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Over the past several years, engagement photos (also known as e-sessions or pre-wedding photoshoots) have become quite the norm amongcouples who are engaged to be married. It is probably one the first things newly engaged couples discuss and plan out. There is a lot of debate about the need for engagement photosfrom a couples point of view – are engagement photos really required, and what purpose do they serve especially if the duration between the engagement and the wedding is very... more

Even if you shoot to two cards at once with a dual slot DSLR, one of the biggest issues that many location photographers face is that of creating backups when out in the field. I’ve long recommended the Western Digital My PassportWirelessas a self contained solution for such a need, but it can be painfully [...]

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Canon USA have announced an update to their Video Creator Kits offerings with two new kits containing their newest cameras, including the EOS 80D DSLR, and the EOS M3 mirrorless. The kits are designed to be an all-in-one solution for independent YouTube content creators who don’t want to have to figure out everything they need [...]

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Ansel Adams is the most widely known photographer in history, you dont need to look very far to see one of his images.Would you like to know the whole key to Ansel Adams stunning photographs?

Monolith, The Face of Half Dome, by Ansel Adams (Image courtesy Ansel Adams Illumes and The Ansel Adams Gallery)

In this this video interview with his son, Michael Adams, you will hear about his breakthrough as a photographer, when he went from merely recording an... more



Just a quick heads-up for any of you who may live within striking distance of Columbus, Ohio. (And if that's not you, no need to keep reading. It'd just piss you off.)

So MidWest Photo, the folks that brought us the LumoPro LP180 and a bunch of other cool things, are moving to new digs in Columbus. And they are having two days of... more

After showing us a few teaser images, and ahead of tomorrow’s announcement of what is expected to be a new medium format mirrorless camera from Hasselblad, images and info have been leaked. It seems every time a new camera is about to be released, somebody somewhere always slips up and lets content out online before [...]

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Today, Adobe finally unleashes an update that many users have been waiting for.As well as giving us back the Legacy Healing Brush, thisupdate to Adobe’s CC2015 suite of applications brings some great new features to Photoshop, After Effects, Premiere and other applications. We’re going to look at some of these new features, and thanks to [...]

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Have you ever seen some stunning pictures of insects, where you can clearly see each individual element of their compound eyes, or looked through your Instagram feed marveling at photos of flowers where you can see the tiniest detail on each individual petal? If so, welcome to the wonderful world of macro photography, one in which the little things in life are not only celebrated, but magnified to glorious proportions, and even the most mundane objects around us can take on beautiful... more

Unless you have a dedicated boom arm, or a voice activated lightstand (an assistant) to do the job for you, booming microphones and lights overhead can prove to be a little tricky. Good boom arm stands can be expensive, especially if you want stability. This solution from the Frugal Filmmaker couldn’t have come at a [...]

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Uploading from your desktop straight to Instagram isn’t really anythingnew. There are a number of methods out there to let you access your Instagam account and post new images straight from Windows or OSX. Usually, they’re a bit of a long winded process. The new LR/Instagram plugin for Lightroom, however, makes the process simple and [...]

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