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Have you ever said to yourself, “If only I had that lens, or this camera I’d be an amazing photographer”? Or maybe you’ve thought that if only you had more time or money, your dreams of being the photographer you want to be, would finally be realized. Many times as photographers we will have limitations put on us. Sometimes we may set those limits on ourselves, and sometimes they are limits that can’t be helped. Either way, we can use those limitations to... more

For most sane and rational people, being invited to climb the spire at the top ofOne World Trade Center to photograph the view would probably result in a flat out “no”. For others, it’s definitely a “yes“, “sure“, or “absolutely!“, even when not entirely legal. But whenprofessional mountaineer and photographer Jimmy Chin is asked to [...]

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If you’re like me, its so easy to get focused on trying to take great shots that you forgot to make sure your images are straight, and not crooked. Not some crazy tilt, mind you just a slight tilt. So slight that when you notice it in your images, it just looks weird. A more dramatic tilt and well just call it art. But this slight tilt is just enough to drive you crazy and cost us a lot of extra time editing your images.

Well I am here to report that I have found a quick and... more

LED lighting has come a very long way in just a few short years, and Aputure wants to take on the sun with theirnew COB 120t LED light. The 120t certainly isn’t the first LED powered light to offer the benefit of a Bowens S-Type mount, but it does have a couple of neat features. [...]

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American photojournalist David Gilkey, on assignment for NPR, alongside interpreterZabihullah Tamanna, were killed in Afghanistan on Sunday in a Taliban ambush, according to reports from the New York Times. NPR hasalso confirmed the deaths. Considered one of the best photojournalists in the world, Gilkey received an array of awards including a George Polk Award in [...]

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Taking out his frustration on twitter after being ejected from theUFC 199 pay-per-view event on Saturday, journalist Ariel Helwani of MMA Fighting/SB Nationwasseemingly escorted from the building by security prior to the main event. Along with him went photographer Esther Lin and video director E. Casey Leydon, also part of the SB Nationcrew, all three [...]

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Light is the backbone of photography. Without light, there are no photos. After all, the word photo means light. However, which type of lighting is best: natural or artificial? There are a lot of proponents for either camp, but this article will try and dissect the argument from both perspectives, and give you a chance to add your opinion at the end.

Natural Light

The arguments in favor of natural light are many, which means it’s not difficult to see why it is attractive to... more

When our wonderful editor Darlene asked me to write an article comparing camera types my first thought was to show you a series of photos just like the following, and ask you to guess which ones were taken, with which cameras. Its a fun idea, so lets do it.

This is the list of cameras.

1. Olympus D345 (5 megapixel compact, purchased 2006)
2. EOS Digital Rebel XT (8 megapixels APS-C dSLR, purchased 2006)
3. EOS 40D (10 megapixel APS-C dSLR, purchased 2007)
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Sharpening. A subject that has potentially endless possibilities when it comes to how it can be done, high pass, unsharp mask, sharpening etc are the main one’s that most of you will know about, however I’m here today to offer you a method of sharpening that I personally, have found so impressive that I just [...]

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While flying at a park in Costa Mesa, California, one pilot’s drone lost signal and when the propellers stopped spinning it fell to the ground, as it was meant to. After this, things get a littlecrazy Fortunately for us, the folks at SFPV uploaded the whole video for us to check out ourselves. If there [...]

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