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Black Friday may have come and gone, but if youre anything like us, theres still plenty left on your Christmas shopping list. To help you narrow down your decisions for either yourself or photography-loving friends and family, were creating a five part gift guide. The first installment (this one) will focus on the most important [...]

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Don’t you hate when you realize that you spend more time in front of the computer than actually taking photographs? The realization is even more depressing when you are a travel and landscape photographer and, by definition, you are supposed to travel and discover the worlds beauty.

The Crisis

This is how I felt about 12 months ago during my second ever processing crisis as a photographer.

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If you thought that film is dead and that theres no money to be made in nature photography, youd better think again. 74 years after the National Park Service commissioned the great Ansel Adams to document the National Parks, the NPS is looking for a full-time photographer to perform a similar job, and is offering [...]

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From a complicated, time-consuming and expensive process to the simple press of a button, photography has come a very long way since the first cameras came along in the early 1800s. The vast majority of this fascinating evolution can be seen in this video where Chris Marquardt went on a private tour of Kodaks technology [...]

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If you think there are enough action cameras on the market already, Raymond Wang doesnt want to hear it. Thats because he and his award-winning teamare creating Mokacam, an modular action cam that they claimwill bethe worlds smallest 4K camera. Currently being funded on IndieGoGo, Mokacam is a WiFi connected action camthat features a 16 [...]

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While Android users got some love from Adobe today, iPhone users appear to be getting some from Apple. Today, Apple introduced version 9.2 of iOS. Inside the update are a plethora of bug fixes and smaller features, but one in particular stands out for photographers, at least. Now, you can transfer photos to your [...]

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I operate my photography business on a shoe string budget. This started out of necessity, but continued because it became abundantly clear to me early on, that I would rather spend the money I earn from photography towards black t-shirts, home dcor, five dollar lattes, and bills. Mainly bills, but no sense in pretending the other indulgences don’t factor into my take-home pay.

I started my portrait business with a Canon Rebel, kit glass, and a prayer. As my business grew I... more

Back in October, Adobe announced iOS users no longer needed a paid Creative Cloud subscription to use its Lightroom for iOS 2.0 app. Now, Android users have the same luxury version 1.4 of Lightroom Mobile for Android is now free for all users. While not as powerful as its desktop equivalent, Lightroom Mobile is [...]

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HDR, or High Dynamic Range, photography originally started as an attempt to correct the limited dynamic range for standard camera sensors, compared to what the human eye can see or perceive. This is not a new concept, but in case youve never heard of it, allow me to explain.

Back in the day, camera sensors had an average dynamic range of about 57 stops, where our eyes can easily adapt and recognize ranges from 11 to 14 stops.... more

It’s true that movie makersare using big gear which helps them get great results. But it is also true that a big portion of those results are not only attributed to gear, but also to matriculates planning and careful attention to details. Filmmaker and youtuberSimon Cade made it a point to shoot with aCanon T3i [...]

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