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When it comes to post-processing, photographers definitely have opinions about Photoshop Action sets. Some photographers love them, othersconsider them cheating. For me personally, Actions are most valuable when they either (a) make the editing that I would do by hand more efficient and/or (b) offer something unique and fun that may be outside my normal editing style, but fits a particular session.

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My story is one of tragedy followed by good fortune. It is the story of death giving birth to life and of the power of photography to make it happen. I had always considered myself a common man living a common life. Being the head of a business consulting firm provided me with little time [...]

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The Osmo has just been announced and it is already becoming an object of desire for many videographers. The ability to get stabilized 4K footage in such a small form factor is absolutely mind boggling, especially when compared to the larger MoVI or a Ronin solutions. The team atLixi Studios took theOsmo for a ride, [...]

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A man from the UK went to support a friend in court, but his wife wanted him to help out with the children and thought he was making up excuses to avoid his parental duties. Eventually the husband took a selfie to prove to his suspicious spouse that he is in fact in the courthouse, [...]

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Being a pretty diverse tool, Photoshop suggests many ways to accomplish each task. And each has its pros and cons. One of the more powerful tools in photoshop is masks. It is probably also one of the more complex tools. We are going to tackle makingtoday, and hopefully making them a bit less complex. What [...]

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Rob Whitworths latest flow motion video was released a few days ago and judging by the fact that its been viewed over 1.5 million times already, I think its fair to say that his unique style still captivates audiences. Curious to find out more about the kind of production efforts involved in such a project [...]

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With the end of 2015 and the holiday period approaching, we know that many dPS readers find themselves with cameras in hand more than any other time of year.

The holidays come with so many wonderful photographic opportunities and we don’t want you to miss a single one!

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One of the most prestigious accolades any photographer can obtain is to be the recipient of the Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship. Awarded annually for 90 years, the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation gives the honor of the Fellowship to men and women who have already demonstrated exceptional capacity for productive scholarship or exceptional creative ability in [...]

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Famed photojournalist Steve McCurry was one of 80,000 people inside the Stade de France watching a France-Germany friendly on Friday, November 13th, 2015. Twenty minutes into the match, three suicide bombers detonated explosive vests just outside of the national stadium as one part of a string of highly coordinated terroristattacks across Paris, France. McCurry, most [...]

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Hasselblad was once known for its incredible lineup of medium format cameras. But at some point in the past decade the Swedish company has gained a terrible reputation for taking Sony cameras, wrapping them in unnecessary and over-priced faades and branding them as their own. One such camera is the Hasselblad HV, a Sony A99 [...]

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