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Cloudy days are great for shooting wide open shots with a naturally soft light. But, sometimes the scene can appear a bit dull due to the lack of contrast. One way of spicing up an image is to include light rays coming down from the clouds. In an ideal world, these would appear in-camera, but [...]

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Adding a feeling of motion to your images by using a slow shutter speed can be very effective. One technique to do that is panning, where you move the camera to match the subject and it blurs the background and keeps the subject relatively sharp.

You can pan just about anything that’s moving. Let’s see what these photographers found that they could pan:

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Stacking photographs made from a locked off tripod over a given duration is not a new technique, and has beencommonly used for creating star trail images where single super long exposures can be troublesome, but this application of the processis particularly interesting and beautiful. An extensionof timelapse photography, the Time Stack technique’s goal is to [...]

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Hint: sometimes it is the camera… Last Sunday morning, my son Isaac was sitting at our dining room table eating breakfast with a typical seven-year-old too cool for school hairdo going on. My wife though that it would make a cute portrait, so she grabbed the camera and snapped the above portrait. Nothing special, natural [...]

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Earlier today, the Los Angeles police department saw an incredibly unusual police chases. But, as strange as the chase itself was, it was the ending that was the icing on the incredibly dangerous and all too unusual high speed pursuit. Two men in a convertible blue mustang were being pursued by police after they had [...]

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In the world of sports photography, theres no such thing as second chances. In the words of Marshal Mathers, you only get one shot, one opportunity. Unfortunately, one photographer who was recently covering a kickball game missed her one opportunity by not following the number one rule you learn when shootingdont chimp. As a result, [...]

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Making food look appetizing, is not quite as simple as photographing your plate. There are a number of tricks that you can use to really enhance the subject. By using your camera creatively, you can capture the scrumptious side of food. Whether its your favorite dessert, or a full meal, these tips will help take your food photography to the next level.

8 Tips for Food Photography Newbies1) Use a very shallow depth of field

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Lighting gear can get really expensive really quick. $500 for a speedlight, $300 for a softbox, $100 for a light stand and mounting device. Already, thats almost a grand for one of the most simple lighting setups out there. Not all strobes shots need to be big budget though. Photographer Matt Granger has shared a [...]

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Last September, Google teamed up with GoPro to launch its 16-camera VR device, Odyssey. At $15,000, it was far from a consumer-grade device and even pushed the boundary of many professional uses. Now, Google and GoPro have announced a brand new VR rig that is set to target those who dont care to drop dive [...]

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What happens when you ask 150 people to look at the same photos and pick their favourites? The answer is simple: a pattern emerges. But which pattern emerges can be very surprising, as I found out recently.

Last year I decided to self-publish a photo book on Spain. Id been wanting to do it for years. When the crowd-funding website Kickstarter announced it was opening up shop in Spain, where I live, I took it as a sign and made sure my project was uploaded the day they opened.

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