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I teach and write about commercial photography. Not babies and weddings and senior photography that is consumer focus and I happily admit I am not involved in that end of the business. My focus is on commercial. Business to business imagery for commerce is what gets my attention focused. I am often asked [...]

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Every time I am at my local big box hardware store I always take a peek at the lighting aisle to see what is new and exciting in the world of home illumination. (Or more specifically, I check to see a manufacturer has finally created a big honkin’ LED light bulb that would be bright [...]

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A photograph is shaped more by the person behind the camera than by what’s in front of it, Canon Australia says in a recent video. To prove this, Canon invited six photographers to take a portrait of a guy named Michael. This was not an ordinary shoot, however, as there was an interesting twist: Michael [...]

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Is there a more iconic photograph to depict a big city, than a beautiful photograph of its skyline? Skylines can provide stunning photographs that have a big sale potential, but to capture those wow shots, you have to be prepared to plan for them in advance, and to allow time and patience, as well as determination, to capture them. Here are some tips to help you capture striking skyline photos.

1 – Plan in Advance

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Anna Bozmans wedding to her longtime boyfriend, Travis Thompson, had been put on hold for years while Annas son Lake battled cancer. Unfortunately Lake passed away in May, and last month the couple decided to finally get married knowing thats what Lake would have wanted. “The thing I dreaded most was taking the pictures. I [...]

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Heres a quick, yet powerful, tip on how to move a portrait from great toawesomefairly quickly. While this method is quick the results can be very impressive if done right. You would need a fire on black pattern like the Fire Packfrom the texture store (either the commercial package, or the CC-BY license, but then [...]

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YOU have time for photography!

How does that statement make you feel? Does it ring true to you? If you are thinking, “That might be true for others, but not for me and mybusy life.”, this article may change your mind.

We would all love to have the luxury of doing whatever we want, whenever we want to do it, but that’s not how life works for most of us. We have jobs, family, kids, homes, yards, church responsibilities, community obligations, the list goes on and... more (link is external)

Sometimes we complain about how our cameras function. Even if we are not doing so out loud, there is this voice in our heads that says “If only the ISO could go higher…” or “If only the card was faster…” or “If only the camera was lighter…”. And this is OK. Or course, those complaints [...]

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Just when I thought that the photography gear industry is getting a bit boring, Polaroid is stirring things up with a new patent suit against GoPro. Polaroid (or ratherC&A Marketing, which holds the Polaroid brand) fileda patent infringement suit claiming that the (now discounted) GoPro Session is infringing on their Polaroid Cube. Polaroid’s patent, datedMay [...]

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You will want to start out with a new document… size it according to your needs… I tend to make them fairly large so for this one 2400 x 2400… If you forget to fill the Background with white like I do… then file it with white using the Fill dialogue Shift + Delete.

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