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it’s no secret – music makes everything better. but does it make you a better creative? Often times we find ourselves surrounded by ‘noise’ – blaring car horns, loud talkers, espresso machines, people cursing at the copy machine, even the hum of complete silence. It can be hard to escape sure, but the one way [...]

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Check out this quick video whereScott Kelbytells you all about his NEWbook,TheBest of the Digital Photography Book Series.

Scott, the #1 top-selling author of photography techniques books for the past five years straight, has hand-picked nothing but the best, most helpful, most oh, so thats how you do it techniques from his ground-breakingTheDigital Photography... more

The selfie craze claims another victim, this time in Asia. A Japanese tourist visiting Indias Taj Mahal died on Friday after slipping down the stairs at the Royal Gate. An eyewitness told BBC Hindi that the incident took place while the tourist was taking a selfie at the famous monument. Local police reported that the [...]

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Last week we released our brand new course,Photo Nuts and Shots, which is all about teaching the tools, techniques and thought processes for creative photography. It’s by one of our most popular ebook authors, Neil Creek, and features over two hours of video teaching.

We asked Neil to create this course as he has a natural knack for explaining technical concepts in a way that makes the... more

And so Rokinon’s Quest to dominate the prime market continues. The company released 2 news lenses today: a50mm f/1.2 and 21mm f/1.4. This is not a surprised as rumors about the50mm f/1.2 have been roaming the blogosphere for a while now, but the release date has been pulled in a few days (and no, they [...]

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Have you ever wondered how photographers at the major awards get there photos or how they get the celebrities to look at their camera? Ahead of the upcoming 67th annual Emmy Awards, USA Todays Robert Hanashiro and Dan Macmedan take us behind the scenes and show us where they are seated, a bit of the [...]

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Swiss police came up with a new, and highly controversial, plan to get suspects to turn themselves in. According to Haaretz newspaper, the police will release a pixelated photo of suspects to the media, along with a message warning that unless they turn themselves in within a week, unpixelated photos will be published and the [...]

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It is hardly questionable that landscape photography is both rewarding and fun. The whole process from planning and researching an outing, to making your way to a location during ideal conditions and, finally, producing a completed image of an exquisite vista can be so fulfilling it’s easyto see why it is such a popular genre.

Unfortunately, there are costs to this popularity. Even though most landscape photographers do identify as environmentally-minded, the sheer number... more

If youre in the market for an extremely fast telephoto lens, Abex UK has just what you need, with a few minor caveats. The first is the lens is currently listed for a draw-dropping $387,000, and another is that you will require a bit of help lugging around this supersized 18 kg (40-pound) lens. Also [...]

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Ever since DSLRs became cheap enough we’ve been seeing our share of time slice (AKA Bullet Time) projects. And cheap gopros enable even less of an entrance barrier into the time slice world. But some projects are just pure fun and are worth sharing. DPMitch Martinez uses an array of48 Canon DSLR cameras to create [...]

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