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Black Light can be used for spectacular photography or just for having some photographic fun, but if you just want to try out a quick trick for testing your home for bacteria there is a way to do it for a couple of cents. Turns out that a certain mix of sharpie ink will block [...]

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Working full time as a police officer in California, photography started as just a hobby for Jeff Boyce. Though he’s been interested in taking photos for the past couple of years, it wasn’t until this year that Boyce was ready to take on the daunting world of time lapse. Two weeks ago, Boyce released one [...]

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In the world of photography, editing and retouching are just as important as the imagery itself. Every image that you see published has been through its fair share of post-processing before it is seen by the public. If photographers didnt retouch their images, it would be like a painter presenting his sketches instead of the finished painting.

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There is much controversy over the last presidential administration and many heated opinions about former Vice President Dick Cheney. But, this isn’t a political forum, so let’s stay focused… September 11, 2001 was a day that shocked the nation, regardless of whether you subscribe to the government’s narrative or to the many conspiracy theories that [...]

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Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ve probably seen the insane footage of professional surfer, Mick Fanning’s recent encounter with a great white shark. The encounter occurred during the finals of the J-Bay Open, a surf competition that takes place in South Africa. While waiting for his next wave, Fanning had an unwelcome visit [...]

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Drunken friends: We’ve all had at least one, but chances are not all of us have had ones that lost our quad copters on neighbors’ roofs. That is not the case for Harrison Howe who’s roommate drunkenly lost his Syma X5Con an inaccessible roof down the street. Without being able to actually get onto the [...]

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If you’re looking to upgrade from your kit lens the 24-70 f/2.8 lens is a common choice. It’s got a good range zoom and wide largest aperture of f/2.8 for the entire range. But which one to choose? Brand name or third party?

In this video Matthew Gore does a really comprehensive lens comparison between the brand name Canon brand name version, and the Tamron third party one. He... more

As photographer Aaron Draper believes, photography of homeless individuals is quickly become a clich. “Far too often, photographers who are searching for urban wildlife stalk the homeless. Unfortunately, this does nothing to increase our understanding of their lives or situations; it just shows how we are elevated and photographing them from a place of privilege.” [...]

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We’ve seen it take on a blizzard and underwater scenes, but New Zealand-based photographer Tom Mackintoshdecided to turn Lightroom’s new dehaze featuretoward the night sky, with some incredible results. As Tom describes, this images hurried and born out of a random curiosity. Armed with a Canon 5D Mk III and aTamron SP 24-70mm f/2.8, Tom [...]

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I dislike people who define the undefinable. No, there is no singularly “best” flavor of ice cream;it is impossible to prove that Concierto de Aranjuez is the most inspiring piece of music ever written (although it is!); andbeauty simply cannot summed up in a 10-point, bulleted list. Thisis the fundamental message of Carey Fruth’s [...]

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