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What if you could create beautiful Golden Hour portraits without the sun? Well,you can. All it takes is a few strobes and a little know-how. GoldenHour, also known as Magic Hour, is the time just before sunset or just after dawn during which the natural light given off by the sun is softer and warmer [...]

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Nicolaus Wegner is back at it again. One year after sharing the epic Stormscapes 2, hes released Stormscapes 3, the third iteration of his incredible storm-chasing time-lapse series. And this year, hes upped the ante. In the six minute video, Wegner shares his run-ins with nighttime mesoscale convective systems, double rainbows, crepuscular rays and even [...]

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//geek alert Often when we talk about camera sensors we talk about “buckets” collecting “photons of light”. But talking about buckets is looking at the sensor mechanism from a bird’s eye view. If you want a deeper understanding of how camera sensors work,Filmmaker IQ is giving a terrific lecture that goes down all the way [...]

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With ever increasing megapixel counts in smartphone cameras, do you need a dedicated camera at all? Or perhaps could you just get a really tiny compact camera?

At this point in time at least, the answer is probably no. Or at least not if you really want consistently good image quality. The reason is, that these devices don’t have large enough digital sensors.

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Somethings the things that eludeus are the things that are right under our nose. Say a naked model.ArtistTrina Merry(previously) examined how modern selfie-stick culture impacts the great wonders of the world. Her way to do so was to place a naked yet body painted model against Wonders of the Modern world and camouflage them to [...]

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When photographing a still life subject, you are creating an image rather than capturing a moment. You are constructing your photograph; from background, to subject, to lighting. With the subject matter being inanimate objects, their tendency to stay very still allows you to take time to refine your lighting, and experiment with your composition. It’s a very pleasant way to photograph, and you don’t need any fancy gear. It’s also a great way to learn about lighting... more

If you get stressed when you walk into the studio, or especially if you are taking your first studio steps, here is an inspiringmessage fromDavid Turner, aHallmark Institute of Photography’s resident. David says that those photos that seem so perfect and magical are not created as whole. They are an outcome of many, many small [...]

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One of the good things on Adobe CC is that updates and new features come regularly and year round. One of the bad things is that those updates are not as bug free as we would like them to be. Half a year ago a CC release killed the healing brush and last week’s release [...]

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I hear it over and over, I have a nice camera but my pictures just dont come out as good as I expect.

What ensues is an interrogation first about equipment selection, settings, and general technique. More often than not when we finally get down to the nitty gritty, the fact is that many people not only have a difficult time identifying what’s wrong with their photos, let alone determining how to prevent it, or fix it in post-processing.

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What is conceptual photography? Have you heard about it, but not been able to work out what it is? Who are the artists doing it? How can you do it? If you have asked yourself any of these questions, then read on and see if they can be answered for you.

Conceptual photography is a type of fine art photography. Like the latter, everyone you ask will give you a different definition. It is an art form that has been around for as long as people have been making art. It seems to be something... more

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