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As a portrait photographer, the majority of mywork is shot on location. This can beoutdoorsor in my clients’ homes or places of business. I mostly shoot using natural lightandhave become adept at finding the best light source in any locationas well as creatingbackgrounds that won’t interfere with the subjects.In this tutorial, I want to show you an easy, natural light portrait setup you can recreate in your own home. Simply by repositioning yourself and your model, you can create... more

I have a disclaimer before I even beginthis article. I shoot much more often in Shutter or Aperture Priority than I do in Manual mode. I save Manual mode specifically for studio shooting, for some tripod work where I have a lot of time to get the settings perfect, or for situations where the lighting is very consistent.

Learn Manual Mode to better understand exposure

However, I think it is immenselyimportant for you to try to periodicallyshoot in Manual early on, especially if... more

Flickr had the potential to be what Facebook is now, unfortunately Yahoo squandered multiple opportunities to make something of Flickr, now Yahoo has decided to offload Flickr to Verizon which is just one of many reasons I have decided to discontinue using Flickr. Its a shame to be leaving Flickr because I like the way [...]

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So how many photos do you think you can cram in a 1 Terabyte memory card (spoiler: it’s this times 2)? This question just move from a theoretical question into a practical question as SanDisk just showed off their first prototype of a 1 TerabyteSDXC card. While this is not the first consumer 1 Terabyte [...]

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We were (semi) excited about the GoProhero5 Black announcement. And while the footage wuality is yet to be seen, we were still left with some questions about how the camera actually feels and operates. Questions like how does the camera mount to a stick (or any other accessory for that matter)? How does it feel [...]

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While we are covering photokina 2016, looks like Pratik Naik has got some scoops which may or may not be true. In a shocking move that came unexpected to the industry, former Apple CEO has agreed to join Adobe this morning at Photokina. The move startled tech insiders. “It made sense to no one,” one [...]

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In the world of photography, there are several different schools of thought when it comes to third party lenses. Some photographers love them, some photographers choose to only purchase lenses made by their camera manufacturer. Personally, I have never had a problem with third party lenses, and they make up about half of my current camera bag. So when I had the chance to try... more

The process of converting a color landscape photo into a black and white image usingLightroom goes beyond changing the treatment to black and white. Thats just the start. From there you have to tweak and refine, using all tools that Lightroom gives you, to craft an image that matches the vision you carry in your... more

GoPro just announced their new line of cameras (along with the Karma drone) and frankly I am not that excited. The new line from GoPro is called Hero5 (no big surprises there) and it features only two cameras: a more advanced GoPro Hero5 Black and a smaller GoPro Hero5 session. That, I think, is a [...]

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GoPro have today finally unleashed the Karma drone on the world. Originally slated for release much earlier in the year, it seemed like it may never actually happen. After a few teases over the past couple of weeks, though, GoPro seem to have made good. Like GoPro’s cameras, the biggest feature of the Karma is [...]

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