Photography Blogs & Tutorials

The good folks atCOOPH are back again, and this time they’ve got togetherwith street photographer Thomas Leuthard to offersome creative and practical tips to help improve your street photography. This 4 minute video packs a lot of information into a short space of time and I’m sure many will be able to pick up at [...]

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The Olympus Stylus Tough TG-Tracker (we’ll just call it TG-Tracker), is the newly announced action camera from Olympus looking to take on the likes of GoPro for market supremacy. Boastinga whole host of neat features and super rugged durability right out of the box and without the need for a protective case, it looks like [...]

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The Nikon N90s was not only my first DSLR but the first camera I owned that wasn’t just a disposable. I loved this camera, and even use it today, butI stilllusted after the convenience of digital on an SLR. At the time, the 1.3MP Kodak NC2000 was one of those camerasI dreamed of, knowing I’d [...]

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Every day we’re told about the “Secrets” of photography, how to shoot this, or that, how to be successful, how to get rich, and so on, and they usually have quite the price tag attached to them. The simple fact of the matter is that there are little, if any, secrets when it comes to [...]

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There is no shortage of digital cameras these days. But for any beginner in photography, it can be a daunting prospect trying to settle on the right one for them. Understanding how the different types of cameras differ could give you a good indication of which one mightbe right for you. Let’s take a look at a few options:

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We’ve seen some pretty interesting andamusing cinematic recreations in the past, but this is really cool, if a little bit legally dubious. Somebody has recreated the Game of Thrones intro sequence using timelapse footage shot byNick Lariontsevof mould and fungi growing right before our eyes. Obviously, it’s not a shot-for-shot recreation, as was the case [...]

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BLIPS is an ultra portable super slim pair of lenses for your smartphone. One offers macro, letting you focus much closer than your phone’s standard lens will allow. The other is a micro lens, allowing you to get even closer, for some big magnification. Mobile macro lenses are certainlynothing new, but this is the first [...]

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Realistic Composites(basics) – 85.00 by Adrian Sommeling is a workshop that teachesyou how to create lively, funny composits from start to finish. And when I say start, I mean from pre-planninga shoot so your photos are composing ready, until putting the last coloring touch on the final piece. As someone who is just starting out [...]

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Pretty much the only things that can be said for certain about the iPhone 7 are that it’ll eventually be announced (probably in September) and that it’ll be made by Apple. If either of these cases are even close to real, however, the standard iPhone 7 will not possess dual cameras, an feature likely reserved [...]

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Reflections can be great things to add to your photographs at any time, but they are particularly cool at night. Adding reflections can solve compositional problems you face at night. Further, the steps you have to take to capture photos at night – such as having your camera on a tripod and using a slow shutter speed – actually make it easier to capture reflections.

How so? I’m glad you asked. Let’s take a look at the use of reflections in night photography.

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