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If youre looking for your weekly dose of inspiration, we have it for you. This time, it comes in the form of a TED video wherein conservation photographer Thomas Paschak shares his story of what it is that drives him to capture the work he does and how he hopes to make a difference through [...]

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Sometimes, the complexity of simplicity makes us fail to preserve the fundament of all we are and all we represent. This is the opening line for the description of SINGULARITY, a mesmerizing macro video by award-winning photographer Roman De Giuli. And while it might seem contrived, it couldnt be more true. Thats because this psychedelic [...]

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Stanley Kubrick is one of the most iconic directors to ever grace the film industry. His unusual shots and techniques might seem unorthodox, but theyre what made him who he is. As a tribute to just one of Kubricks many distinct compositions and shooting techniques, Spanish filmmaker Jorge Luengo Ruiz has put together a supercut [...]

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Other than for special effect, photographers generally do not want out-of-focus images. But sometimes, regardless of which camera settings are used, not every detail of an image can be captured tack sharp. Depth of field (DOF) can be so shallow, that interesting aspects of the photos are without sharpness. Setting to a smaller aperture may be used to increase DOF, but moving the aperture farther from a lenss sweet spot introduces lens diffraction into the image, again resulting in some... more



As photographers, we often have to do outdoor portraits. And if we are lighting, that means hauling a lot of gear, fighting a lot of sun and dealing with the wind. But lately I've been working to pare the gear pack down to something that is reasonable in terms of cost, size and weight.

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Have you ever looked at those great water droplet or splash images and found yourself scratching your head wondering how did they do that?

Well, those great images are usually done in studios, with electronically programmable eyedroppers, and motion triggers that fire the camera at an exact split second, allowing the photographer to freeze motion on that exact perfect moment. All that specialized gear makes all this process controllable, but if you own a camera and an external... more

Im sure Im not the only one who spent countless hours playing around with Spirographs as a kid. Right? You know, those strange gear-like devices that were used in conjunction with a drawing utensil of some sort to create a strangely organized geometric shape from what shouldve been a bunch of scribbles. Now, imagine if [...]

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Today, in honor of Red Bulls Illume competition, COOPH has shared an incredibly inspirational video that serves as a tribute to the photographers who travel the planet in their unrelenting pursuit of the perfect shot. The two-and-a-half minute video shows a collection of still shots that have been submitted to previous years of the [...]

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When you think of DJIs Osmo camera, timelapse photography likely isnt the first thing that comes to mind. But, as it turns out, the gimbal-stabilized 4K footage from the DJI Osmo is a perfect solution to creating incredible hyperlapse videos. Award-winning timelapse photographer Rufus Blackwell took his DJI Osmo on a recent trip to Saigon, [...]

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Photography has all sorts of rules that we’re told to adhere to: thirds, inverse square, golden mean and so on. While these rules certainly help build the foundation of any great photographer, its important to remember to break the rules and step out of the mould every once in a while to learn and gain [...]

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