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I’m here to share my photography journey that started few years ago as a novice, to where I stand today. As am amateur or hobby photographer, you may relate.

The journey from novice to advanced photographer

About two years ago, I bought an entry level DSLR, to use it as an expensive point and shoot camera. The camera decided the fate of most of my pictures. On innumerable occasions, the pictures were blurry, under or overexposed, and were of poor quality.

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Today is a sad day, ladies and gentlemen. Fufjifilm has announced it is officially killing off FP100C, the last of its instant photography peel-apart paper. This news comes roughly two and a half years after Fujifilm decided to discontinue its faster, monochrome sibling, FP3000B. This discontinuation marks the end of an era, as Fujifilm will [...]

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Lone trees in the landscape are a popular photography subject around the world, but it’s not often that what makes such a scene so pleasing also causes the owner of the land on which it resides to cut it down. This particular tree, nicknamed the “Philosophy Tree”, has become something of an attraction to local [...]

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If you want to understand how a photo was worked on, one great way it to generate a Dodge & Burn mask (or a D&B signature). You can then use this signature to learn quite a bit about the dodge and burn that was done on a photo. You get a better “feel” for the [...]

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Road trips have been hailed as one of the greatest pastimes ever, and something that everyone should do at least once in their lifetime. It is a great way to experience a lot in a short span of time, and as a photographer, there will be many opportunities and moments awaiting your perspective. Sometimes preserving your creative spin in the midst of all the new discoveries, can become sensory overload and feel overwhelming.

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People often askme about theflash equipment I currently use, and what I would do differently if I were to start over today. I also often see “What should I buy?!?!” posts on photography groups on Facebook, and the simple truth is, we don’t know. We have no idea what you need.We only know what we [...]

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While everyone on Instagram might think of themselves as food photographers, there are those who actually get paid to travel around the globe and capture decadent delicacies. One of those individuals is Bon Appetits Alex Lau, a professional photographer and competitive powerlifter. One question Lau gets a lot is whether or not he gets to [...]

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The delivery date for theFuji X-Pro2 is set to March 3rd. If this was not a leap year, that would have been in three days. Sadly, we will have to wait for another day before we see it shipped. If you are considering getting one of those cameras, here is a RAW file right out [...]

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As you learn more about using your camera, and start takingbeautiful pictures, you might also want a way to share them with the rest of the world. There are many social networking platforms that are ideal for this sort of thing like: Instagram, Flickr, Google Photos, Tumblr, andFacebook, along with hundreds more.

However, one of the most popular, and effective ways, to share your pictures is a simple, humble, tried-and-true blog. Even though blogs are sort of like grandpas in our... more

Here is one of the cooler projects for LED panels that I’ve seen. Unlike the ‘usual’ LED panels, those panels are mounted on flexible material so they can be folded and mounted pretty much anywhere. DIYPerks is usingMARSWELL LEDs for good color rendition. if you look at the photo below you can see how 80+ [...]

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