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I, like many others, am extremely active on social media. I check it first thing when I wake up and right before I fall asleep. I follow many people whose work I find inspiring and I constantly check hashtags in an effort to discover new people, new locations, and new perspectives. However, lately I have [...]

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Short, sweet and to the point. Thats the only way to describe Nikons latest announcement wherein they confirm they’re working on the Nikon D5, their next-generation professional camera body. Besides the confirmation of its name and full-frame format, details are scarce. No time-frame, pricing or other details were mentioned. But if Nikons recent lineup of [...]

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Barbie was first introduced to the world in 1959 by American toy manufacturer Mattel. Over the past five decades, shes gone through subtle changes, specifically in regards to facial structure and features. To take a look at just how much Barbie has changed, Tumblr user Tenaflyviper has created an incredibly thorough portrait compilation of Barbie [...]

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The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) says the process of registering unmanned aerial vehicles, confirmed to be in development a month ago, will be simple enough for drone operators to probably do it on your own. This update comes alongside of an alarming trend ‘drone registration firms’ that are popping up left and right offering to [...]

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Five years ago, 3D was all the rage. Nowadays, its Virtual Reality (VR) thats getting all the love. Google, Microsoft, Samsung and Facebook are all getting in on the action with the development of virtual reality hardware Cardboard, Hololens, Gear VR and Oculus Rift, respectively. The future of VR is unarguably in the hands [...]

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One of the biggest hurdles in photography is the fact that our majestic three-dimensional scene is rendered into a mere two-dimensional image, and the physical depth that we experience in real life is lost. To resurrect this spacious feeling, we can create the illusion of depth where there is none, by using strong elements in the foreground.

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If youve ever compared inkjet prints to more traditional analogue prints, youll know theres a different feel and aesthetic between the two. Specifically, traditional analogue prints tend to possess a certain type of quality thats driven by the usually-thicker stock and the way in which the pigments are embedded in the fibers of the paper. [...]

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When it comes to post-processing, photographers definitely have opinions about Photoshop Action sets. Some photographers love them, othersconsider them cheating. For me personally, Actions are most valuable when they either (a) make the editing that I would do by hand more efficient and/or (b) offer something unique and fun that may be outside my normal editing style, but fits a particular session.

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My story is one of tragedy followed by good fortune. It is the story of death giving birth to life and of the power of photography to make it happen. I had always considered myself a common man living a common life. Being the head of a business consulting firm provided me with little time [...]

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The Osmo has just been announced and it is already becoming an object of desire for many videographers. The ability to get stabilized 4K footage in such a small form factor is absolutely mind boggling, especially when compared to the larger MoVI or a Ronin solutions. The team atLixi Studios took theOsmo for a ride, [...]

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