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From the depths of the ocean to the peaks of the Arctic: all in black and white. This is probably the best way to describe the winners of the 2023 reFocus Awards' Black & White Photo Contest. They've taken us on a breathtaking journey through the diverse beauty of photography in black and white. With overall and category winners in both Professional and Non-Professional categories, there are plenty of photos to admire.

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Ah, those classic ‘how I earned ten grand a month as a photographer by doing this’ tutorials that seem to be everywhere. That’s why I’m so grateful to people like Scott from Tin House Studio for keeping it real. In this video, Scott weighs in on some of the insane advice that is out there […]

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Video Notes will be the latest update to Instagram, Meta announced this week. The new feature will let you leave a two-second looped video. You can also add a caption should you wish to. Up until now, the notes feature has been text only. Meta hopes that this new video option will let people be […]

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A woman in Tucson, Arizona, was left astounded when she watched back footage from her backyard wildlife cameras. The footage clearly showed a fox stealing three of the cameras in the space of just ten minutes. Esmeralda Egurrola noticed that three of her home security cameras were offline. She checked the footage sent directly to […]

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Skylum had announced a significant shift in its software distribution model for Luminar Neo. From January 2024, Luminar Neo will be available as a subscription-only software. No more standalone apps, just like Adobe CC and software like Capture One, Pixelmator Photo, and others.

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If you like astrophotography, you may want to know that another firmware update for the Pentax K-1 II ($1896) was released. The update made some general performance improvements, and more importantly, it added two new modes for the Camera’s Astrotracer feature. In addition to the existing Astrotracer type-1, we now have a type-2 and a […]

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Capture One Express is one of the best alternatives for Adobe Lightroom. Being both a feature-rich product and also free to use, it is hard to say no to. The only problem is that Capture One is End-of-Lining this product. So, what’s going to happen to Capture One Express? Will you still be able to […]

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There are several huge LED lights out on the market. They’re not cheap, either. Knowing which system to buy into can be an expensive mistake if you don’t pick the best to suit your needs. So, we’re going to take a look at some here. Below, we compare the Aputure Electro Storm XT26 (buy here), […]

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To make any flat image look 3D, you need to have two images of the same subject taken from slightly different points of view, just like in VR-180 videos. lets see how.

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A Californian photographer has won a copyright lawsuit and was awarded $6.3 million in compensation. The jury ruled that a retirement home business breached copyright law after using the photographer’s images without permission. Architecture photographer Scott Hargis was embroiled for years in the court battle with Pacifica Senior Living after they used his work without […]

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