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Our texture store has already been up for one week with over 2,000 downloads and we are grateful for the comments, and suggestions that we are getting. WE are releasing a new batch of resources today and asking you to take advantage on our free (CC-BYed) resources to create a photo of your own. We [...]

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Lexar announced two new XQD 2.0 memory cards, one of which is the fastest XQD on the market, and a dedicated card reader. The cards are rated at 2933x (440MB/s) and 1400x (210MB/s) and will provide a welcome speed boost to the already fast system. Nikon, the only DSLR manufacturer who uses XQD cards, is [...]

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Autumn provides photographers with an abundance of colours and amazing light. When captured right, autumn can create images which are the envy of everyone.

For family photos, autumn can provide you with amazing backdrops, and a variety that can be matched by no other season. For this article, I took my own two children for a walk in the woods to do some fall portraits. Photographing other people’s children is always easier than your own, so I thought it would be a great exercise... more

Sony just keeps on disturbing the camera market. today they announced their newRX1R II camera(pre order link). It is a small, palm-sized, camera packing a full frame sensor capturing42.4-megapixel andthe worlds first optical variable low-pass filter which can be turned on or off from the camera menu. The RX1R II boasts a 42.4-megapixel back-illuminated 35 [...]

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Users of the (recently rebranded) photo sharing site 500px, are gathering to protest that Chinese now have access to all of their photoson 500px in seems to be a 500px sister site. 500px userAnne Sorbes came out with an angry post titled “Publication without authorisation” to the community forums stating that she is extremely unhappy [...]

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If you haven’t checked out PixelSquid, today may be a great day to do so. Why? Because pixelsquid.com is in beta testing right now and all of there stock imagery is free. Now when I say stock imagery, don’t think of this as normal stock imagery… this is super-stock imagery in that you can rotate any of there objects 360 degrees and get the angle you need for your composite and then download a PSD (yes I... more

A simple Google search for travel inspiration yields thousands of beautiful images and motivational quotes. Words like, “The Best University is to travel”, “We must take adventures in order to know where we truly belong” and “To travel is to live a full life” flash across your computer screen amidst jaw-dropping travel photography imagery. It brings forth such great feelings of wanderlust and longing to hit the road.

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Sigmas Art lens lineup has become extremely popular, and according to Digicame-info the company is about to add a new lens to the lineup. Continuing to focus on wide angle lenses, the next lens rumored to be released is the 20mm f/1.4 DG HSM Art, and if true we should see it already this Friday. [...]

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Light has different qualities, and by understanding those differences and using them in your favor, you can become a better image maker. From my point of view, the best place to start improving your ability to work with light is by learning its most basic form, which is natural light.

Therefore, this article is the first of a series that will focus on understanding how to work with natural light. We will:

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Ever heard those stories of people who bought some old painting for $5 at a garage sale and later discovered it was a super expensive piece of art worth a fortune? Well, a happy customer of a junk shop in Fresno, California hit the jackpot buying and old photo for $2 that turned out to [...]

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