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Black and white are the default background colors for many of my photos. There are several background systems (paper, fabric, roller blinds, etc.) and I wanted to have something that is easilychangeable, portable and inexpensive for those two colors. The result is a background wall on wheels. Both sides are papered with background-wallpaper and so [...]

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43 years ago NASA released a spectacular image of Earth taken from on board the Apollo 17. It is the one of the most widely distributed images in human history. Today, NASA released a new photo which could probably be crowned as the new Blue Marble. And trust me, it is not an easy photo [...]

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I’ve said it before, but I’ll say it again: Documentary photography has been one of my foremost artistic influences and fascinations since I was a child. Tellingstories about real people and real moments that can never be recreated. Sebastio Salgadois a fascinating photographer and has amassed a body of work that would take a whole [...]

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If you have ever wanted to explore off-camera flash but don’t know where to start,I have some good news. Many consumer-grade cameras such as the Canon Rebel series and the Nikon D3000 and D5000 modelshave a fantastic feature that might be just what you are looking for.

One challengewith off-camera flash is that you need a way to fire them at precisely the right moment. That usually means outfitting them with tiny little remote controls called triggers, that are tied into a... more

I am not a female photographer. I am a photographerwho happens to be female. Together, in this industry, in the year 2015, we are simply photographers. We are not defined by our gender. I, for one, want to be defined by my talent and ability, not by the fact I have a uterus and my [...]

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Photographers love taking pictures of shipwrecks, washed ashore by the tides. The older and more barnacle crusted the ship carcass, the better. Photographers will sometimes travel great distance to snap photos of some of the more renowned sites and, as Australia photographers are discovering, will even assemble (in surprisingly large numbers) to photograph them. When [...]

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Committing work is not an easy task. Hitting that save button for the last time and shipping your work may be frightening. Your work is leaving your hands and it no longer under your control. Whatever greatness or mistakes that you’ve put in are there forever now. I guess, this is why committing to a [...]

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Charging batteries isan everyday part of the 21st-century photographer’s life. While we shared earlier today how to prevent a battery fire, this little bit of awesome may do just the opposite. (Okay, so, not really…) The video production team at Vimeo put together a great tutorial on how they constructed the most epic battery charging [...]

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THE MOMENT OF HORROR No. No. Please, no. A moment of terror for every photographer out there. I opened my photo bag, took out my cam to take a picture of the street filled with warm sunset light and then it happened. Imagine this moment in slow-motion. While listening to music with my noise-cancelling headphones [...]

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Sydney based street photographer, Dillon Mak, spent some time over the weekend documenting the Reclaim Australia protests and, wanting to create something in addition to the still images, the photographer also recorded video of the action. What sets Mak’s protest videos apart from all the others is the way he managed to capture it–by mounting [...]

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