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Strobist lighting kits are the modern day version of the basic speedlight-based setup I carried on my daily newspaper assigments for the better part of 20 years.

Over the past ten years, the recommended kit has gone through several evolutions. But recently there have been significant updates to several of the... more

On August 4, a family who visited Prittlewell Priory Museum in Southend, UK damaged an 800-year-old sandstone coffin. I bet you can guess why to take a photo. The parents lifted their child over the barrier so he could reach the coffin. This is when a part of the artifact fell from its stand […]

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Infrared photos can be surreal, wonderful and a great way to try something completely new. However, if you want to shoot them you may have to convert your camera. Fortunately, theres an easier and cheaper alternative, and this video from Craig Roberts of e6 Vlogs shows you how to take infrared photos without altering the […]

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Portraying things in photographs that shouldn’t be physically possible fascinates a lot of photographers. They love to smile proudly when they see people post “Photoshopped, lol!” in Facebook groups in response to their work. Defying gravity is always a hot topic for this kind of thing, particularly levitation. But in this mind bending shoot, there’s […]

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Maintaining creativity can be difficult for artists at the best of times.Fortunately, there are ways to combat the dreaded artist’s-block. Carried around in the crook of many an artist’s arms, the visual diary has developed alongside the very beginnings of art history.

Famous artists like Leonardo da Vinci, Frida Kahlo, Vincent van Gogh and Kurt Cobain all kept detailed visual journals for their thoughts and creative progress. Cecil Beaton, famous for his portraits of... more

Nearly every professional studio Ive ever used has these polyboards and youve probably even seen them yourself but may not have known what theyre used for. Polyboards are polystyrene boards that usually measure 4 feet wide by 8 feet high and are normally 2 inches thick. One of the other defining characteristics is that they […]

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Were no longer counting days, but hours until Nikon D850 is officially announced. But there is some more information that has appeared before the announcement. Recently, a press release has leaked, containing the description and the key specs of the camera. With the press photos and the previously leaked slides, we can almost get the […]

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If you own the DJI Spark drone, soon you wont be able to fly it if you dont update the firmware. DJI is releasing a firmware update this week, aimed at increasing flight safety and the drone performance. All Spark users will need to download the update by September 1st. Otherwise, their Spark wont be […]

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Im sure many of you were fascinated by mysteries when you were kids. Some of you maybe still are, even though many mysteries from our childhood have been demystified, especially the photos of paranormal activities. Photographer Mathieu Stern turned his childhood obsession into photos. He recreated the three most famous ghost photos that scared all […]

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A week after I first unfolded the legs of the K&F Concept carbon fiber tripod on the coastal plain of Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, I unfolded them again on the beach of the wild coast of... more

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