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If you ever needed proof that police photo composites could be pretty accurate, this is it. In an advert recently put out by Getty, they use facial compositing techniques to make up the faces of religious leaders, politicians and royalty usingparts of random peoplefromthe millions of images in their archive. I would imagine Getty used [...]

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The last thing you want to do when testing out some equipment, especially whensurrounded by your peers at the CineGear expo, is to drop a $70,000 Arri Alexa XT, but that’s exactly what oneperson did while checkingout the NBStabilizer rig recently. A number of social mediacommentators are putting this down to user error, letting the [...]

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Have you ever said to yourself, “If only I had that lens, or this camera I’d be an amazing photographer”? Or maybe you’ve thought that if only you had more time or money, your dreams of being the photographer you want to be, would finally be realized. Many times as photographers we will have limitations put on us. Sometimes we may set those limits on ourselves, and sometimes they are limits that can’t be helped. Either way, we can use those limitations to... more

For most sane and rational people, being invited to climb the spire at the top ofOne World Trade Center to photograph the view would probably result in a flat out “no”. For others, it’s definitely a “yes“, “sure“, or “absolutely!“, even when not entirely legal. But whenprofessional mountaineer and photographer Jimmy Chin is asked to [...]

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If you’re like me, its so easy to get focused on trying to take great shots that you forgot to make sure your images are straight, and not crooked. Not some crazy tilt, mind you just a slight tilt. So slight that when you notice it in your images, it just looks weird. A more dramatic tilt and well just call it art. But this slight tilt is just enough to drive you crazy and cost us a lot of extra time editing your images.

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LED lighting has come a very long way in just a few short years, and Aputure wants to take on the sun with theirnew COB 120t LED light. The 120t certainly isn’t the first LED powered light to offer the benefit of a Bowens S-Type mount, but it does have a couple of neat features. [...]

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American photojournalist David Gilkey, on assignment for NPR, alongside interpreterZabihullah Tamanna, were killed in Afghanistan on Sunday in a Taliban ambush, according to reports from the New York Times. NPR hasalso confirmed the deaths. Considered one of the best photojournalists in the world, Gilkey received an array of awards including a George Polk Award in [...]

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Taking out his frustration on twitter after being ejected from theUFC 199 pay-per-view event on Saturday, journalist Ariel Helwani of MMA Fighting/SB Nationwasseemingly escorted from the building by security prior to the main event. Along with him went photographer Esther Lin and video director E. Casey Leydon, also part of the SB Nationcrew, all three [...]

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Light is the backbone of photography. Without light, there are no photos. After all, the word photo means light. However, which type of lighting is best: natural or artificial? There are a lot of proponents for either camp, but this article will try and dissect the argument from both perspectives, and give you a chance to add your opinion at the end.

Natural Light

The arguments in favor of natural light are many, which means it’s not difficult to see why it is attractive to... more

When our wonderful editor Darlene asked me to write an article comparing camera types my first thought was to show you a series of photos just like the following, and ask you to guess which ones were taken, with which cameras. Its a fun idea, so lets do it.

This is the list of cameras.

1. Olympus D345 (5 megapixel compact, purchased 2006)
2. EOS Digital Rebel XT (8 megapixels APS-C dSLR, purchased 2006)
3. EOS 40D (10 megapixel APS-C dSLR, purchased 2007)
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