Photography Blogs & Tutorials

Portrait photography is an incredibly complex subject to master. You have to worry about a variety of technical matters, including your lighting, location, time with subject, color temperatures, and your composition. In many situations you will be moving around an environment quickly and changing your lighting on the fly. It is a lot to pay attention to, and coordinate at the same time.

On top of all of this, you must figure out how to make, and keep, your subject comfortable... more

David Bellis and his 3-year-old son won a prize worth 2,000 in a UK contest after submitting a selfie of the two posing next to a horse. Luckily for the two, the horse named Betty spontaneously smiled at the camera and made many others smile too. The one person who isnt smiling, however, is Bettys [...]

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A genuine smile is one of the most attractive expressions of the human face, and as photographers, we love them because they brighten up our pictures with warmth, and create connection.

When you look at it on a body language level, you discover that a genuine smile informs others that we are:

  • A friend, not a foe
  • Happy
  • In a good place mentally.

Its a universal safety and happiness cue that we recognize on an instinctive level. It draws... more

Tony Northrup has stirred more than his fair share of pots in the photography community. But time and time again he comes back with another in-depth video that shows us an intricate component many of us either overlook on a daily basis or understand but take for granted. Thats precisely the case with his latest [...]

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In 1914 Sir Ernest Shackleton launched his second expedition to Antarctica, an adventure that would make him the first to cross Antarctica from the Weddell Sea to the Ross Sea via the South Pole. Ahead of Shackletons main crew though was a group of brave men, known as the Ross Sea Party, whose goal was [...]

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A year after being sued for allegedly copying its Air Jordan logo, Nike is now under fire for its latest shoes campaign starring FC Barcelonas Neymar. Rob Whitworth and Selina Miles both turned to Facebook several hours ago sharing their disappointment with the videos striking resemblance to their own videos, but thats not all. While [...]

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When it comes to hard drives, failure rates are usually separated by mere percentages. This means the decision usually comes down to personal preference and availability of the speed and size youre looking for. If youve opted for any Seagate hard drives as of late though, specifically the 1.5TB and 3TB models, you might want [...]

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This past month has been excellent for wildlife shooters, sports shooters and speed junkies in general, as weve seen the announcement of Canons 1D X Mark II and Nikons D5 and D500. These monsters are all about speed, so weve gathered everything you need to know about their shutter bursts, frames per second and even [...]

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Normally, tutorial videos cover one or two tips to work on, but in this video from YouTuber TutVid, we get a glimpse at 28 different Photoshop CC tips, tricks and hacks. Considering there are 28 of them, theres a good chance you know them. But even if you know a dozen, that leaves 14 tips [...]

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Whether you’re running a photography business, or sharing your photography on the web with friends, it’s important to know how to properly size your images for various uses. Generally speaking the smallest size you can share, while still retaining enough quality for the viewer to appreciate the photograph, is what you’ll want to aim for, but let’s dive into this with a bit more detail.

First rule – use thesRGBColor Space for anything going on the web

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