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Photography is so complex that there are a million approaches behind it. However, there is one thing that almost every photographer can agree on: you have to focus right! Otherwise it ends up blurry and the photo doesnt clearly portray what you wanted to present. Blur isnt necessarily bad though. If you want to convey […]

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The infamous golden hour is a photographers dream. That one key period of time that could make even the most stringent artist swoon with inspiration. The sun will dance across your viewfinder, and an endless array of possibilities will present themselves. Regardless of whether your photographic style is vibrant, monochrome, gentle, or contrasted, thegolden hour will grant you the ultimate canvas upon which to paint your vision.

So, what is golden hour exactly?

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Last week Target announced that its forthcoming swimwear advertising campaign will be Photoshop-free. Its an approach that I endorse, and I was intrigued to see some of the comments on the article here on DIYPhotography. Don Barnard suggested that having a traffic light system, a little like the nutritional content warnings on food packaging, showing […]

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Sony’s new FE 85mm f/1.8 lens comes in at around half the price of the Zeiss Batis 85mm f/1.8. It’s also a third the price of the Sony 85mm f/1.4 G Master lens. We’ve already seen how the Sony & Zeiss f/1.8 lenses compare, but how does it stack up against the vastly more expensive […]

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In Photoshop speak, the term “texture” refers to an image that adds a textural patina to a photograph. By altering the opacity or blending mode of a textural layer positioned over a photograph, you can easily addgreater depth and creativity to an image. The technique is often used to apply a vintage or distressed effect to an image that mimics the texture of old photographs or film techniques. But it can be applied in moresubtleways too.

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From time to time when I read about Street Photography, or during discussions with other photographers Iget to hear that Street Photographers exploit people on the street by taking pictures without asking first. This opinion raises some valid questions including the ethics inStreet Photography, but also shows the double standards that we follow in the […]

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If the old saying is true that a picture speaks a thousand words, imagine how many words a series of photographs put together can tell. As you take pictures, challenge yourself to try to tell a story with all of your images, as opposed to having each shot stand independently. Even worse is when each shot looks like all the others. The way to tell the best story with your photographs is to challenge yourself to diversify the types of shots you are taking. Here’s a story to illustrate... more

Ever since Stranger Things, glowing title text has once again become a popular theme. Much of it now, though, is created in post. It’s fairly simple to do in either Photoshop or After Effects, too. But it always has that look of artificiality. It’s too perfect, too clean. It doesn’t have that organic feel of […]

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Describe heroin, whats it like? he asked Wendy. Oh its euphoric, it solves all your problems Except it kills you. Sometime around 1994, Australian television personality Andrew Denton conducted an interview with Wendy Whiteley, widow of the Australian artist Brett Whiteley. Both Wendy and her late husband had a very well documented addiction to heroin. […]

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“This is the last picturewhere the familyphoto will have 5 children instead of 4” John Maniaci tells me, before trailing off, letting the meaning of that simple sentencesink in. “What I’m doing in the children’s hospital isincredibly powerful.” Some photographers invest their lives in finding beauty in the most unlikely of places. For John Maniaci, […]

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