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What could be more exciting than metadata? Okay, so pretty much everything else. If you need to find an image later however, to win that big photo contest or finish that assignment, metadata could be invaluable.

What is metadata?

Simply put it is; data that describes other data. Meta is a prefix that in most information technology usages means “an underlying definition or description”. Metadata summarizes basic information about data, which can make finding and working with... more (link is external)

(link is external)Its the 4th of July and time for deal #4 in the dPS summer sale (link is external).

Today you can pick up a copy of our Photo Magic ebook for just $7 here (link is external)!

At 65% off the normal price of $19.99, theres no better way to learn the tricks and techniques for creating spectacular special effects images:

In this image roundup I gathered a set of images that containbright color (link is external)s, more specifically the colors of summer.

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I’ve read the latest article by JP Danko about why smartphone photography stinks. I disagree, and here is my response. I do hate the term tog. I cringe every time I see or hear it. Your definition of real camera does sound little bit pretentious to my ears as it leaves out pretty much all [...]

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Google apparently is not the most politically-correct mind on the planet. As a recent incident with the Google Photos app illustrates, the artificial intelligence engine is still learning…and making giant mistakes along the way. Computer programmer and hobbyist photographer Jacky Alcinrecently tweeted, “Google Photos, y’all f@#ked up. My friend’s not a gorilla,” along with a [...]

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DIY is where we started, and we love to return to it whenever possible…especially for tutorials like this. Columbus, Ohio-based photographer Nick Fancherbelieves that you can “studio” anywhere, turning the most ordinary locations into quality pseudo-studios. In this video (after the jump), Nick shows us how he constructed a simple and portable v-flat lighting configuration [...]

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Paul Simon said it best in Kodachrome:

Kodachrome – give us the nice bright colors. Give us the greens of summers, makes you think all the world’s a sunny day.

For those of us old enough to remember and know what Kodachrome is – and the song – this is for you.

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Moving at 27,600 km/h the International Space Station orbits Earth every 90 minutes or so, making it relatively easy to spot the spacecraft. Dedicated websites and apps make visible passes incredibly easy to view, but seeing the ISS cross the moon is a whole nother story; let alone a full moon. In the case of [...]

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(link is external)It’s day 3 in our Mid Year Sale and today we have the return of a deal that went absolutely bananas during our Christmas sale last year.

100 Lightroom* presents for just $10!

These normally go for $89, so this is your chance to save a whopping 88%.

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When you hear about human-shark interactions its usually about shark attacks or sharks swimming nearby people. Even when theres no sign of aggression whatsoever, the media rarely misses the opportunity to play on peoples fear of sharks and draw some attention. This video, captured by a paddleboarder with a GoPro, is rather unusual though. Not [...]

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