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Fellow photographers, lets reflect for a moment on our mutual passion for this amazing art form, and maybe even do a little bragging about it. Photography is an incredibly rewarding hobby; in fact, it’s so rewarding that I believe it to be the best hobby one could enjoy. Here are five reasons why.

1. Photography complements many other hobbies

If your other hobby involves any physical thing, well then, youre able to take beautiful photos of it! Whether its gardening, cars,... more

If you are reading this site for any amount of time, you you know that we are big fans of adding movement to time lapses. And while there are some small and nifty devices out there, nothing beats a full rig. And theGenie Pan Track Kit is one of our favorite. Guess what? We’re giving [...]

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It’s always amusing when something shown on TV includes something ripe for chroma keying. This time around, it’s the Rio 2016 men’s singles tennis final between Andy Murray and Juan Martin Del Potro. That they were playing on a giant green screenwas noticed by imgur user factionman.After this,the obvious becameinevitable. I would imagine these scenarios [...]

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Bokeh Panoramas, (Bokehramaor the “Brenizer method“) area way to simulatea large format look with small sensor cameras. In theory, the process is simple. Take a bunch of photos, then stitch them together in something like Photoshop. What makes it different from a regular panoramic shot, is that the subject is primarilyportraits with a relatively shallow [...]

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The YI 4K made a huge buzz when it was launched. I mean $249 for the 4k YI vs. the $450 of the GoPro Hero 4 Black? Take my money. We have a full review coming coming soon, and so far we like it. Till then we took a few still and crops from our [...]

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It almost feels like the manufacturers leak these things themselves, sometimes, just to get some buzz going. After the recent5D Mark IV leaks, we see two more. This time, it’s a couple of lenses. The 16-35mm f/2.8 and 24-105mm f/4 are both favourites amongst Canon shooters. The 24-105mm f/4L IS USM first introduced by Canon [...]

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Mike Roshuk is a professional Photographic Artist, Illustrator, and Graphics Specialist based in Edmonton Alberta. He specializes in merging the worlds of photography and illustration, creating beautifully rendered artwork ranging from scenes of fantasy to pop-culture inspired images.Iasked Miketo walk us through his mario world inspired composite Whenever I’m trying to think of an idea [...]

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Dear photography community.I am writing this post to warn you. Warn you about two things! We live in a modern age with crazy technology our cameras are proof of that. And so is the technology the common thief uses.On a travel to Lithuania I parked the rented car (with full insurance coverage) and went [...]

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Every shooterwill tell you that they all made the same photography mistakes when they were starting out. From horizon lines not being straight to poor focusing, here are some of the most common newbie mistakes and how to avoid them.

Newbie Mistake #1 – Dull Photos

Often, one of the first questions newbie photographers ask when comparing their images to the pros’, is why their images look dull. In the majority of cases, this is because of the lighting... more

It’s why mine always suck, too. Light pollution. It’s hard to escape it these days. It’s the thing that puts many budding astrophotographers off before they’ve really even got started.This video from Sriram Murali puts things into context. Filmed mostly inCalifornia, this short shows how the night sky changesas you get further from the city [...]

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