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Joshua was born with a Vein of Galen Malformation. He has a malformation in the blood vessels of his brain that steals blood from the rest of the brain. He has had 6 strokes, left weakness, epilepsy, intellectual disabilities. He is the eldest surviving child with his condition in Australia. Joshuas condition is now considered [...]

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We have posted a few really awesome cinematic color grading tutorials lately – but they all use Photoshop. Instead of jumping over to Photoshop, I thought that I would try to achieve my interpretation of the “cinematic color grading” look right in Lightroom – continue reading to see my Lightroom workflow. The Cinematic Color Grading [...]

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Two years ago, Apple ditched its photo-editing app iPhoto for the redesigned and newly-named Photos app. As part of that transition, the Cupertino-based company announced its new Photos app would support third-party extensions to help make it more powerful and customizable for users. Known photo app developer MacPhun recently decided to take advantage of this [...]

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Nine times out of ten, I would rather shoot with natural light. But no matter how prepared I am or how keen I am on picking out the perfect moment, the reality is natural light sometimes needs a little assistance to capture the vision I have in my mind. Its at times like these when [...]

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Today, Adobe quietly launched an update to its Photoshop Mix and Fix iOS apps. Along with the updates come a collection of new features and tools to help streamline mobile photography workflows. One of the biggest issues with a mobile workflow is the lack of usable storage. To help combat this, Adobe has updated both [...]

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Having previously used the humble balloon as a soft light diffuser for a camera’s popup flash, the Koldunov Brothers received a question if you could switch out the balloon for a condom to achieve similar results. While they quickly determined that a condom didn’t work quite as well as the balloon as a softbox, the [...]

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One day, as I was looking up to the stars, a revelation came upon me. It got imprinted into me that my career should be in photography. Thats the story Id like to tell myself about how I entered photography. The reality is that I stumbled unto photography quite by accident. I saw a friend of mine who had this very nice professional looking camera. Big, black, sexy, it was a Nikon D80.

One faithful day I did the math while counting my money, and did a quick Craigslist search. My... more

There has been quite a paradeof camera bags launched on the market recently. Peak Designs latest in their line of products with the Everyday Messenger Bag, achieved an... more

I teach a lot of street photography workshops for a living. Im always wondering, How can I best empower my students, help them build their confidence, and ultimately make better images? Honestly, the most important way for a photographer to make better images is to build their social skills. Why? Social skills permeate all aspects [...]

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In a press release today, Samyang Optics (also sold under the namesRokinonandBower) have announced two new lenses designed for Sony full frame mirrorless cameras,marking their debut into the autofocus lens market. Having thus far limited themselves to manual focus lenses, today brings us the Samyang 50mm f/1.4 AS IF UMCAF and Samyang 14mm f/2.8 UMCAF [...]

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