Photography Blogs & Tutorials

Hitting the news recently has been the story about the YouTube family “DaddyoFive” losing custody of two of their children due to an ongoing series of prank videos. I haven’t watched any of the DaddyoFive videos, nor do I intend to, so I am not going to comment on that particular situation, but as a […]

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On Thursday, March 4, police detained professional photographer Eddie Mitchell for taking photos of Hove town hall in Sussex. The officers approached him and searched him under section 43 of the Terrorism Act, which gives officers the power to stop and search anyone they reasonably suspects to be a terrorist. As the police confirm, they […]

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I was sitting in my dorm room at Arizona State University. To my left I had my Xbox on (as it was pretty much 24/7) with some racing game on pause. In front of me I had my future, for I was entering a photographycompetitionthat I believed would make me famous and rich beyond my […]

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Sonymakes excellent cameras. In the last few years, they launched a completely new full frame camera system that has pushed the bounds of digital photography.Iswitched entirely to Sony gear after first seeing the tremendous low-light capability of their a7S and have enjoyed manyoutings shooting astrophotography on many different Sonycamera bodies since. I have previouslyrecommended Sony […]

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Landscape photography is something that most photographers do. You may be a beginner or an advanced landscape photographer, you may have your own style, or you prefer certain subjects, but there’s always room for something more, something different.

This article is meant to show you five ways in which you can experiment with landscape photography. The techniques will force you to think differently about the surrounding landscape and will uncover new potential shots in... more

Lomography has launched a Kickstarter campaign for their new Neptune Convertible Art Lens System. Its a set of small, handcrafted lenses, all compatible with the same lens base. Relying on Chevaliers convertible lens design, Lomography has designed the base and the set of three prime lenses: 3.5/35, 2.8/50 and 4.0/80. They practically fit inside your […]

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Abstract: You can use your knowledge of color temperature and gels to improve the quality of light in your home.



So far, everything we have done has centered on gelling a single light to create a single desired color shift. But before we make the jump into using multiple colors and light sources, one quick hack for your home... more

Imitation can be a form of learning, and using other peoples photos to create something new is perfectly fine. But when one awarded photographer takes the work of the other, photoshops it in their own documentary photo, its wrong on so many levels. Award-winning photographer Souvid Datta has been accused of stealing work from another […]

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Ok, we get it. You shot it with your phone. You brought your DSLR, but you fell into a fountain and waterlogged all your gear. The repair estimate was nearly $2000, except you went to Thailand and got it fixed for $120. Good thing you had your iPhone. The quality was so good that your […]

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Tatiana Subbotina, from Saint Petersburg, Russia, started making videos in 2013 while living in Thailand. The videos were aimed at children. But then she decided she wanted more from her creations. So, she decided to teach herself how to chroma key composite with a green screen and Adobe Premiere Pro. And it’s made her something […]

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