Photography Blogs & Tutorials

Halloween is just around the corner, so you may want to make some scary photos or videos for the occasion. Jordy Vandeput ofCinecom.netshows you five lighting setups inspired by famous horror movies and series, and you can recreate them all using a single light source. The guys from Cinecom used Aputure 120D to create all […]

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After all the pleas not to be that guy and use photography as an excuse to seduce women, theres now a book that actually encourages it. Whats more, it teaches you how to become that guy. A book titled How to Seduce Women through Photography really exists, and its freely available on Amazon. The authors […]

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With Bowens now out of the picture, it looks like Godox have realigned to set their sights on Elinchrom. While there’s been no official announcement yet, a new link has popped up on the Godox Downloads page. That link is to the manual for a new “Godox AD600E” strobe. Functionally, it’s the same AD600 TTL […]

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Do you remember the ransom notes left behind by kidnappers and villains in movies? The notes made up of different letters cut out of magazines?My first encounter with the concept of a ransom note was while watching a movie called Baby’s Day Out. The 1994 movie, aimed at kids, tells the story of a toddler kidnapped by three crooks disguised as photographers (funny, huh?). The kidnappers then leave a ransom note constructed from letters cut from magazines.Now, don’t get me wrong. I... more

I believe it was Robert Capa who said, If your pictures arent good enough, youre not close enough. While this is not incorrect nor is it bad advice, the fact remains that there will be times when our feet simply cant do the zooming for us. To facilitate getting up close and personal without actually being up close and personal, photographers rely on telephoto lenses to bridge the gap between themselves and their subject.

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When Malcolm Gladwell wrote his book, “Outliers“, he had a chapter devoted to the “10,000 hours” rule that intimated that it took 10,000 hours of practice to become good at something. I think this single criterion has been mild to totally debunked already, and he has said that most who quote that are doing so […]

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Solo indulgence in any form of creative expression can leave you in a vacuum unless you are completely confident and never lack inspiration. I don’t think I know anyone like that. Being a photographer, whether for a living or as a hobby, is often something people do on their own. Here are 6 reasons you should hang out with other photographers, they’re cool.

#1 – Build Photography Friendships

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We recently published the account of Internet “entrepreneur” Dan DaSilva who was successfully sued for $27,000 (plus $10,000 in court fees) by a photographer over copyright infringement (click here for the original article: Internet “Entrepreneur” Shocked that Copyright Owner Sued Him for Stealing their Work). While most were quick to jump on Dan in a […]

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The Spot Healing Brush Tool is often used in portrait photography to remove blemishes, wrinkles, and other distracting elements. By default, this tool works great, but sometimes you will need to add an extra level of control to get the results that you want.

In this tutorial, you will learn how to use the Spot Healing Brush Tool with Content-Aware to quickly remove blemishes and other imperfections from your photos.

Getting Started

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Do you think before you grant your apps permission to access the camera? According to a software engineer Felix Krause, you should. He recently even published a demonstration app on GitHub to show what an app could do if you give it an access to the phones camera. And it sounds like an episode of […]

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