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There is something very appealing about the simplicity of a portrait in black in white. It becomes less about the setting, background and environment and more about the person being photographed.

This week we want to see what you can do to create your best black and white portraits. Here are some articles to help if you need assistance:

For most people, exactly how phase detection autofocus in a DSLR works is a mystery. All we know is that the AF in the camera we’re using either sucks or it’s awesome. While autofocus can indeed suck, it often fails us because we don’t understand it enough to work around its potential pitfalls. This video […]

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Do you find photographing strangers in the street extremely awkward and even unpleasant? I know I do, so this video from Jessica Kobeissi and Mango Street really amused me, but also got me inspired. The three young photographers teamed up, created Free Portraits posters and interacted with strangers in the street asking them to take […]

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Zeiss Japan have announced that production of the following Zeiss Classic SLR lenses has ceased. Specitically that means the Zeiss Distagon T* 15mm f/2.8, 18mm f/3.5, 25mm f/2, 28mm f/2, and 35mm f/1.4 as well as the Zeiss API-Sonnar T* 135mm f/2.Their announcement reads (Translated)… 2017.12.07 Carl Zeiss Production end guide ZEISS SLR classic series […]

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The challenge with travel photography is that you may not get back to a location again anytimesoon. So many photographers try and squeeze out as many photos as possible. The issue is lack of attention to detail and having any intentions or purpose before shooting.

What do you want your image to show?

Waiting for the right gesture, or even right subject to enter your scene is critical.

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Copying and pasting Develop settings from one photo to another can immensely speed up your editing workflow. Its one of my favorite features of Lightroom, and Benjamin Wardefrom Lightroom team shows you four different ways to do it. #1 The first method is to select the photo with the settings you want to use. Then, […]

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It’s that time of year when the snowy portraits come back in a big way. It can often be difficult to predict exactly when the snow will happen in many parts of the world, though. And even if you do know that snow is coming, it can sometimes be impossible to shoot in comfortably. The […]

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Artist Matthew Mohr has created an interesting and unique piece of art. His project titled As We Are features a 14-foot 3D interactive human head. It was assembled from a skeleton covered with ribbons of LED screens. In its neck, theres a photo booth where the visitors can capture 3D photos of themselves. Once they […]

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Have you ever gone out to shoot, but forgotten a technique you recently learned?

We dont all have a photographic memory, so having a compact reference guide at hand can help you recall what you learnt.

Thats why the folks over at Photzy made these 44 printable Photography Training Cards called Snap Cards.

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For most of our readers who are also Star Wars fans, today is a big day Star Wars: The Last Jedi premieres today. The movie cast has been under the spotlight for the past few weeks, giving interviews and being photographed. Photographer Jesse Dittmar got to capture their group shot for The New York […]

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