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The Bride in her wedding dress, shy and tense, beautiful and alluring. She provides quite a conundrum for a wedding photographer. How does one work towards capturing the emotions that often rush over the bride as she prepares for holy matrimony?

Over the years that Ive shot weddings in India, Ive come to appreciate the Bridal getting ready session. This is the calm before the storm when the bride will look her best, and it is the least interrupted time the photographer has with... more

Chinese Drone manufacturer DJI and the Swedish medium format and aerial camera company announced earlier today that they have formed a corporate partnership after DJI acquired a strategic minority stake in Hasselblad. As DPReview points out, the reason for this move is to help DJI dominate the aerial photography market in the movie-making and surveying [...]

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Landscape photography is a very popular genre and many amateur photographers start their hobbies doing it. There is, however, a lot more to it than just going out somewhere beautiful, putting your camera up to your face, and clicking the shutter button.

Have you gone out and taken some landscape photos, then found that they didnt look that good when you got home? Do you get lost when you go out, and dont know what to photograph, or how? Here are 10 tips to help you get you do better... more

In what we suspect to be a leaked announcement ahead of Sonys Surprise event in Sweden tomorrow, Sony Alpha Rumors posted the full specs and press release of the 68. The new camera inherited many features from the more advanced 77 II, such as 4D FOCUS, and is aimed at newcomers to advanced amateurs. The [...]

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I teach and write about commercial photography. Not babies and weddings and senior photography that is consumer focus and I happily admit I am not involved in that end of the business. My focus is on commercial. Business to business imagery for commerce is what gets my attention focused. I am often asked [...]

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Every time I am at my local big box hardware store I always take a peek at the lighting aisle to see what is new and exciting in the world of home illumination. (Or more specifically, I check to see a manufacturer has finally created a big honkin’ LED light bulb that would be bright [...]

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A photograph is shaped more by the person behind the camera than by what’s in front of it, Canon Australia says in a recent video. To prove this, Canon invited six photographers to take a portrait of a guy named Michael. This was not an ordinary shoot, however, as there was an interesting twist: Michael [...]

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Is there a more iconic photograph to depict a big city, than a beautiful photograph of its skyline? Skylines can provide stunning photographs that have a big sale potential, but to capture those wow shots, you have to be prepared to plan for them in advance, and to allow time and patience, as well as determination, to capture them. Here are some tips to help you capture striking skyline photos.

1 – Plan in Advance

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Anna Bozmans wedding to her longtime boyfriend, Travis Thompson, had been put on hold for years while Annas son Lake battled cancer. Unfortunately Lake passed away in May, and last month the couple decided to finally get married knowing thats what Lake would have wanted. “The thing I dreaded most was taking the pictures. I [...]

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Heres a quick, yet powerful, tip on how to move a portrait from great toawesomefairly quickly. While this method is quick the results can be very impressive if done right. You would need a fire on black pattern like the Fire Packfrom the texture store (either the commercial package, or the CC-BY license, but then [...]

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