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Photography Lighting Techniques

Photography Lighting Techniques

Photography is about light, and in fact, it can be defined as recording the light. Lighting is also one of the hardest things to get right in a photograph. To shoot images that stand out from the crowd, understanding the light source is critical. Photography lighting plays a major role in capturing colors as well […]

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Macro Photography Tips from a Nature Photographer

Macro Photography Tips from a Nature Photographer

While there are no second thoughts about how intricate and beautiful nature is, capturing those qualities can indeed be challenging. Macro photography is one of the best ways to get close to nature and enjoy the intricacies and beauty that nature has to offer. But as simple as it sounds, you need to spend some […]

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3 Techniques for Exposure Blending

3 Techniques for Exposure Blending

There are many ways to do things in Photoshop, which is great because it’s so flexible. But not all are created equal. Sometimes, the simpler and quicker way will work just as well as a more complicated alternative. But a lot of the time you might just need to go all-in if you want to […]

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Tips for Using Diagonals in Landscape Composition

Tips for Using Diagonals in Landscape Composition

Ask any photographer and they can tell you how important composition is. Further, they’ll also be able to share with you a ton of techniques to improve composition. However, not all such composition techniques are fool proof. And some of them tend to complicate the scene. In fact, there are only a handful of such […]

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How Clouds Can Affect Your Landscape Photography

How Clouds Can Affect Your Landscape Photography

Landscape photography is not only about having the best looking landscapes in your frame. It is also greatly influenced by the sky conditions, or let’s say the cloud conditions. Clouds not only affect lighting, but they also have a great impact on the mood of the photograph. So, whenever you’re composing your photos, it is […]

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Low Angle Photography Tips

Low Angle Photography Tips

One of the most popular angles to shoot is from the photographer’s standing point of view. While is fine with landscape and other general purpose photography, it does not create high impact visually arresting images. Most of the professional photographers, who have mastered the art of photography by experimenting and self learning, produce stunning and […]

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Why Photographers Must Embrace Change for Self-Improvement

Why Photographers Must Embrace Change for Self-Improvement

Change, as they say, is the only thing that’s constant. And yet still, most of us are not comfortable with it. This is what makes change management such a difficult concept. Even artists love to stay in their comfort zones and keep doing what they feel comfortable with. But what if things were to unexpectedly […]

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The Importance of Scale in Photography

The Importance of Scale in Photography

In the Oxford Dictionary Scale is defined as ‘Relative or Proportionate Dimensions’. So, what has this got to do with our photography? Think about the last time you took a wonderful view and, actually, felt a bit disappointed with the end result when you got back home. What did I miss? The key, as photographers, […]

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Tips for Flower Photography

Tips for Flower Photography

You see them everywhere: flowers in full bloom. They are colorful and so easy to photograph. You can use them as art prints, backgrounds for images, Facebook cover images, or just for the joy of capturing the beauty of a flower. There are some tricks that can elevate your images beyond snapshot level, into images […]

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When to Ignore the Histogram and Choose Your Own Exposure

When to Ignore the Histogram and Choose Your Own Exposure

Exposure in photography can be subjective. When deciding whether the exposure on a particular image is overexposed, underexposed or just right, the definitions can be vague. So what’s the best way to decide your exposure settings? Your camera comes with tools that can help you, but how seriously you adhere to those is up to […]

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