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I recently found myself in the position of having to buy a new camera. It is an exciting time, but the new camera will take some getting used to.

Once you have put the battery in, the lens on, and inserted the memory card,it’s time to make your camera your own. Here are some steps to do so:

#1 Set your diopter

If your camera has a viewfinder, there will be a tiny dial near the eye piece. Thisis called the diopter and it affects how you see through the... more

Not many of us have 50TB of data that we want to back up. But the creative amongst us who shoot lots of footage or want to backup all their 50,000 RAWs from a timelapse project now have a fast and easy option to do so. Amazon’s new service is called Snowball and it is [...]

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Elinchrom are not resting and are giving a nice fight to Prophoto and Broncolor. Today Elinchrom are releasingtwo new products:a new Quadra flashhead for the ELB 400 and Quadra series,dedicated to Hi-Sync photography and a matching Skyport remote. This system, while providing the ‘regular’ features of the ELB system has a strong emphasis on Hi-Sync [...]

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If you are serious about your photography business, then you most likely have your own photography website already (if not, you should set one up right away). You are probably really proud of it and consider it the best website under the sun. However, numerous mistakes can be found on almost every photographer’s site. These mistakes could be fatal for your business, since they can easily... more

If you engage in any water activity with a GoPro (or any other action camera for that matter), you know that condensation will build up quite quickly on the inner side of the case. This is because of the temperature drop that chills the water vapor trapped in the case. You can shell out the [...]

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In this video Blake Rudis, from EverydayHDR, shows five really useful tips for using the Blend If feature, which is available in Photoshop when working with layers.

The five methods for using Blend If:
  1. Adding sharpness to your image
  2. Removing noise
  3. Adding saturation
  4. Vignetting
  5. Adding a texture to your photo

Get the downloads he mentions in the video here:

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When Sigma announced its 20mm f/1.4 Art lens a couple of days ago, among the excitement were calls for longer fast lenses as well. While the release date is not yet known, ZY optics (aka Mitakon) is hard at work on its new 135mm f/1.4 Speedmaster full frame lens – the worlds fastest 135mm FF [...]

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Photo sharing site 500px started a Chinese sister site and the service users were not happy. What started as a small snowball has evolved into a full avalanche, with many users taking their profiles off (or at least threatening to do so if action is not taken). 500px tried several steps to remedy this PR [...]

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Beating 42,000 entries from 96 countries, amateur photographer Don Gutoski won the prestigious Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2015 grand prize, over $15,000 and crazy field cred for his image Tale of two foxes. Other winning photos include falcons, a whale, a liger with tigers and another fox. Wildlife Photographer of the Year is developed [...]

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Getting to know when is the best time of the day, or the best lighting conditions in specific locations, is key for the outdoor photographer. Whether you are shooting landscapes or portraits outside, it is always good to know in advance what to expect in terms of lighting at your desired location. Of course, as the old saying goes, theres an app for that.

While there is no shortage of similar applications, I find LightTrac easy to use... more

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