Photography Blogs & Tutorials

Youve likely heard that auto settings like auto exposure and autofocus arent fail-proof. Theyre strong features, no doubt, and most photographers take advantage of them at least some, if not all, of the time. But the key to success with auto-anything is to make it work for you; that is, to understand its limitations, and know when its not going to give you the best results.

If youve been a photographer for very long, youve likely run into the situation in which a very bright scene, a... more

So, we know that theCanon EOS-1D X Mark II is due to be out this week, (we had leaks and rumors) but it is not out yet, at least not on Canon’s web site. Well, looks like someone hit the publish button a bit early and put it in the store, exposing the full prices, [...]

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Mirrorless cameras are the in thing these days. Being called DSLR killers, some speculate that the soon-to-be announced Canon EOS-1D X Mark II and recently announced Nikon D5 will be the last, or almost last, flagship cameras in a dying out market. Theyre small, lightweight, less conspicuous and out-perform DSLR cameras in certain parameters. Sounds [...]

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Photographing reflective surfaces and objects is usually quite challenging, and can easily turn the work of the photographer into a frustrating task.

Reflections are a hard to tame beast, but it gets easier to control if you know the rules. So, in this article I will show you how to create a high impact image with controlled reflections, like the one below, with a really simple, but highly effective, technique and using equipment you most certainly already own.

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