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Night has fallen. All of the beautiful golden light that flooded across the landscape during sunset has slowly slipped away over the horizon – replaced by inky darkness and twinkling stars. But that doesnt mean that you need to put away your camera until tomorrow! In fact, you most likely have an excellent source of light in your pocket or purse right now – your cell phone flashlight!

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If you are shooting for an ad agency, a magazine or a social media cover, there is a good chance that the brief includes a format, or an aspect ratio in which you have to deliver. That means that you will have to crop your image to fit that ratio. Now, cropping is the easy […]

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Tripods have been here for ages. Probablyway before cameras existed. Heck, they were used to cook animals over an open fire. And weight matters. The load capacity on a tripod is one of the first features a tripod lists (along with self-weight and max height). But, if you can’t find a tripod that is sturdy […]

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mWhen it comes to portrait photography, there seem to be two predominant schools of thought. The first says that retouching is bad, that people should be presented as they are and retouching is a no-no. The second school of thought says that when people have their portrait taken, it should be an idealistic representation of the person, flattering the subject and minimizing any flaws.

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A patent recently approved by the US Patent and Trademark Office details how Facebook wants to read your emotions. And it wants to do it using your on-screen keyboard. It’ll look at what and how you type to try to determine how you feel about a piece of content. The goal is to be able […]

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In my post on essential gadgets for travel photography, I mentioned that I always pack five specific lens filters with me. So in this post I thought I would elaborate on what I consider to be my five essential photography filters – in no particular order… #1 Polarizing Filter I pretty much shoot with a […]

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In light of all the recent reports on Sony cameras getting hot during shooting, it is no wonder that the community is turning to self-made solutions. And since may of those reports focus on heat coming from the overhead sun, photographerSenya Alman came up with a small camera personal roof. this roof is made from […]

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Start off your shopping trip by browsing this collection of 21 images of markets.

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As much as fun as it is to shoot fine art street photos, it’s also tiring sometimes. Every now and then, you just need a bit of amotivational boostto set your heart on fire again. I’ve researched 3 inspirational quotes that will skyrocket your fine art street photography today! These insights helped me a lot […]

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Saturday Night Live isn’t a show one usually associates with terms like “visual effects”. But there’s actually a lot going on in their digital shorts. The SNL team as a whole may have the wholeweek to prepare for each show. The visual effects department, though, aren’t so lucky. They typically get only about 12 hours […]

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