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It’s getting to become a pretty common occurrence lately. Somebody flies a drone, somebody else gets hit in the headby it. Well, when they’re not being speared out of the sky. This time, however, it is believed that itwasn’t piloterror or a drone malfunction, but simply mother nature doing her thing as the drone collided [...]

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Fibonacci sequence, the golden mean, the golden ratio – a series of numbers recognized and named after an Italian mathematician. If you look around it’s everywhere, in nature and man-made things.

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The Dutch Angle. It’s one of those things you either love or you hate, and even whenyou are a fan, it can sometimes be difficult to distinguish between an intentional act and whether the creator simply forgot to level theirtripod. It’s one of those things I’ve tended to avoid, having never really seena purpose for [...]

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Samsung Electronics, haveunveiled theirnewest memory card,a massive 256GB microSD, raising the bar for super small storage formats by a pretty impressive amount, beating outthe previous record held by SanDisk’s 200GB microSD card. With the proliferation of data collecting devices like 4K cameras, 360 degree video recorders, action cams and drones which can quickly accumulate very [...]

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In late 2014 I was given a few piecesof piping. What you might call trash, but I call the ring of fire. Itended up being an incredibly useful tool in my photography. I quickly decided to add it to my (now literal) bag of tricks along with Prisming, Lens Chimping, my Broken Freelens,Anamorphics, etc). These [...]

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Composition is an important part of photography. You may have heard of the Rule of Thirds, or even the Fibonacci sequence (aka the golden mean). It is something that appears in nature often (think spiral sea shells) and which man imitates almost instinctively.

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When it comes to nude photography, respect and decorum are the words of the day. Even for professional models that are used to working nude in front of the camera, you certainly don’t want to offend or embarrass them, or come across as just plain creepy. So if you’re ever asked to assist on a [...]

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It’s typical. You wait forever for a bus to come along, and then they always seem to show up right when you don’t need them any more. The creator of this video, which was supposed to be of the demolition of a high rise block of flats a few days ago in Glasgow, Scotland, certainly [...]

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With the speed boosts and memory capacities of modern computers, stitching multiple shotstogether to make larger panoramicimages has become a very common technique used by many photographers. Chances are, if you’re reading this, you probably have too, or you’ve at least thought about giving it a go. While most stitches go pretty well, there are [...]

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It’s that time of year again – when we are overwhelmed by students and recent grads looking for gainful employment. As a business owner, it never ceases to amaze me how clueless some millennials are when it comes to applying for jobs and their expectations of the work world. If you are an arts student [...]

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