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I have written before on the highly respected Sigma Art Series lenses (here and here) and I havent beenlet down yet.Sigma is now set to release the widest f/1.4 lens on the market, with the upcoming 20mm f1.4 DG HSM Art Lensto be released inthe latter part of the month. Pre-order it here. Sigma is [...]

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Covering the use of photography in military police work and criminal investigations, the 25-minute long video introduces the types of cameras used, explains when each camera should be used and provides important guidelines for ensuring the photographs will be admissible as evidence in court. Watching it today, the video offers an educational glimpse into photography [...]

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A District Court in California recently said that the act of threatening to arrest a person solely for recording police officers is a clear violation of the First Amendment. The summary judgment was given in Barich v. City of Cotati, where a civilian who often records city officials claimed the chief of police violated his [...]

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I have to confess, it took me a while to get myself to do the exercise of actually sitting down and filtering through my old photos, to find those suitable to submit to a microstock agency to start selling. Finally, I did it, but boy how I wished I did it much earlier, back when I heard about microstock photography, the very first time.

But wait a minute, what’s microstock?

Unlike large stock photo agencies like Getty, microstock agencies are where photographers can license... more

I just know that many wedding photographerswill hit their heads and go “how come I did not think about his before” but it looks like this could be an emerging trend with wedding photographers. PhotographerMendel Mish of CJ Studios posted this cool short video on Facebook showing how a videographergets a super smooth shot of [...]

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Many times photographers think they are held back by lack of gear. However, having just one strobe and one softbox is more than you need to create so many looks and apply your photography to so many subjects. PhotographerTony Corbell uses a single light and a softbox to show ten different lighting setups and applications. [...]

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If you split an image into its most basic components, you can look at each pixel as the sum of the following info: Brightness Color Tone Saturation If we look at a black and white photo for example, one only element present in the photo is brightness.So any three-dimensionality is determined exclusively by the (relative) [...]

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When you start learning photoshop it is scary to see all those different tools you can choose from. It is often said there are seven ways to achieve the same results, using different tools in photoshop. So, it means you have to find the one that suits you perfect, in order to give to your pictures the look that you want.

In this article I want to show you how you can change colors in your pictures using Photoshop. This is a very easy method that you can use, either you are a beginner... more

The selfie is long past the point of just being a trend; it has become part of our daily routine with the type of selfie you take or the person you take it with being a status-symbol of sorts. Weve already seen (countless times) that people are willing to risk their lives for unusual selfies, [...]

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PhotographerAmanda Chapmanhas been giving Halloween the proper treatment since 2012. The project called 31 Days Of Halloween started when Amanda’s husband was diagnosed with Cancer and Amanda was looking to give something positive for the family to focus at. Her definition of “something positive to focus at” was31 Days Of Halloween – a month where [...]

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