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Why is it so difficult to capture the cozy ambiance of a cafe in a picture? Or the casual atmosphere of a warm bonfire with friends on a summer night? Learning how to capture mood and atmosphere of a scene is a skill that is elusive for many photographers. googletag.cmd.push(function() { mobile_slots.push( googletag.defineSlot( "/1005424/_dPSv5topic-rhs(300x250)", [300, 250], "pb-ad-124309" ).addService( googletag.pubads() ) ); } );

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Yesterday, I ran across an image by photographer, Chris Frosin. Chris is an automotive photographer for severalcar magazines in the UK.Many of the cars he shoots are vintage classics. They’vebeen around for decades and photographed a million different ways. So, in an effort to keep things fresh, Chris is always trying to push himself and […]

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Ive processed a lot of film. My first rolls were processed in the bathroom sink when I was a 13 year old kid. Later, I had the run of two darkrooms in my high school; they were crazy enough to give me a set of keys and I almost moved in. One of my first […]

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The most difficult question I often ask myself is, “Do I convert this image to black and white or leave it in color?” This question is particularly difficult with people, because black and white portraits look really good. googletag.cmd.push(function() { mobile_slots.push( googletag.defineSlot( "/1005424/_dPSv5topic-rhs(300x250)", [300, 250], "pb-ad-124309" ).addService( googletag.pubads() ) ); } );

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We’re in a world where robots seem to be taking over many of our jobs. I’m not saying whether this is a good or bad thing, it’s just reality. But this one I find to be a little bit strange. Especially when delays on professional photography shoots are usually not down to the photographer this […]

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I can still remember the days when a 16X CompactFlash card was considered quite fast at a nippy 2.4MB/sec. It was a good time. Dinosaurs roamed the earth, and we daren’teven think about shooting our DSLRs higher than ISO400. My how times have changed. Of course, they’ve needed to.With the increase in 4K video use, […]

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La La Land is nominated for 14 Oscars, and one of them could go to Damien Chazelle for best director. An interesting mock trailer from Cinefix shows what it would look like if it was directed by David Lynch. If youve seen La La Land, then you know that the atmosphere of that movie is […]

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After testing their Album feature in Android Beta, Instagram has now officially released it. It is now possible to upload up to ten photos or videos in a single post. We argued before that Instagram is looking more and more like Facebook, and repeating some of its own mistakes. However, this new this feature may […]

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Russian rock band Leningrad from Saint Petersburg has recently released a new video. Its for their new song (Tattoo Artist), and it features an absurd sequence of mistakes in reverse. When I first saw it, I couldnt stop watching. The quality of the footage is brilliant, and the sequence of events is so captivating, […]

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Weve seen that captivating timelapse videos can be created without leaving your home. The one were presenting today is created entirely of front pages of The New York Times. Data artist Josh Begley created this timelapse that follows front pages of every NYT issue since 1852. Its captivating and interesting, collecting 165 years in less […]

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