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A trip to photograph Northern Lights (also called The Aurora Borealis) often tops the wish list for many photographers. For good reason too; the aurora is a natural phenomenon unlike any other. Lights dancing over the frozen winter landscape is ethereal, beautiful, and at times, jaw-dropping. Living in Alaska has provided me the opportunity to shoot the lights more often than most, and yet more than once, Ive had to stop clicking and just watch the curtains shift and dance. In fact, let that... more (link is external)

Recently, we showed you a somewhat expensive optionfor using Godox flashes with Fuji, Olympus and other brand cameras. There’s also been a rumour floating aroundthat Godox were working to addnative support for some of these brands. Now, though, it seems that support is starting to come quicker than anybody had anticipated. Fuji and Olympus/Panasonic versions […]

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Even if you are satisfied with your photos and make great ones theres always room for improvement. But sometimes, you can feel like youre running in circles. If you feel youre stuck in a rut with your work, you should watch this great video from Peter McKinnon. It could change your point of view, […]

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Bloggers in general are not photographers. But, they regularly need photography. Many simply inhabit inexpensive or CC-Zero stock photography websites to find images to attach to their content. Pretty much everybody owns a camera these days, though, even if it’s just the one in their phone. This video from COOPH with blogger & YouTuber Jenny […]

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How do you feel when you see a major historic document right before your eyes? And what about seeing dozens of images that testify about the past? A series of images by Henryk Ross from the Nazi-occupied Jewish ghetto could make you feel the connection with the past youve never felt before. The series of […]

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It seems that lately there’s been an entire movement aimed at getting photographers and models off the train tracks. No wonder, considering how many people die as train hits them while taking photos. TODAY recently investigated how long it takes for you to hear the train. It turns out that, once you do it […]

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Shooting stills in bright sunlight with fast glass with super wide apertures is fairly easy. You just knock down your ISOand speed up your shutter until you have your exposure under control. But when you’re shooting video, that’s not really an option if you want that cinematic look. Your shutter speed’s generally locked at 1/50th […]

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Computer generated graphics has been in our lives for quite a while now. We cant accurately predict what it will bring in 35 years, but we can go that far into the past and see where it all began. This video from BBCs show Tomorrow’s World demonstrates the beginnings of CGI in 1982. The witty […]

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When it comes to photographing kids, we spend a lot of time discussing how to capture images of them smiling naturally and looking at the camera. Of course, every parent wants that sort of image of their child or children, and learning how to cultivate those genuine reactions is an important skill for any photographer to have.

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Perhaps you remember the viral Under-Cats project by Lithuanian photographer Andrius Burba. After publishing this series of photos and the accompanying book, Andrius and his team went on working on several similar projects, but with different animals. And if you are a dog person, youre gonna love this one. Andrius latest project, “Under-Dogs,” shows dogs […]

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