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I remember how excited I was to get my first DSLR several years ago. My wife and I had a newborn and wanted to get better shots of our little baby than what a pocket camera could provide. So we soon found ourselves with a new-to-us Nikon D200 that produced stunning images of our precious little boy. The pictures wouldn’t win any prizes, but they were leagues beyond what we could get with our pocket camera or cell phone and that was fine with us.

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It seems to be a trend that successful directors act unpleasant when communicating with others. Director Max Joseph has noticed the trend, and hes filmed a funny and clever documentary, exploring whether a behavior like this is really necessary to get you to the top. He focuses on film directors, but its applicable to the […]

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There is something amiss with the photo above. Im not talking about the missing teeth on the left thats the right photo. The problem is the photo on the right. Surely we have lost the plot when we start photo shopping an 8 year olds gappy grin. Arriving home from work yesterday, my excitement […]

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If you shoot RAW, in general, you will be editing those files in Adobe Camera Raw (ACR), Lightroom or some other RAW editor. This may be all the post editing that you require. However, if you are like me, I finish my editing in Photoshop. Why? Because I use layers and they play an essential part of my workflow.

Layers are definitely where the real magic in Photoshop happens. They were introduced way back in version 3.0. I am a long-time user of Photoshop, so using layers in my workflow... more

Total eclipses aren’t actually as rare as many people think, happening somewhere on earth about every 18 months or so. But to have them appear over a particular part of the planet, or even a specific country, isn’t quite as often. But, there’s is a total solar eclipse happening over the USA in a couple […]

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If you are a beginner photographer, everything may seem overwhelming, as theres a lot to learn at once. But there are still some things tutorials or course books wont teach you, and photographer Toma Bonciu has created a list of seven lessons like this. These are the things you need to know before you start […]

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I remember how excited I was when I first started posting on instagram. I finally had a platform to get my work seen, tell my stories, share my life and get inspired by those of others. It was all about creativity and art and The Work, it was fair and ethical and just awesome! Things […]

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In this article, I’ll give you some ideas and tips on how to use a prism to make some really cool and creative photo effects.

Prisms

Have you ever seen the beautiful rainbows dispersed by hanging suncatchersand wondered, how would that look in a photograph? Unfortunately, the small prisms used on most suncatchers don’t fill enough of the camera frame to render a detailed image. But where there’s a will, there’s a way!

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Keeping cables tangle-free can be a nightmare. As photographers we may have quite an array of cables. Long trigger release cables, flash head cables, USB extensions for shooting tethered, for example. If you shoot video as well, you might have to deal with XLR and other cables, too. And when it comes to cables, there’s […]

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Are your photos technically flawless and aesthetically pleasing? Its great if they are, but theres one more thing to make them much better and raise them on a whole new level: storytelling. In this video, Daniel and Rachel from Mango Street will guide you through the steps you need to take to implement successful storytelling […]

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