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I love to set myself little exercises to stretch my photographic muscles. I thought I might share one that has been most beneficial to me, photographing a familiar place or subject you would normally do in color, in only in black and white for a day, with the aim of getting a new perspective that could prove helpful when you go back to color.

This possibly doesn’t sound like much of a challenge, and won’t be if you shoot mainly in black and white already, but for... more

A while back I saw that one of my favorite photographers, mr. Benjamin von Wong changed his profile picture into this great portrait with his girlfriend,Anna Tenne. I thought it was a great photo so I asked Ben how it was taken. Ben took this photos with the SonyA7r at night but some tweaks were [...]

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Landscape scene in south of France using split-tone effect in ACR

So why would you bother with black and white imagery when we live in a world full of color? There are many reasons why, but a simple answer is that a black and white image can be quite powerful.

A close up of a mans or womans face, heavily lined from age, photographed in black and white may elicit a stronger emotion than the same image in color. The viewer focuses in on the texture and... more

The battle between was never that fierce and it seems that the action is not over yet. In the blue corner we have the heavy weight champions, Canon and Nikon with their old-yet-proven DSLR lines and on the red corner we have Fuji and Sony with their slick-and-fast mirrorless lines. Moving from Canon to Nikon [...]

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This is a good rainy day (or weekend) project for you to try at home. All you need is a print of your image (reversed, demonstrated in the video) on regular paper, a piece of wood, and a couple of other supplies (listed below the video).

Step by step – transfer a photo to wood

This video by SLR Coaching takes you through all the steps to print out your photo and get it transferred and applied to a piece of wood. He’s using pixlr.com to rotate... more

TheParrot Bebop drone has never been quite so popular as the DJI’s or 3DRs out there. It does not rank the same on the pro equipment scale so pros are less likely to use it. Then again, it isless than $500 where a 3DR solo (gimbal-less) or aDJI Phantom Vision 3 arearound $1000. That puts [...]

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We love a good timelapse. And we love Milky Way time lapses even more. This timelapse shot in inone of the places with the lowestlight pollution in the world-Wellington, NZ – has a very clear theme – yes you guessed it – the Milky Way. After Dark shot by videographer Mark Gee(previously) features no less [...]

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Adorama has been on a roll with its rechargeable lithium-ion battery powered flash units. Not long ago, they debuted the FlashPoint Zoom Speedlight, and now they have upped the ante with a monster 400ws ringflash. I recently got my hands on this ringflash and ran it through some tests to see how it... more

Often, the most difficult thing I see for individuals in our industry is making that scary leap from being an amateur photographer to a legitimate professional. When you do make that leap it is quite visible as your actions become very different than those who treat their business more casually. Below is a list of [...]

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Here is a smart ring light fitted for the LED era. I mean we shared a huge kick a$$ ring light build before, but this one is powered by LEDs rather than CFLs and it is just as huge and just as awesome. This huge contraption was invented by Gvido Mrnieks who also made a [...]

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