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Landscape photography seems simple to most people theres a pretty scene, you walk in, take a couple shots and youre done and chances are that you end up with a version of the scene that everyone else has. So how do you take your “snapshot” to the next level? Other than the “straight horizon” suggestion that you may have heard before, here are five basic tips you can try out when next you are on the field to help you take better landscape photos:

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This week, European Parliament voted into place a new law that increases the age of consent for online social media services, such as Instagram, Flickr and Snapchat, from 13 to 16, effectively banning any would-be photographers from sharing their work on social media networks until they reach the age of 16. The law, which has [...]

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With over 1500 entries from 52 different countries, the organizers of the inaugural Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards have a good reason to smile. The hilarious submissions gave them a good reason to laugh too. Aiming to raise awareness for wildlife while celebrating animals funny sides, the competition shares those special moments that wildlife photographers are [...]

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German drone makers,Ascending Technologies just redefined light painting. The company makes high end drones and drone software and to take their technology to the extremes, they made a series of Santa Light Painting which actually resulted in a short movie. The company used an LED mounted Falcon 8 – their own octa-copter. Way points were [...]

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It seems that in the world of photography today the demand for lighter, and more versatile, gear is at an all time high. The average photographer (if there is such a thing) wants to be able to cover a huge variety of subjects, and carry as few lenses as possible. Shooting quick and light has become the goal of many. In addition, even the hobbyist photographer has become more knowledgeable and more discerning about what cameras and lenses they choose to use. This has lead to an increased... more

This season on Photoshop User TV, The guys have changed up the format of the show to bring you quicktips. RC has a tip on creating and saving a signature for a watermark.

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It is day 5 in our 12 Deals of Christmas and today we’ve got a great deal that is perfect for anyone who gets asked to photograph events (birthday parties, concerts, school plays, reunions, weddings etc).

It’s 54% off Phil Steele’s Event Photography Course.

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Peak Design have created five incredibly successful Kickstarter campaigns. Their most recent – for the Everyday Messenger bag – raised nearly $5m from more than 17,000 backers. In this article, I talk with Peak Designs Adam Saraceno, to find out how they keep knocking their projects out of the proverbial ballpark. And, perhaps, to find [...]

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Sometimes it does not take much to create a wonderful shot for new year, it only takes a punched black cardboard andtwochampagne glasses. Moldova based PhotographerAlexZatsepinprovides a detailed explanation on how he took the photo above using a punched black cardboard, anIroning board, 3 strobes, and a good understating of how light and lenses work. [...]

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Its safe now to say that film is anything but dead. More so now than ever, it seems photographers young and old are looking to get back to the days of darkrooms. Recently, we shared with you the Filmomat, a completely automated film processing machine created from scratch. Today, we have for you a less [...]

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