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Photos Jonny Armstrong

Jonny Armstrong is a photographer who is used to the idea of being stood up. In fact, in his field of work it happens most of the time. A research scientist, his work includes photographing lit portraits of wild animals in their natural habitats.Read... more

There are lots of reasons why you may need to take an overhead photo of a desk or table top and, depending on your setup, a tripod isn’t always the most helpful tool to get the job done. That’s why we have overhead camera stands, they make the task much less complicated. The team over [...]

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On one hand we have the world just waiting for a good reason to shove more drone regulations down into DJI and 3DR thoughts (apologies for the other companies, you’ll get some regulations too). On the other hand, it seems that GoPro just wants to party. And what better way than to hit the dance [...]

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Most engagement shoots I see are just a set of pretty photos, taken at one of the photographers usual good spots, and arent really unique to the couple. Some couples, however, decide they want something different, something that reflects a bit of who they are – and spend a great deal of time trying to [...]

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One of the most confusing things for a new photographer is understanding image size, resolution, and printing. Ill try and explain what these things mean, and how to make the best choices depending on what you want to do with your photos.

Megapixels and photo size

As a photographer you will already have confronted the term megapixel when you first purchased your camera. While technically a megapixel is equal to 1,048,576 pixels, in reality, camera manufacturers round this number... more

Wish you could take amazing photos with that camera that rarely comes out of Auto Mode?? Now you can.

With our brand new video course, Photo Nuts and Shots.

It’s a follow up to the incredibly popular Photo Nuts and Bolts course released earlier this year and complements our best-selling ebook of the same name (and author, Neil Creek).

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New firmware updates have been released for Canons 1D X and Nikons D7100 and D5200 DSLR cameras. The Nikon updates (both version 1.03) include mostly minor fixes, and an annoying bug that would cause the cameras to freeze when using the automatic Clean Image Sensor option. Canons update only fixes one issue where autofocus is [...]

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Ammunition, explosives, firearms and selfie sticks will be banned at Papal events in Washington. Thats right, the Secret Service is in charge of securing one of the most high-profile people in the world and its the elongated selfie accessory that is keeping them up at night. Being designated as a National Special Security Event by [...]

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Here’s a great video from Jake Hicksthat demonstrates how you can use a three light setup to make a creative portrait, much like the photo in the title card of the video, above. In the 11-minute clip,Hickswalks us through the process of how he shot the photo, taking the time to explain thefiner details of [...]

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Working mostly in fine art portraits I’ve never felt the need to try a retouching program. I like to keep a natural look, using Photoshop only for any minor retouching needed. I had looked into a retouching program briefly, but after clicking on a few sites I never got further than looking at the before and after samples. I always preferred the natural before image to the over processed, plastic looking after images. I want my subjects to look like themselves, in... more

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