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If you are a busy parent, you likely rely on your smart phone or pocket camera to capture the events of your daily life, especially at holiday times. But sometimes you want a little bit more than just the usual snaps, without the hassle of your bulky DSLR.

There are some days when you often wish you had the time and ability to take meaningful photos of your family and capture special, magical times. Not the phone snaps that mostly end up as blurry images, but the ones that evoke... more

Photoshop is a massive program, with many ways to do things. To help you learn Photoshop it’s great to just pick one thing, one new tip, and try it out.

In this video from Phlearn Aaron Nace will show you how to add text with a reflection to an image, but with a neat little twist that allows you to edit the text any time and have it update your finished image automatically using Smart Objects. Have a look:

He even goes over the steps as a summary at the end of the... more

When you edit, and especially when you colorize, you want to do it in a relatively dimenvironment. And if you cannot achieve that, you at least don’twant any direct light falling on your monitor. That can really screw up the color your eyes perceive.If you are using a calibration tool like Datacolor’s Spyder (reviewed here) [...]

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Capturing motion is no easy feat. With this never before released guide, youll learn all the techniques for snapping away with a memory card full... more

Some short require camera shake for authenticity, but are so much easier shooting on a tripod. Think about any effect where you need to cut between two shots, or wanting to shoot something quickly while still making it seems like it was shot hand held. This gets even harder if you want a significant shake. [...]

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It seems like everything these days is either Star Wars or inspired by Star Wars. However, unlike many photos Im seeing lately, this set is kickass in its own right. The concept itself isnt new, but Barcelona-based photographer Manu Cabaero hit the nail on the head with his milk-splashed characters of Princess Leia, Like Skywalker [...]

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In case you didnt know, theres such thing as smart goggles. Designed for skiers and snowboarders who are looking to get the most out of their equipment, smart goggles are traditional snow goggles with integrated technology that pairs with your smartphone or other devices to display stats and information onto a heads up display (HUD) [...]

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Sometimes, picking a favorite is hard. If you ask me to choose a favorite song or movie, it just can’t be done. Lenses; however, are different beasts. Ask most photographers what their favorite lens is, and you’ll probably get little hesitation before they start gushing and waxing lyrical.

At least that’s how I am, and when it comes to picking my favorite, all you have to do is ask which lens is probably on my camera body right now. That is almost always the... more

As artists, we find the ‘Fair Use’ doctrine to sometimes be beneficial, but sometimes to be extremely disturbing. I guess illustratorDanny Quirksubscribes to the latter according to a post he made concerning Madonna using his work on her shows under that doctrine. Danny has a series of illustrationscalled Dissections which shows medical sketches (the kind [...]

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Balance is one of the characteristics of good composition. It is the way elements of an image are arranged to create a feeling of stability. If you imagine that your image is a set of scales, all elements of your composition should be balanced to make a photograph feel stable.

There are many ways to create balanced images. The easiest way to achieve it is by using symmetry, as it guarantees left to right, or top to bottom balance. The results look formal, organized, and orderly... more

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