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Photographers can be some of the best business people around or some of the worst. But realistically, if youre building a photography business, you probably didnt get into it because you enjoyed business and marketing. This is why some photographers... more

What if you could see yourself in 14 years, would you want to know what you look like? Urs Recher is a Switzerland based photographer that pursued a personal project that had me fascinated. Back in 2002, he shot beautiful portraits of two models. He shot the same models again this year with the exact […]

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This has to be one of the strangest images I’ve seen for a while. Somebody kneeling at a table littered with cameras, lenses, drones and other photography related equipment. At first it appears to be some sort of photography cult that worships camera gear. Like a form of extreme GAS. But that’s not quitewhat this […]

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Anybody who’s ever ordered anything substantial from B&H will likely, at some point, receive a printed catalogue. This is essentially an inch thick (or bigger) 300+ page book featuring every product in B&H’s inventory. I’ve received them myself in the past. It started after ordering my first “Pro” lens. I didn’t ask for them, and […]

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When starting out in photography, one of the scariest and most confusing things for a beginner is deciding which camera mode to use. While the automatic modes provide a bit of a safety net for those just starting out, there will come a time when you either want toor have to, take greater control of your camera to get the results you desire. But how do you know what camera mode to use?

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YouTuber Coby Persin has over 2.7 million subscribers. He’s a serial poser prankster who performs “social experiments” on unsuspecting members of the general public. This time around, his latest video is going viral for a very different reason. Duringa “quick photoshoot” in NYC, he decided to block a lane of traffic on one of New […]

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I suppose like most photographers I have a photographic bucket-list, and documenting the life-cycle of the much maligned Mosquito has always been high on that list. Like many of my projects this turned out to be quite the undertaking filled with many challenging and unique problems. Mosquitoes start off as eggs which hatch into larvae. […]

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One of themost off putting things for viewers of video is shaky footage. The best way to keep the camera steady is to use a tripod, but sometimes we want to add a little motion. Quality sliderscan still cost a fair amount of money, and not everybody has a gimbal or other stabiliser. We just […]

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First a little background: Im a wilderness photographer. I spend time, a lot of time, every year on multi-day river, backpacking, and winter trips in Alaska. This past summer, between June and mid-September, I spent more than 60 days in the backcountry. On every one of these trips, to one degree or another, weight was an issue, and Im always on the lookout for good, light equipment that... more

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