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One of the most important factors in a photographer/digital artists career is finding their own style. A signature look. It can take some photographers years to find theirs, but some find their voice straight away. I think I was lucky in that mystyle evolved quite quickly and quite organically. In this article, we will go […]

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If you like the faded film look, this latest video tutorial from Mathieu Stern is for you. You can create this washed out, dreamy look in a few seconds, you only need a few simple adjustments in Photoshop. I tried it out on some of my images, too. I didnt really expect to like it, […]

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Did you ever wonder how the photographers of the past did it? All they had were manual cameras and yet somehow they had a method that beats even the latest technology in autofocus! Wonder what it was? Let’s find out first what it was and discuss what most call the best street photography camera settings.

The best street photography settings

Now, before getting into this, let’s get something straight. If you are doing something in your street photography and it works for you,... more

German engineers are developing a new concept that might change the design of smartphones and the concept of smartphone photography. In anattempt to avoid camera bump, they have created a prototype of the phone which has the camera that slides from the side of a device. With smartphone cameras, theres always an issue of space. […]

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Back in 2013, which is about two thousand years as far as digital photography is concerned, the folks at Adobe introduced a brand new tool into the kit of Lightroom 5. That tool is the Radial Filter and it has become not only one of my favorite tools in Lightroom but is one of the most versatile and powerful mechanisms we have for selectively applying edits to our photographs.

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Everythings green on St. Patricks day, and theres a well know tradition of dyeing the Chicago River every year. Photographer Peter Tsai created a great timelapse of boats dyeing the Chicago River green. It views the river from two perspectives and high above, displaying the event in all its beauty. Where I live, we dont […]

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After announcing P30 black & white film, FILM Ferrania is now one step closer to its actual distribution. They have officially launched the online shop, and they are taking preorders for the P30. Customers from any part of the world can place the orders, on different links for US/Canada/Mexico and Europe/Global market. The online shop […]

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We all love to spend money on the latest and greatest photo gear, whether it be a $120 reflector with a hole in it (I’m just jealous I didn’t market this myself haha ), or a $500 tube with LED’s inside! We love to spend money on our passion. But sometimes, you can create […]

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A dog is for life, not just for likes. Its a variation on the nearly-40-year-old slogan thats impressed on us every Advent by the people at the Dogs Trust. But now it is becoming ever-more pressing as research conducted by the Blue Crossanother animal charitysuggests that theres a chunk of people who would predicate their […]

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If you’re a travel photographer or just someone who wants to keep your photographs safe and secure while you’re in the field, one of your biggest challenges is copying and backing up your travel photographs and travel video as it’s captured. My top three travel photography backup challenges are: Copying camera photo and video files […]

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