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Ive had my little NEX 5n marvel now for 5 years and long ago came to grips with its charms and deficits and reached a point where most of its operation is totally intuitive. Its been my main snap shooter and travel camera companion since early 2012 yet even today the files compare nicely with […]

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We’ve posted about the Chronos high speed camera a couple of times before. We mentioned how it smashed through its kickstarter goal in less than 24 hours. There’s still three weeks left of the campaign, but several units have been sent out for testing and review. One of those is Ben Krasnow, of YouTube’s Applied […]

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Very little is as precious to photograph as a newborn baby. Those tiny toes, the fluttering eyelashes, the way they grasp their parents’ fingers. These are the moments that parents want to record and keep forever. There are two schools of newborn photography – I think it is fair to say that they exist on one spectrum.

On one far end of the spectrum is what we’ll call traditional newborn photography. This is an incredibly popular style with so many beautiful... more

Question: can AI vision systems from Microsoft and Google, which are available for free to anybody, identify NSFW (not safe for work, nudity) images? Can this identification be used to automatically censor images by blacking out or blurring NSFW areas of the image? Method: I spent a few hours creating in some rough code in […]

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There are a lot of passionate Street Photographers out there that create great free content that help me in very different ways.Some are more on the educational side while others inspire me to improve my images. Here is a list of Photographers I hope will be helpful to you too, together with links to resources […]

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It’s December. So it’s safeto talk about Christmas now, right? While the technique isn’t specifically related to Christmas, these videos obviously are. The music kinda gives it away. In this pair of videos, YouTuber Eva Landrybuilds up two DIY ringlights from scratch. One in the shape of a heart, the other a star. The construction […]

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The pros know that sports photography is a fast paced and intense profession. You have to be quick. Really quick! Catching the moment is one-third intuition, a thirdskill, and the rest is pure luck. Accept it now! Sometimes the most amazing shot you capture will just be pure luck.

Capture the emotion and the intensity of the players. These shots sell.

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The bedroom is one of the most personal spaces in a house, hotel or any other kind of building. Its a place where my imagination can go wild. When I stand in an abandoned bedroom Id like to think what happened here?. People used to sleep here, been intimate with each other, had discussions and […]

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Sigma announced that they were jumping into the world of cinema in a big way at the beginning of September. Last month, they announced pricing and availability for the first two cine lenses in the range to be released. These are the 18-35mm T2.0 and 50-150mm T2.0, both due to start shipping in just under […]

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Photographers can be some of the best business people around or some of the worst. But realistically, if youre building a photography business, you probably didnt get into it because you enjoyed business and marketing. This is why some photographers... more

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