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That's me, above, in 2013. I made a trip to Japan for some meetings with Fuji. I was there with three other photogs and a room of Fuji engineers for two solid days of "How can we make our cameras better?" discussions. Because that's how they do.

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OK, so for a while weve been wanting to explain a couple of film technicalities that were pretty sure will change many peoples understanding of film and exposure. Alright, take a deep breath cause this stuff is easy but sometimes difficult to explain in written communication. So the thing is that exposure on film (unlike [...]

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Dogs, by their very nature, are excitable creatures. Of course, they like nothing more than being outside and running around, chasing sticks, balls, and other dogs. All this cant be conducive to prime lens photography, right? You want a good zoom lens for a job like this, surely? Well, not me. I love shooting my pet portrait sessions with my trusty Canon f/1.4 50mm prime, and Im going to go through what I consider to be the advantages of doing so, and how best to overcome the... more

Last month we met with fourof today’s top creatives for a pleasant chat. We asked them about theirsuccesses, failures, fears and joys. We met Pratik Naik, Bella Kotak, Roderique Arisiamanand Richard Terborgandasked each four questions: What isyour biggest careeraccomplishment What was your biggest professional failure What is your biggest fear What key advice would you [...]

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I know that many are using VALs (Voice Activated Light stands) for moving strobes around, but this is the first time I am seeing a Plane Carried Light stand.Prague-basedphotographerDan Vojtech(previously) did just that. Dan collaborated with theFlying Bullsaerobatic group. But he did better than going on a plane along side the pilot and shoot, healso [...]

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Not all photographers choose to have a dedicatedindoor studio, but sometimes you need to shoot a session indoors.Maybe it’s freezing outside, and you don’t want to be out in that weather. Maybe you have a bride who wants bridals, but is worried about her dress getting dirty. Maybe you just want something fresh and a little quirky. Maybe the building has special meaning to you or the person you are photographing.

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You’re in the middle of a photoshoot and suddenly you notice nothing in your viewfinder is in focus. Your shutter and AF-ON buttons (if using back-button focusing) do not seem to work. All eyes are on you, and the pressure is on to quickly fix the problem. Where do you start? Or perhaps you have just changed lenses and suddenly nothing works. Where might you have gone wrong?

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Focusing a self portrait is hard, but focusing a self portrait at with Canon’s 85mm f/1.2 lens fully open is almost impossible. F/1.2 is so shallow that even the slightest movement will make your eyes blurred and your nose (or ears) tack sharp. While definitely difficult, it is not impossible, and British photographer Joseph Parry [...]

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One of Lightroom’s most useful tools is tucked away at the top of the Develop panel, under a rather strange-looking icon that looks like a magic wand from Harry Potter. Clicking this Adjustment Brush icon, gives you access to many of the macro-scale alterations and edits available on some of the other Develop panels, but lets you control them on a micro level. It’s a fantastic tool for editing specific portions of an image, as opposed to the whole picture, but figuring out how to... more

If you’re a GoPro user, you probably have a whole pile of used GoPro adhesive mounts accumulating in your gear closet. Well, if you want to re-use them, there is a really easy and cost effective way to get your sticky back. Scotch makes a line of reusable, double sided adhesive tabs for mounting photos, [...]

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