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Tack-Sharp Focus Tips for Street and Travel Photography

Tack-Sharp Focus Tips for Street and Travel Photography

In street photography, we always look for a moment to freeze in our photos. But the challenge is that the moment could happen anywhere and anytime. Predicting it is next to impossible. Another challenge that comes with it is capturing the moment in sharp focus. While using autofocus or a manual zone focus system is […]

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Animal Eye Detection & Autofocus with Mirrorless Cameras

Animal Eye Detection & Autofocus with Mirrorless Cameras

This article comes to us from the author of Secrets to Tack-Sharp Images (currently 77% off) if you want to dig deeper for further training. For many years I have been shooting with DSLR cameras – mainly because of the great autofocus these cameras provide. Every year I’ve tried out the latest mirrorless cameras and […]

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Top 5 New Features in Adobe Photoshop 2022

Top 5 New Features in Adobe Photoshop 2022

Adobe recently released the 2022 version of their most popular software, Photoshop. This new version includes a bunch of new features that will make your life as a photographer or a digital artist much easier. In today’s video, Jesus Ramirez walks you through the five most significant features included in this latest rollout. One very […]

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What I Learned from Photographing my First Wedding

What I Learned from Photographing my First Wedding

In my bucket list entitled ‘Things To Do As A Photographer Before I Die,’ shooting a marriage sits in pole position. I’ve photographed my children since their birth. I have the good fortune to shoot my favorite sport (boxing) regularly and have even documented a salsa band on tour in my town but for a […]

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Are High-Megapixel Cameras Really Better?

Are High-Megapixel Cameras Really Better?

Many consumers look at megapixels as a metric to compare and contrast cameras. Manufacturers take advantage of this when marketing their new cameras to lure potential buyers. At one point, there was a time when manufacturers were betting hard on megapixels, causing their counts to rise drastically. On the surface, a higher megapixel count seems […]

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Removing Dust & Power Lines in Photo Editor

Removing Dust & Power Lines in Photo Editor

Professionals or hobbyists, visual storytellers are often challenged by boring routine tasks and the complexity of sharing their final results online. In the fast-moving era of social media and mobile photography, routine editing and multi-step sharing can hinder the goal of any artist: creating work that fulfills their creative vision. Recently Skylum revealed more details […]

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Wildlife Photography: 10 Pro Tips

Wildlife Photography: 10 Pro Tips

Unlike most other genres of photography, wildlife photography gives you a very small margin for error. Animals are unpredictable. It is therefore essential that you’re familiar with your gear and its capabilities, and also have the skills to make the most out of it. To help you out, today we have wildlife photographer Steve Perry […]

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Good Ways to Ruin a Fine Photo: #1 Don’t Use a Tripod

Good Ways to Ruin a Fine Photo: #1 Don’t Use a Tripod

Hand holding a camera limits the shutter speed you can use without getting a blurred image. It depends on who’s holding it as some have steadier hands than others, but most people find the lowest shutter speed at which they can keep everything steady is by matching the shutter speed to the focal length of […]

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Macro Photography in Natural Light Tutorial

Macro Photography in Natural Light Tutorial

Macro lenses have a pretty shallow depth of field. The greater the magnification, the shallower the depth of field. To get a decent focus on the subject, you need to step down the aperture significantly. However, photographer Micael Widell shares how to take beautiful macro photos using natural light only: Shoot Around Noon As macro […]

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HDR Photography: How To Do It And Why

HDR Photography: How To Do It And Why

In today’s DSLR photo tip, we will discuss HDR photography, how to do it, and why. For some reason, this has become a real hot button issue with photographers. Some swear by it, others hate it! First, what is HDR photography? Defining HDR photography is one of those areas where it can get very detailed […]

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