Photography Blogs & Tutorials

If you have a limited space for a backdrop in your apartment, Rachel and Daniel from Mango Street have just the thing for you. In this video, they show you two DIY backdrops they made and attached to a beam in their flat. Theyre both easy to make and quick to set up whenever you […]

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Aimed squarely at the beginning photographer, the Olympus PEN E-PL9 packs a lot of punch. It contains a 16.1MP Micro Four Thirds CMOS Sensor capable of shooting 4K UHD video. The PEN E-PL9 also features 3-axis sensor shift IBIS with 121 autofocus points, 8.6fps continuous shooting and a top shutter speed of 1/16000th of a […]

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If you want to learn more about lighting setups, here is a fantastic, comprehensive and above all fun video to help you learn. MagMod shares Trevor Dayley‘s class at WPPI 2018 where he teaches as many as 17 different lighting setups. This video isnt just useful for those who learn more about flash photography. Trevor […]

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I can almost guarantee that, in terms of modern-day travel, theres no such thing as secret location anymore. And unless youre willing to travel hundreds of kilometers deep into the alps or rainforests of distant lands, youre not going to be the first to discover a picturesque scene. Arecent articlefrom Annabel Claire discusseswhether photographers should […]

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I wanted to share one of the images created for a tutorial I made, and chat a bit about one of my greatest compositing tips – hair extraction.You’re welcome. But if you’re all,“Thanks for the great tip about compositing Robert!” … But that’s just not enough.I want to know more!”Then you can go buymy tutorialand […]

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The Rode VideoMic Pro has been the staple of vloggers and YouTubers the world over since its initial release. It’s also extremely handy as an on-camera mic to get a good track in camera to let you more easily sync footage to a master audio track in post. But the VideoMic Pro is not perfect. […]

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In this article, we’ll address the challenges you may face when photographing real estate interiors and a few ways to combat the issues. Shooting bracketed images is the most common and effective way to handle high contrast interiors. Read on below for tips on how to shoot and process interiors.

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Most real estate photographers have entered a room at some stage in their career and thought, Ah a dark room with a bright window. Just what I do NOT need!

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Natural light or artificial light? Sure, its a matter of preference, but photographers Manny Ortiz and Jessica Kobeissi made an interesting challenge out of these two approaches. They had three rounds of photographing the same model in the same studio. Jessica used only natural light, and Manny added off-camera flash. Lets check out the results […]

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The new Sony A7III is undoubtedly the hottest topic in the photography world right now. As a “basic model” costing under $2,000, it’s insane how well it performs and the features it contains. It contains many of the same features found in its more expensive A7RIII and A9 siblings, and is a significant upgrade over […]

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Companies like Samsung and Huawei have recently brought some innovations to the world of smartphone photography. And now Sony has introduced Xperia XZ2 Premium, another smartphone aimed at photographers. This phone has the impressive ISO 12,800 for videos and 51,200 for photos and the company promises it will let you reveal the unseen. Sony Xperia […]

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