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A lot of us labor to be original in our photography but realize, everything in photography and life is a remix: One of the biggest benefits I had studying history was this understanding the root and origin of a lot of ideas which I once thought were original. For example, I remember when I […]

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Can you even imagine a photo exhibition with bare walls all around you? Visual artist and designer Lukas Renlund has created an exhibition that makes you explore art in quite an unordinary way – by using your smartphone. He wanted to explore the possibility of the internet and physical space converging, so he created a […]

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Orange and Teal color grading has been pretty popular in Hollywood. Its used in many blockbuster movies, and even some YouTubers like Sam Colder like to use it in their videos. Parker Walbeck from Fulltime Filmmaker explains in this video what makes this look so popular and why it’s so widely used in movies and […]

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Why is it so difficult to capture the cozy ambiance of a cafe in a picture? Or the casual atmosphere of a warm bonfire with friends on a summer night? Learning how to capture mood and atmosphere of a scene is a skill that is elusive for many photographers. googletag.cmd.push(function() { mobile_slots.push( googletag.defineSlot( "/1005424/_dPSv5topic-rhs(300x250)", [300, 250], "pb-ad-124309" ).addService( googletag.pubads() ) ); } );

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Yesterday, I ran across an image by photographer, Chris Frosin. Chris is an automotive photographer for severalcar magazines in the UK.Many of the cars he shoots are vintage classics. They’vebeen around for decades and photographed a million different ways. So, in an effort to keep things fresh, Chris is always trying to push himself and […]

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Ive processed a lot of film. My first rolls were processed in the bathroom sink when I was a 13 year old kid. Later, I had the run of two darkrooms in my high school; they were crazy enough to give me a set of keys and I almost moved in. One of my first […]

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The most difficult question I often ask myself is, “Do I convert this image to black and white or leave it in color?” This question is particularly difficult with people, because black and white portraits look really good. googletag.cmd.push(function() { mobile_slots.push( googletag.defineSlot( "/1005424/_dPSv5topic-rhs(300x250)", [300, 250], "pb-ad-124309" ).addService( googletag.pubads() ) ); } );

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We’re in a world where robots seem to be taking over many of our jobs. I’m not saying whether this is a good or bad thing, it’s just reality. But this one I find to be a little bit strange. Especially when delays on professional photography shoots are usually not down to the photographer this […]

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I can still remember the days when a 16X CompactFlash card was considered quite fast at a nippy 2.4MB/sec. It was a good time. Dinosaurs roamed the earth, and we daren’teven think about shooting our DSLRs higher than ISO400. My how times have changed. Of course, they’ve needed to.With the increase in 4K video use, […]

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La La Land is nominated for 14 Oscars, and one of them could go to Damien Chazelle for best director. An interesting mock trailer from Cinefix shows what it would look like if it was directed by David Lynch. If youve seen La La Land, then you know that the atmosphere of that movie is […]

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