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PhotographerIan Norman was out on shooting some night skies photo inAlabama Hills near Lone Pine, California. The photos are gorgeous (as you can see below), which is pretty usual up till now. But some time into the shoot Ian notices a huge fireball over the Sierra Nevada mountains. While Ian’s“big guns” gear was not setup [...]

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If I show you two different portraits, one with a blurred background and one with a sharp background, you will automatically prefer the one with the creamy bokeh. Why? Because thats just how it is. No, the bokeh effect is very flattering because it isolates the main subject by separating it from the background.

If you did not know, bokeh means blur in Japanese, and it is purely aesthetic.

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If you likeCinematographs, you are going to lovePlotagraph. In a nutshell,Plotagraph can convert any single JPEG into acinematograph. This is great news to anyone who likesCinematographs because creating those is a tedious and cumbersome process while (at least judging by the tutorial)Plotagraph is fast and very intuitive. Actually it requires no premiere/photoshop/after effect know how. [...]

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Remember thatguy in the truckwho tried to kill that photographerand eventually got charged with felony? This is kinda the same,onlyinstead of a guy, it’s a girl, instead of a car it’s a golf cart, and instead of the guy trying to kill the photographer, it’s the photo crewalmost killing the girl! We hate it when [...]

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Everybody loves to get it right in camera. But if you dont, you have plenty of tools to help you make it right. Lightroom is one of the best available, and the easiest to use. In this article I’ll show you how you can use Lightroom’s Transform and Crop Tools to improve your composition.

The Transform Tab

First, lets talk about the Transform tab, in the Develop module. Transform is relatively new to Lightroom. Its an improved version, split-off of the Lens Correction tab.... more

Do people who take photos today still use the Sunny 16 Rule? Do they even know about the Sunny 16 Rule? I think it might be regarded as a little old-fashioned now. After all, it is firmly rooted in the days of film. If it isn’t being taught (and I’ve taken a quick flick through [...]

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Earlier I shared a collection of images that show speedy subjects.

Weekly Photography Challenge – Speed

By Dave Young

By Chester Lam

Your job this week is to find and photograph a subject... more

Learning to clean your camera’s sensor is one of the most valuable skills a photographer can learn. At least when it comes to camera maintenance. It’s a task that many are afraid to learn, worried that they’ll kill their camera. These things are a lot more solid than most give them credit for. In this [...]

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360 video istaking off like crazy. Is it just a fad as some have suggested? Perhaps. But for now, it’s here and it probably will be for some time. The amount of 360 cameras is seems to be growing daily. Fromconsumer cameraslike the Theta S and Gear 360to expensive cinema solutions, VR has become accessible [...]

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I’m not typically a massive fan of shallow depth of field, except when it comes to full length portraits. Then, I love it. So, when this shot by Peruvianphotographer Jiro Sunohara passed by my monitor, I had to get in touch. During a recent trip to Peru, with the aid of friend and fellow photographer [...]

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