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Vogue magazine caused quite a bit of rage among photographers, along with copious amounts of ridicule, when it recently published a list of 10 wedding rules to which it recommends brides-to-be say I dont. The reason for this was the magazines statement that couples shouldnt hire professional wedding photographers, and should rather rely on the [...]

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They say an image is worth a thousand words, but the reality is silence can sometimes be more powerful than words ever are, for better or worse. Its for this reason that Hungarian photographer Miklos Kiss has started a powerful photo series titled Silent Consent. Many women are discriminated and abused because of their gender, [...]

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Creating self-prescribed limitations can oftentimes lead to some of the most creative solutions. Thats exactly what the team behind Shield 5, an up and coming crime drama, is hoping for. Rather than creating and sharing the seven-minute short film on Vimeo or YouTube, as has been the trend for the past few ears, the 28 [...]

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Here is a nice hack for making an overhead camera rig. If you are doing video tutorials, crafts videos or just need an overhead camera for still life, there is always the question of how to mount the camera. A with the standard tripod setup, you have a bit of an angle, and while you [...]

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None of us are perfect and we all make mistakes. While some photographers might be naturally gifted, and just do amazing work from the moment a camera is put into their hands, that is not the case for most of us. Chances are, if you are new to photography, you are going to muck things up. You shouldnt feel bad however, as you can be sure that many newbies have done exactly the same things. Here are a number of very common mistakes that new photographers make. Learn to avoid them, and you... more

Photographing certain subject matter is harder than others. This couldnt be more true for photographer Soraya Doolbaz, a New York-based photographer who specializes in phalllic fashion photography. Hoax or not, all signs point to the legitimacy that the Iranian-born photographer started from humble beginnings toturn an unlikely subject matter into a successful business. In a [...]

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A few days ago, we postedthat little fun game about curves. You should go and try it now! Some people really struggled with this one, so I thought it might be a good idea to explain this here. you can consider this a curves crash course. Curves. For some it’s just a big mystery, for [...]

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Have you learned everything your new camera can do yet? If not, then youve found the right article.

I present you with five quick exercises you can try right now, to help you better understand your new camera, and how it captures light. Ill give you some hints about what is happening, but you will need to come to your own conclusions.

If you get stuck after running the experiment, there are answers at the bottom of the article. Don’t cheat! You have to try to come to the... more

One of the best aspects of styled shoots is that it allows a photographer to create imagery that is otherwise impractical to achieve. Lin and Jirsa recently partnered with a group of Southern California Indian wedding vendors to execute a styled Indian wedding to showcase the work of each vendor as well as the hotel [...]

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So here’s is a fun little project you can do with your kids or really anyone that you may want to control…ahem, I mean impress.

Just a couple of simple techniques will have you done in no time… no strings attached. You will get the best results from two images from the same shoot so that they have the same lighting, but it is possible that you may want to add two different people from different shoots, so it is up to you.

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