Photography Blogs & Tutorials

Its often challenging for photographers to get consistent results in low light. Problems encountered may include camera shake, out of focus photos, and noisy images. There are three main reasons that these things happen.

  1. You may not be using shutter speeds fast enough to hand-hold your camera without getting camera shake.
  2. Your camera may struggle to focus properly in low light.
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The GoPro Hero 6 is here. It’s new, it’s shiny, and it’s $100 more expensive than the old one. But is it worth the upgrade? The GoPro Hero 5 was something of a disappointment for many. Sure, it had built in waterproofing and touchscreen. But beyond those, it did really seem to offer all that […]

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As some of you already know, I recently developed and released a brand new lighting workshop calledCreatively Simple Lighting. In that workshop, one of the core foundations of what I teach is how to get creative with simple lighting and simple lighting doesn’t get any simpler than when you use Speedlights. At their most basic, […]

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Upon first glance of one of my most prized lenses, the Canon 50mm f/1.2L USM, a bewildered remark typically arises from professionals and hobbyists alike. Though absolutely spectacular photographers in the industry love working with a wide open aperture, there are equally as many who wouldnt touch anything lower than a f/4.0 with a ten foot pole.

Id never shoot as wide as f/1.2 is a common comment Ive encountered over the years of working as a professional photographer.

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We all know that everyday household items can help us a lot in photography and filmmaking. Jordy Vandeput of Cinecom.net shows you five cheap items each of us has at home, and which you can use for a variety of purposes when youre shooting. 1. Paper clips Other than holding your papers together, paper clips […]

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Call me a cynic if you like, but this seems a bit cheeky to me. Google announced in May that users will be soon able to create their own Street View imagery. A new range of 360 cameras and tools would be released with “Street View ready” certification. They are are split into four categories. […]

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Weve featured the heart-warming, beautiful projects of The heART Project before. This time, 12 photographers came together to create a wonderful photo storybook, The Get Well Tree. It contains 14 photos that look like they came straight out of a fairy tale. But the main characters are real-life girls, two little heroes. Evie Gleeson (5) […]

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The iPhone 8 Plus camera recently took the first place on DxO Marks list. But, now theyve tested Samsung Galaxy Note 8, and confirmed that iPhone has a serious competitor when it comes to smartphone cameras. The Note 8 is Samsungs dual camera phone, and as DxO writes, it offers the best zoom capabilities of […]

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Landscape photography is arguably the first form of photography, literally. At some point around 1826, Joseph Nicphore Nipce made an exposure on a bitumen covered pewter plate from his upstairs work room. The resulting image would be the first known photograph which displayed his view from the window at his estate in Le Gras, in the Burgundy region of France.

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Did you dream as a child that you can walk or run on air? Benjamin Von Wong was wondering what it would be like, and he got a chance to experience it and capture it with his camera. He and his team defied gravity in the new Nike campaign. They created fantastic images that alter […]

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