action camera maker says their cameras are “freeze-proof” they definitely do not mean you should drop them into liquid nitrogen and let them freeze solid… but that’s exactly what... more

Canon has issued a service notice advising users of counterfeit Canon EF 50mm F1.8 II DSLR lenses that fraudulently display the Canon logo and company trademarks. Canon became aware of these counterfeit lenses after customers began bringing them into company service centers seeking repairs.

According to the service notice, Canon was not involved in the design or manufacturing of these fraudulent lenses, which can be identified based on the 'Canon Inc' company name molded into the... more

Designer Jessica Hische is fed up with requests to work for ‘exposure’, so she built a Web tool every creative should take advantage of. It’s a “... more

Streetlights are the driving force behind nighttime street scenes and how they make us feel. The way streetlights spread their light, the shadows they cast, and the colors they bring out affect everything else nearby, setting the tone of the scene.

As a night photographer, streetlights can either be your best friend or worst foe: a common complaint from first-timers is that harsh streetlights ruin the colors in their photosand that can certainly be a valid complaint. But by... more

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The Sony FE 50mm F2.8 Macro offers 1:1 magnification for a relatively minimal investment. We took it to our local conservatory and around the neighborhood to see how well it performs when getting extremely close to our subject. Click any of the images above... more

'Ethereal' was shot by Evosia Studios in the remote Icelandic Highlands and took two years to put together. This video brings aerial cinematography together with time-lapse (a combination you don't see too often) to produce some pretty darn amazing footage. Each frame was shot as a Raw photo with the DJI Inspire 1 drone. The individual photos were then processed using LRTimelapse, Lightroom and After Effects.... more

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