Photography Blogs & Tutorials

While everyone on Instagram might think of themselves as food photographers, there are those who actually get paid to travel around the globe and capture decadent delicacies. One of those individuals is Bon Appetits Alex Lau, a professional photographer and competitive powerlifter. One question Lau gets a lot is whether or not he gets to [...]

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The delivery date for theFuji X-Pro2 is set to March 3rd. If this was not a leap year, that would have been in three days. Sadly, we will have to wait for another day before we see it shipped. If you are considering getting one of those cameras, here is a RAW file right out [...]

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As you learn more about using your camera, and start takingbeautiful pictures, you might also want a way to share them with the rest of the world. There are many social networking platforms that are ideal for this sort of thing like: Instagram, Flickr, Google Photos, Tumblr, andFacebook, along with hundreds more.

However, one of the most popular, and effective ways, to share your pictures is a simple, humble, tried-and-true blog. Even though blogs are sort of like grandpas in our... more

Here is one of the cooler projects for LED panels that I’ve seen. Unlike the ‘usual’ LED panels, those panels are mounted on flexible material so they can be folded and mounted pretty much anywhere. DIYPerks is usingMARSWELL LEDs for good color rendition. if you look at the photo below you can see how 80+ [...]

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The shortlists for the world’s biggest photography competition, the 2016 Sony World Photography Awards has been released this week. This year’s competition has broken all records this year, receiving a massive 230,201 entries, up 28% on last year. The Sony World Photography Awards is split into four separate photography competitions for Professional, Open, Youth and [...]

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If you’ve been in the creative business long enough, chances are you’ve been requested to do some spec work. As a photographer, you are rarely asked to do a complete shoot as spec work, but there is a good chance that you;v been asked to pitch a concept along with other photographers. And if you [...]

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Sunflares can make an otherwise dull image, look pretty dramatic. It’s very tricky to get good images of a sunflare in-camera, especially when using natural light only, as the contrast between the light and dark parts of the image is often too great that no amount of Active-D lighting can fix. Thankfully, we have Photoshop and many special effects like sunflares can be magically created, added, or enhanced, using this software’s mind-blowing functionality.

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According to DigitalRev, a new Canon 5D is on the horizon; thecamera will not be a 5Dmk4, but a 5Dx, and it will shoot 4K. if DR is correct, they are sharing quite a bit of information. Including an impressive set of features, and an announcement date. If this is not good enough for you, [...]

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Adventure photography has continuously become more and more popular for outdoor photographers, thanks to new technology in cameras, and the outlets of social media platforms like Instagram, that are very photography-friendly. You may have seen some posts that are routinely labeled as “epic” and want to know how to create the same awe-inspiring feeling in your own photographs.

The good news is you can! But, just like in other fields of photography, composition is extremely... more

If you go through Flickr galleries and popular photo, model mayhemor Facebook photography groups, some photographs keep popping up. You see them again and again to the point you just want to scream. Not necessarily because they are bad, but rather because they are lacking any clear photographic idea. As deeper you dive into the [...]

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