Photography Blogs & Tutorials

Really quick and dirty article for you this week on a handy little tip I found myself having to find for a solution to a problem. I was doing a photoshoot with this subject when I noticed how awesome the decking looked, I decided that I wanted to get a shot of him led down [...]

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Soft focus photographs present themselves with a tranquil and almost dream-like effect. They have become quite popular, and can be found to some extent in many genres of photography, from portraits to landscapes.

In reality, what many of us think of as soft focus photos, aren’t actually soft focus at all. The more accurate term is soft contrast. Soft focus is essentially the blurring of an image, which is not exactly the same as soft contrast. The softening effect can be achieved... more

Tootsies, feet, toes, the often forgotten and less photographed part of the anatomy. See some photos of feet here.

By Greg Pye

Weekly Photography Challenge – Feet

This one isn’t hard – you don’t need any special gear, or an exotic location. Just go out and find some feet!

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For some of us, justseeing a white-tailed eagle in the wild would be a treat. Polish wildlife photographerKrzysztof Chomicz has seen plenty. Lately, he saw one in a situation he didn’t like, drowning in thick mud. Without hesitation, he went out to save it.This isn’t the first time, either. Chomicz rescued another white-tailed eagle last [...]

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Search capabilities have come on leaps and bounds over the last few years. As processing power increases, so does the speed at which software can run. This means more complex calculations can be performed in a much shorter amount of time. Which brings us to this. 500px’s new search feature which lets you search simply [...]

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PhotographerHoria Manolache had a goal when he started his latest project “The Prince and the Pauper“. He wanted to show homeless people in a new way to help make their stories heard.Inspired by Mark Twain’snovel, Horia’s series shows homeless people as they are and as they’d once dreamed to become. It’s quite a stark contrast. [...]

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One mistakenew photographers often make is always shooting from the same point of view – eye level – and always looking for subjectsat the same height.

This week I have found some photographers who looked at things a bit differently and chose to look down – to their own feet – or to other people’s shoes and feet. Here is a connection of images of feet(not all human necessarily)and shoes where the photographers chose to see a little outside the box.

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I always thought being the stills shooter on a movie set would be such great fun. It probably is, too. But when onehears stories and sees footage of them in action one quickly realises how stressful it is. Under constant pressure to get the shot, it mustbe perfect every time. Your images are going to [...]

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Sony firstmentioned their new wireless radio controlled flash system in Marchand officially launched it in July. It allows the control of up to 15 separate flash units in up to 5 different groups. A very useful and welcome addition for Sony shooters. But, not every camera has been able to support the new system. Sony [...]

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Sales of photographic film have been steadily rising over the last few years, with professionals and amateurs alike rediscovering the artistic control offered by manual processes and the creative satisfaction of a physical end product In the early 2000s, the world of photography changed forever. Though digital cameras had been widespread since the mid-1990s, the [...]

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