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Over 20,000 Photographers Follow Us on Facebook!

Over 20,000 Photographers Follow Us on Facebook!

A very important milestone for us! Thank you so much to all of you who Like us on Facebook ;) You are often the first to know if we have posted a new article and we very much appreciate the feedback you give us in discussions. After a lot of ideas were thrown around we decided to post our first timeline image that highlights the cities that visit us most. We would love it if you would respond to this discussion on Facebook and tell us where you are on the map, for example “Greetings from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia” or “Hello from Chicago, Illionois”. Just thought it would be fun to see where everyone is.

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How to Create Business Cards for a Photography Company

How to Create Business Cards for a Photography Company

Of the many avenues to land a new photography client or job, one of the most important is handing out business cards. Other marketing activities are still important of course, but meeting a potential client face-to-face and handing them a business card definitely holds a higher chance of converting into a job. I know many wedding photographers who are approached and asked for business cards at each wedding. Another peer also told me how he was able to book a big real estate photography job after being approached while taking casual cityscape photos.

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Forget Mugshots: 10 Steps to Better Portraits

Forget Mugshots: 10 Steps to Better Portraits

Forget Mugshots: 10 Steps to Better Portraits by David duChemin aims to help you take your portrait photography to the professional level. The author tried to pick the ten most significant factors that, combined, contribute to making powerful portraits. With valuable insights and many exercises to retain the information, it is a great training resource. […]

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Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 4 Released Today

Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 4 Released Today

Lightroom 4 is a major release, adding significant new capabilities and innovations. New adjustment controls maximize dynamic range from cameras, recovering exceptional shadow details and highlights. The software features new and improved auto adjustments to dynamically set values for exposure and contrast, and additional local adjustment controls including Noise Reduction, Moire and White Balance.

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Canon 5D Mark III

Canon 5D Mark III

On the 25th anniversary of its world-renowned EOS System, Canon is proud to announce its latest model, the EOS 5D Mark III Digital SLR Camera. Positioned between the extremely popular EOS 5D Mark II and Canon’s top-of-the-line professional EOS-1D X model, the EOS 5D Mark III delivers superb image quality, thanks to a new 22.3-megapixel […]

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Facebook Discussion: What is the Next Skill You Want to Learn in Photography?

Facebook Discussion: What is the Next Skill You Want to Learn in Photography?

The photography industry is moving so fast and there is seemingly always something new happening. What is the next skill you want to learn? It will be interesting to see what everyone is working on and this feedback will help us plan for future articles. Did you know that PictureCorrect has an active Facebook and Google+ community? This means that you can easily keep track of our best and most fascinating articles by connecting with us. Join more than 400,000 people who interact with PictureCorrect Photography Tips every month.

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Remembering Photojournalists Documenting Violence in Syria

Remembering Photojournalists Documenting Violence in Syria

As violence continues in Syria, there are many photographers risking their lives in an effort to report the truth to the world. Without journalists on the ground, the government would be free to manipulate the news and the truth about what is happening there. French photographer Remi Ochlik was killed this week along with another prominent journalist, Marie Colvin, in a barrage of gunfire and shelling by government forces in Homs, Syria.

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Photo Nuts and Post Guide

Photo Nuts and Post Guide

Monday is the final day to receive 33% off Photo Nuts and Post: a Guide to Post Processing Your Images. This eBook guide has proved to be extremely popular with both readers and reviewers. Consisting of 110 pages with an hour of video tutorials, it is currently priced at $19.99 as part of the launch promotion but will be $29.99 starting on Tuesday and going forward. It includes detailed walkthroughs of processing some example images, including over an hour of screencast videos which walk you through a number of the techniques talked about in the eBook.

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Exposure for Outdoor Photography eBook Review

Exposure for Outdoor Photography eBook Review

Another eBook released this week, EXPOSURE For Outdoor Photography by Michael Frye teaches photographers how to master natural lighting situations in landscape photography. The most essential technical skill a photographer must master is exposure. On the surface, exposure seems easy. It’s simply a matter of making the image bright enough—not too dark, and not too light. But […]

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Simple Wedding Photography eBook Review

Simple Wedding Photography eBook Review

Simple Wedding Photography by Lauren Lim was just released today and covers everything you need to know to photograph a wedding and the business behind it. From diagrams of where you should stand throughout the ceremony to advice on all the final deliverables to the client. This 200 page ebook will be useful to wedding photographers of any experience level. It also comes with several extras including: a sample wedding album in pdf format, a screencast commentary on the sample album, as well as wedding worksheets and checklists to make sure you’re prepared.

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