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You don’t have to be a Photoshop genius – in fact, this mayhelp you spend less time in Photoshop. These simple tips can elevate the photos you take. If there was one element in many images I see that could greatly improve it, it would have to be this: backgrounds. An ugly or distracting background can easily reduce the impact ofeven the best... more

I’m always looking for good stock images to use in my photoshop composites. I find them online, or use the awesome Texture Store. Or I make my own. But sometimes its impossible to find the right image that fits your idea. And if you do find the right image, it’s at the wrong angle or [...]

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As photographers, many of us become infatuated with new gear, such as a new flash, tripod, or lens. We scrimp and save our money, and go off to the camera store to purchase that new lens weve had our eye on, most times satisfied with whatever new piece of kit has found its way into our bag. Sometimes, though, it happens that for some reason that new gear weve spent our hard-earned money on doesnt live up to our expectations.

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I’ve been sitting around for the last week trying to find something I can share with you all that will really enhance your enjoyment and time efficiency when editing your photos. That’s when I stumbled upon this absolute gem of a program! This guy “TimarIuveo” on YouTube has essentially made an action that tells your [...]

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Its time to have some fun with your camera, and pop you out of the realistic rut you may not even know you’re in. Its time to create some images based on color, light, emotion, and a lack of concern for sharpness or details.

Its time to play around with abstract photography!

Abstract | ab-stract | adjective | of art : Expressing ideas and emotions by using elements such as colors and lines without attempting to create a... more

While technically, this clipis described as a sped up video, I am going to let it fall under the timelapse category, because some achievements need to be celebrated. This 30 seconds sped up video timelapse was taken from a camera on top of thefirst stage booster as it descended back to earth and landed on [...]

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As the selfie bar keeps getting higher,we report more and more sad selfie stories, and while some may argue that selfie caused deaths is the new natural selection (or Darwin award candidates), no one should pay with their life for a stupid photo decision. According to theshanghaiist, a man visiting thethe Yeshanko Wildlife Zoo in [...]

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Today we are going to have a debate! And the subject is TFP, something which I have a had a fair few debates on already in Photography groups on Facebook. Now I’m pretty sure you all by now you know what TFP means and what it entails, if you don’t, you are either very lucky, [...]

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By now, if you have not downloaded Googles Nik Collection, at the very least you have heard that this once $500 software, was made free for download in March 2016. The Nik Collection, as it has been known for over a decade, is a set of photographic filter plug-ins, and image enhancement tools, that delivers another look and feel to your photo.

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For a long timeI wanted to create a Brave styled photo shoot.I really love the heroic fantasy and Celtic moods that go with the movie and it would not be the first time I go Celtic :). But, an official cos play version of the movie was already out there, so I wanted to do [...]

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