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When photographer and retoucher Erik Johansson decides to create an image, he certainly makes an effort topushthe boat out, quite literally in this case. In a project that took several months to complete, Erik used 17 square meters of mirror to help produce this extraordinary scene, andwhile there’s certainly a lot of post and retouching [...]

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Seeing a random person on the street that you’d love to photograph can rapidlybecome one of the scariest scenarios out there for many portrait photographers as soon as they start to consider how to approach them. With “Don’t talk to strangers!” being drummed into us from a very young age, it’s just one of those [...]

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I watched a two hour Periscope yesterday. Okay, I didnt watch all of it because, well, it was two hours. It wasnt an instructional video or a behind-the-scenes of a photo shoot. Rather, it was a workshop giver going into great detail about the current drama in her life with her workshop attendees. It sounded [...]

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By combining photographs from the past with technology from today, Moscow-based photographer and animator Alexey Zakharov has created an incredible animation short titled The Old New World. For the four-minute film, Zakharov took photos of New York, Boston, Washington, Detroit, Washington D.C. and Baltimore captured between 1900 and 1940 and animated them into a wonderful [...]

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Video autofocus capabilities has been getting better and better over the years, but nothing yet can beat the range of control and precision as the ability to properly use a manual focus. Unfortunately, using manual focus isnt as easy as it may seem, especially when relying only on the live view display on the back [...]

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Many photographers enjoy takingpictures of clouds, and its easy to see why. From the vivid patterns and brilliant sunset formations, to the storm clouds and unusual styles, theres almost always something interesting happening in the sky. While theres no doubt that clouds can make great subjects in their own right, I feel that they are most useful, photographically speaking when theyre used as backgrounds for other subjects. The proper use of clouds in an image can add texture,... more

After years of prototypes and concepts, virtual reality headsets are finally starting to go mainstream with lower prices and better availability. One problem concerning a few in the tech industry is the lack of VR content. Already, companies like GoPro and Google are getting in on VR content creation. But theyre not the only ones. [...]

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Lomography is at it again with Kickstarter. This time, theyre reviving the worlds first photographic optic lens from 1839, the Daguerreotype Achromat 2.9/64 Art Lens. Following in the footsteps of their Petzval and other lenses, Lomography is bringing back an iconic lens originally designed by Louis Daguerre and Charles Chevalier in the mid19th century. The [...]

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Many of us have seen photographs of the abandoned mining town of Kolmanskop in Namibia. Even if you don’t remember the name of the place, it’s difficult to forget photographs of houses, beingreclaimed by the surrounding desert, flooded with sand. For most of us, that’s about as far as this story goes, but for Australian [...]

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Markets are one of my favourite places to photograph, whether I am at home or abroad. The opportunities for photos are endless, and they’re a great place for capturing the hustle and bustle of a city. This is often where youll see a real glimpse of everyday life, away from the tourist hot spots. But low light conditions, not mention the amount of shoppers and visitors, can make markets challenging places to photograph. Here are 7 tips to help you capture better photos of markets.

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