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If you’ve only got one flash, or you’re about to dive into flash, and aren’t sure how many lights you need, or which lights to get in order to shoot portraits, then you’ll probably want to watch this video from Joe Edelman. In it, you’ll see that it’s really not about how many lights you [...]

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It isnt difficult to take sharp, well-exposed photos with modern cameras. But how do you take it a step further and create moody images that capture the spirit of a place?

What is mood?

I define mood as a feeling or emotion you getwhile experiencing something. For example, while travelling through Xian, a city in China, last year I spent some time in the citys Muslim Quarter. I felt a mixture of things overwhelmed... more

Here is an interesting piece of news.digicame-info, which is usually a pretty solidsource (1, 2, 3) just spilled the beans on the anticipatedFujifilm X-T2. It has been two and a half years since the X-T1was announced and it seems that it will get a nice refresh. We took the leap and translated the site via [...]

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Continuity is a hard mistress. It’s about small details. But if you miss something it can really ruin a movie. The reason for that is that instead of focusing on the story, the viewer is suddenly busy trying to figure out the things that don’t make sense. Take this (alleged) story from the production of [...]

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Ive been making my living as a photographer for over 20 years, and have accumulated thousands of dollars of gear over time. I have the latest Canon SLRs, a full complement of lenses, strobes, light stands, gels, filters, soft boxes, tripods, and even some video and audio gear. But the one thing that often makes the biggest difference in the quality of my portraits is a simple $20 reflector. I never leave home without it and neither should you.

When shooting outdoor portraits, the first... more

Submitting your work to competitions can feel daunting. You submit your work to scrutiny and for anyone who is emotionally invested in their photos, they make themselves vulnerable too. However, if you can summon the courage to submit your photos to competitions, you might find that the benefits extend beyond just the possibility of bagging [...]

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Josh Cripps has many really helpful videos on his YouTube channel. In this one he will help you get a handle on one of the elements of the exposure triangle that is often confusing and perplexing to many beginners – ISO.

Watch as his gives real world examples, learn what ISO is, when to change it, when you should raise it or lower it and why. Ultimately having a better grasp of ISO will help you take better photos, and get the results you want.

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Explore the idea of hanging products(likehereandhere), I decided to add a new element fire.I had used fire in another image of a bottle (here), but this time I wanted the fire to encompassthe bottle, which meant taking a few more safety precautions. I started by choosing the background for image, I chose an old [...]

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Its the Canada Day and Independence Day long weekend in North America (ironically both celebrating an inverse Brexit) and the official kick-off for summer – so I thought that I would try to inspire you to get up early and stay up late by sharing the stories behind a few of my favorite summer photos. [...]

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This article is about how to build a useable file renaming strategy, and how to implement it in Lightroom. Your standard camera names are generally pretty boring. IMG this or DSC that, or even P0235425653. If youre not using continuous naming you might even end up with hundreds of IMG_0001 files. Dont laugh, I was there once upon a time after reading some terrible advice on camera settings.

If youre using Lightroom, renaming is really straightforward and accessible from quite a few... more

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