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A magnifying glass is a handy little tool, popular with intrepid detectives and bug collectors.As the name suggests, the convex lens produces a magnified image of an object, but it can alsobe used to make some unusual and eye-catchingimagery. Pairing a photographic lens with a magnifying glass will probably not create a flawless alternative to a macro lens, but the unique properties of a handheld convex lens meanthat there are endless combinations of optical effects to exploit.

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So you had a photo shoot on Saturday morning and it seems that your model partied hard the night before? Shes holding up well, but there are eye bags that give her away. This video tutorial from Mathieu Stern will show you how to remove the eye bags in under a minute. Instead of using […]

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Usually, lenses of a similar focal length and aperture cost a similar price. Except, perhaps, when they have Zeiss written on them. The Zeiss Batis 85mm f/1.8costs $1,199, while the Sony FE 85mm f/1.8costs a mere $598. Even at $598, the soon to be released Sony lens is a little more expensive than the Nikon […]

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An Adobe Research paper titled Deep Image Matting, might just put an end to green and blue screen techniques. Adobe collaboratedwith the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, to developa new system based on deep convolution neural networks. This system extracts foreground content from its background accurately and intelligently without any kind of blue […]

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Water is a beautiful subject to photograph. It can be as dramatic as a waterfall, predictable as a fountain, vast like the ocean, or just a winding exciting river. Whatever the source, it can be a point of interest in your image or an element of your composition... more

Seeing how things are made is a subject that fascinates all kinds of people. In fact, it’s such a popular topic that it spawned an entire TV show. So for photographers, seeing how the gear gets made that we use on a daily basis is, naturally, rather intriguing. It’s usually lenses,occasionally drones, but rarely cameras. […]

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ISO is one of the three major exposure settings in the exposure triangle of a digital camera. Of the three: shutter time, f/number, and ISO, it is ISO that is probably most misunderstood. Even more so than f/number. In fact, it is a common misconception that higher ISO settings will cause images to be noisier. […]

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Would you ever say you could make high-level portraits with a tiny point and shoot camera? Photographer Manny Ortiz has found a true gem for this purpose: Sony RX100V fits inside your pocket, but it gives incredible results, comparable even to professional cameras. In this video, he demonstrates the power of this tiny, but powerful […]

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This guide is intended for concert photography beginners. If you have a DSLR camera and are interested in how to control your camera settings to take great photos at concerts, this guide is for you. If you’re an experienced photographer who just hasn’t shot shows before, there may be some helpful info in here along […]

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Can we really have enough camera bags?In this article, I will show you a DIY hack to easily convert a small travel bag with wheels into a camera roller bag. Basically, you get two bags for the price of one.

A piece of luggage with wheels on the left and with a padded camera insert on the right – and voila it’s now a camera roller bag!

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