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I know that many are using VALs (Voice Activated Light stands) for moving strobes around, but this is the first time I am seeing a Plane Carried Light stand.Prague-basedphotographerDan Vojtech(previously) did just that. Dan collaborated with theFlying Bullsaerobatic group. But he did better than going on a plane along side the pilot and shoot, healso [...]

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Not all photographers choose to have a dedicatedindoor studio, but sometimes you need to shoot a session indoors.Maybe it’s freezing outside, and you don’t want to be out in that weather. Maybe you have a bride who wants bridals, but is worried about her dress getting dirty. Maybe you just want something fresh and a little quirky. Maybe the building has special meaning to you or the person you are photographing.

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You’re in the middle of a photoshoot and suddenly you notice nothing in your viewfinder is in focus. Your shutter and AF-ON buttons (if using back-button focusing) do not seem to work. All eyes are on you, and the pressure is on to quickly fix the problem. Where do you start? Or perhaps you have just changed lenses and suddenly nothing works. Where might you have gone wrong?

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Focusing a self portrait is hard, but focusing a self portrait at with Canon’s 85mm f/1.2 lens fully open is almost impossible. F/1.2 is so shallow that even the slightest movement will make your eyes blurred and your nose (or ears) tack sharp. While definitely difficult, it is not impossible, and British photographer Joseph Parry [...]

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One of Lightroom’s most useful tools is tucked away at the top of the Develop panel, under a rather strange-looking icon that looks like a magic wand from Harry Potter. Clicking this Adjustment Brush icon, gives you access to many of the macro-scale alterations and edits available on some of the other Develop panels, but lets you control them on a micro level. It’s a fantastic tool for editing specific portions of an image, as opposed to the whole picture, but figuring out how to... more

If you’re a GoPro user, you probably have a whole pile of used GoPro adhesive mounts accumulating in your gear closet. Well, if you want to re-use them, there is a really easy and cost effective way to get your sticky back. Scotch makes a line of reusable, double sided adhesive tabs for mounting photos, [...]

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With the rising tide of enthusiast photographers and the ubiquitous camera phone, there is more competition for eyeballs than ever before in the photo industry. How can you ever stand out from the crowd to be noticed? The trick is both deceptively simple and incredibly complicated: take more risks. Great photographers rarely play it safe, but before you head into the world with reckless abandon, let’s dive into what kinds of risk taking is productive.

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The weekend is here, which means youll likely have some free time on your hands. If youre wondering how to spend that free time, look no further than this clever little DIY project. Shared by Richard Sibley, this video shows how you can make a DIY camera handle to help keep your footage both smooth [...]

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As somebody who owns what some would describe as a ludicrous amount ofspeedlights (although,nowhere near as bad as Joe McNally), and regularly grids some of them to provide a selective rim light or to throw a little splash of light in a dark corner of an environment, Chris Cameron’s project intrigued me. 3D printers are [...]

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Fujifilm might have killed off the last of its peel-apart film. But not all hope is lost. Yesterday, New55, a company that currently specializes in creating 4×5 positive-negative instant film, posted a video to Facebook that shows it has the capability to make peel-apart color film similar to Fujifilms FP100c. In the video, New55 founder [...]

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