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You’ve probably seen images floating around because it’s popular these days, you know, the ones with the retro faded look. It’s pretty popular with the instagram and wedding photography crowd. It’s not my fancy but I am all about empowering photographers to shoot what they have in mind. If that happens to be retro-faded here’s how to achieve that look in Lightroom and Photoshop.

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No matter how much you love photography, lets face it sometimes its hard to talk yourself into going out and shooting. You want to go out there and take photos, but at the same time, youre subconsciously looking for reasons not to do it. The excuses can be many you want to save […]

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It started as a simple joke. Creating a meme for a bit of a laugh. Brittany Botehlo is an 18 year old self-taught digital painter in Dallas, Texas. When recently cooking spaghetti, she decided to stick a small piece in the end of her Wacom tablet pen. And, why not? It’s an amusing idea. It […]

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Birds have captivated wildlife photographers from the beginning of photography, and no group of birds is more intriguing than hummingbirds. It’s not difficult at all to photograph a hummingbird when you see one in a garden hovering above a... more

Learning filmmaking by yourself is, in many respects, a lot like learning photography. There’s some technical to figure out, sure, but there’s also a lot of observing the work of others and then doing. And many of the tips contained in this video from Darious Britt also apply to photography. At least, for the first […]

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The very thought of Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disastercan bring tears to your eyes. Its been more than six years since this event, and consequences still remain visible. Many photographers have tried to explore this place and document the aftermath of the terrible accident. Very few of them have succeeded, and one of them is Rebecca […]

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Isn’t it always the way that the most daunting things in life are usually the most rewarding?It takes a certain amount of backboneto shoot street portraits. Whether it’s walking up to a total stranger and asking their permission, or taking a more candid, reportage style approach, many photographers getput off through lack of confidence.

It’s a great shamebecause there is no more fascinating photographic subject than people.

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The circumstances of this situation remind me of the Obama “Hope” poster. Photographer makes a photograph, photograph gets appropriated, then remade as a stylised artwork. The Associated Press sued artist Shepard Fairey on the photographer’s behalf, and the matter was settled out of court. The story here starts off somewhat the same. In 1981, photographerLynn […]

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“The wedding was so expensive so we couldn’t afford to hire a professional photographer, but nowadays cameras are so good that our guests can take all the photos for us for free.” We have all heard it: “save money by hiring a hobby photographer” or “my uncle got a really great camera and he will […]

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This years Pulitzer Prize winners have been announced. As every year, photographers are among winners as well. Both winners illustrated violence and fear, but on different sides of the world. Daniel Berehulak won the Breaking News Photography Award for documenting violence in Philippines,brought about by a government assault on drug dealers and users. E. Jason […]

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