Photography Blogs & Tutorials

Today seems to be a day for portrait related posts. We’ve had the breakdown studio lights from Mark Wallace. And a complete start to finish location portrait process from Francisco Hernandez. Now, from Ed Verosky, we have another way to practice portrait lighting and experiment. Photographing vegetables. It might seem like a bit of an […]

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Recently, there was a report which gave astrophotographers some hope that the Sonys Star Eater issue has been resolved. Still, after some new tests, it seems the problem still exists. The guys from DPReview have tested the spatial filtering in the new Sony a7R III along with Jim Kasson, and the results are not encouraging. […]

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If youre into light painting, chances are youre following Zach Smidts work. Weve featured his photos before, and recently, one of his stunning shots especially caught my eye. Surrounded by the serene pink sunset, with gorgeous clouds as a backdrop, Zachs model Juli stands reflected in the mirror-like water. The white wings are light-painted behind […]

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Today I used Lightroom Mobile to capture images on the street for the first time. I recently remembered that you can sync images from Lightroom Mobile right to the Lightroom desktop application. This was huge for me as I’m tired of syncing via Airdrop… It legit takes forever to select which images you want to […]

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It’s not often that a behind the scenes or tutorial video goes over the entire process of an image’s creation. Usually, they cover only a specific aspect of it. Often that’s just the gear used, just the lighting set,or just the post work. Great if you want help with a particular element of a shoot, […]

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When I first purchased my tripod it sat unused for several months. In some ways, I was a bit afraid of it, all the effort of having to carry it around and set it up, etc. Would people look at me funny? Was it heavy to carry around? Setting it up properly looked complicated and seemed to take ages. Did I really need one?

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Shooting portraits in the studio with flash can be daunting to newer photographers. They look at the setups like the oneabove and have no idea what each of the lights is doing, how or why. This video from photographer Mark Wallace is a primer to flash-lit portraits in the studio. Mark explains what each light […]

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Sending photos through various apps on our smartphones has become one of the most common means of visual communication. Every month, 17 billion photos are sent only through Facebook Messenger. So, Facebook has decided to improve photo sharing for their users. Instead of 2K, you can now send 4K images through Messenger. To be more […]

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Leica has officially launched CL, the latest addition to their APS-C L-mount series. In terms of design, it leans on the traditional models and even shares the name with their camera from 1973. But of course, its a mirrorless digital camera with modern features. It features a 24.2MP CMOS sensor, and its capable of shooting […]

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With Black Friday and Christmas on the way, there’s plenty of things out there begging for our money. Whether we’re buying a gift for somebody else or for ourselves, we want to get the best bang for our buck. So, in this first part of our 2017 Gift Guide series, we’re going to cover cameras. […]

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