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Here is something I never thought I’ll see, but sometimes the real world provide the most awesome nuggets. In their most recent newsletter, Adobe wanted to highlight some Lightroom features. Their way of doing so was to basically say that you don’t need to worry about anything camera related. Just fix it all with Lightroom [...]

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Sometimes you have to build your own decisive moment, and it can take some time. It was another normal saturday park walk, my camera was carelessly hanging from my right hand as I walked with a few not-that-great shots on the memory card. By that time I already had made peace with the fact that [...]

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Today we launched a brand new dPS course to help you get total control over Adobe Lightroom.

For a short time you can grab it with a 50% off early bird discount.

Are you frustrated with the time you’re spending perfecting your photos in Lightroom?

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Klauea is an active shield volcano in Hawaii. It isthe most active of five which make upthe island. During a flyover by with Paradise Helicopters,documentary makerMick Kalbercaptured what can only be described as a giant smiley.It appears that nature is not without a sense of humour. The volcano is somewhere between 300,000 and 600,000 years [...]

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Lets face it, we photographers are always looking for new stuff to add to our bag of tricks.

As a studio photographer with almost 20 years experience, I have found myself repurposing a lot of stuff to use as photography tools in my photoshoots. I came to the conclusion that most of the stuff I have around the studio, or in my camera bag didnt came from photography equipment stores, but rather from the supermarket, home improvement stores, or even one dollar stores.

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With film’s second demise looking more imminent with each Fuji announcement,wet plate photography getsmore and more appealing. Don’t get me wrong, I primarily shoot digital, but I enjoy the process of creatinganalogue. It not because it “forces me to slow down” or anything arty. It’s just relaxing, especially developing it. In this video, portrait photographer [...]

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No longer do you have to worry overwhether you’re spamming you stream with too many images. Introduced today,Instagram Stories lets you share moments of your day, grouped together as a slideshow. Interestingly, at a time when SnapChat is adding features to make content a little more permanent, Instagram Stories seems to be going the other [...]

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A commonsource of inspiration for photographers, and a very popular tourist spot, Arizona’s Antelope Canyon is truly wonderful. Formedmostly due to erosion from flash floods, its passages cover a length of around 600 metres (2,000ft). It’s no surprise, then that it’s a popular destination for portraits, especially for California wedding photographer Christine Diaz. When I [...]

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Photoshop is a wonderful tool if it is used correctly. Yes, there is a way to use it right. The basic idea is that if someone can see the adjustments you have made to your image, that’s not so good.

Think of Photoshop as your own personal darkroom. During the film era, some photographers had black and white darkrooms in their homes. That way, they could control the complete process of making the image. Very few had colour darkrooms, as that was far more complicated and costly.... more

Steven Sasson invented the world’s first digital camera while working at Eastman Kodak in 1975. It weighed around 8 pounds (3.6kg) and shot a mere 0.01MP. It’s crazy to think how far we’ve come since those early days. We’ve gone from 30 images on a delicate cassette to thousands on something as small as a [...]

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