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Here’s a few reasons why having a story to tell is far better than when it isn’t. 1. Billy Goat curse set down upon the beloved Chicago Cubs. With that, MLB didn’t have to put a cent towards marketing this World Series. 2. Kyle Busch, making the ultimate comeback after a broken leg, goes for […]

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Kids are incredible! They have the ability to brighten your day no matter how grey it seems. Children are our most important legacy. Each generation brings something special to the world. They are full of ideas, enthusiasm and curiosity. Sometimes we forget that when we start taking photos of children.

I photograph a lot of family portraits and despite my best efforts to convince the adults to relax, parents worry about how their children will look. Often I hear statements like, Sit... more

This is one of my favourite subjects. I love teaching in my workshops as most people feel awkward about approaching people on the streets to photograph them. Through experience, trial and error, I have had the pleasure to understand the psychology of approaching perfect strangers to ask them for a pic and the wonderful joy […]

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If you want the best sound in your video, you really do need an external microphone. Many cameras today offer the ability to plug a microphone into them, which you then usually mount from the hotshoe. Not all cameras, however, do. Two cameras, particularly renowned for their vlogging abilities don’t have microphone sockets, which is […]

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These days, making a landscape appear as if it were inside a jar would typically be relegated to Photoshop. In the past, it was done by the use of double exposures. In a double exposure with analogue, you’re shooting twice without advancing the film. So, you’re basically adding one photograph on top of another (like […]

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For many brides-to-be, it’s tradition to have a bridal portrait session in the dress before the wedding.I love these sessionsbecause you get to photograph her when she is feeling perhaps the most beautiful she’s ever felt, without all the stress of the actual wedding day going on around you. You can take your time, be thoughtful about light and posing, choose the time of day and location, and usually, the bride is a lot more relaxed than she is on her wedding day.

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Travelling to make photographs can be challenging. One of the big tasks is figuring out what to pack. You want to pack as little as possible, but you don’t want to leave vital gear at home. In this video, landscape photographer Thomas Heaton talks about the equipment he’s travelled with to spend time shooting landscapesin […]

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Knowing how well our camera produces jpg files might not be a high priority for a lot of photographers. If you’re only shooting raw, then what does it matter, right? Well, there are still a lot out there shooting jpg, and even pros may switch over to jpg for less important tasks. So, The Camera […]

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Almost all of us have photos stored in a box (or several) somewhere. We know we should be scanning them, keeping digital backups of everything, just in case. We know we should, but most of us don’t. Instead, those photos get left in boxes, and largely forgotten about, except for when that relative you haven’t […]

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I love a good living room studio. Not everyone can afford a full fledged studio and for many, the photography room living room is the only option. Probably not to the delight of the significant other. Manny Ortiz (previously) shows a clever way to make the living room look bigger using a portable seamless black […]

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