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Sometimes, getting a sweet lighting setup is a matter of pure luck and this is the case with this setup. I’ll collect setups like tools, so this one is just another tool in my toolbox now. Anyways, back to the story. Here is my issue, taking a portrait whist using a single key light and [...]

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Daniel Ochoa de Olza‘semotional series of 8 images that received third place in the People, Stories category of the World Press Photo contest (see the winners here) has been withdrawn byAssociated Press, stating that the submission of the set was made in error. The photographs in question were never distributed by the AP our [...]

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The curiously namedSquijoo (who operate under the slogan “Templates For Photographers and Designers“) came under fire earlier this week and put in the naughty corner after they got caught outin what appears to besystematic copyright abuses and plagiarism infractions. Specifically, a lot of the ‘original designs’ posted on Squijoo were uncomfortably close to designs posted [...]

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Filters are wonderful little tools that help modify the light coming through your camera lenses, and alter what is recorded onto the sensor or film, whichever the case may be. Different filter types exist for varying purposes; polarizing filters deepen sky color and remove glare and reflections from shiny surfaces, a UV filter screens out ultraviolet light and adds a protective surface over the camera lens, while... more

Since first seeing JoeyL tape a polaroid to a projector screen in 2010, the annual Gulf Photo Plus Shootout has become the one photography eventthat I look most forward to each year. The formula is a simple,yetveryeffective one. Take three wildly talented photographers, set them a challenge, and thenget one or two morephotographers to heckle [...]

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It’s 6pm, it’s cold, and the sun is on its way to set. The tripod is placed, the composition is done – now I just have to wait for the big show that Mother Nature puts on every day to happen again. The sky is threatening, but with a little luck, the sun will pierce the clouds to pass above the lighthouse in front of me.

If I think about the first time I went out with the tripod on my shoulder, it makes me smile. I knew more or less where to go, I had no idea of... more

This is interesting. Instagram is changing a small, but prominent feature of its social network service. Instagram is testing a change in how it displays likes of images. Specifically, the Facebook-owned social network is starting to use only numbers to show how many likes an image has receivedsomething once reserved for photos that more than [...]

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As much as your photography career relies on your work, more than most people acknowledge, its also about creating relationships with your clients. Not only are they the ones currently providing you a source of income, their connections can be future clients and their referrals can be gold in a business where who you know [...]

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Covering an array of mountains with names he refuses to even attempt to pronounce, landscape & travel photographerThomas Heaton takes us on a whirlwindtour of Glencoe to photographsome amazing winter landscapes. In this video documentinghis two-and-a-bit-day visit, Thomas talks to us throughout his journey, explaining what he looks for in a landscape and how he [...]

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Im not quite sure what the fascination is with offering Leica cameras with the purchase of a vehicle is, but it appears to be a trend thats growing. Late last year, we reported that car manufacturer Briggs Automotive Company was giving away a custom Leica T (Typ701) with every purchase of its $250K BAC Mono. [...]

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