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Autumn Tree Photography Tips in Non-Ideal Places

Autumn Tree Photography Tips in Non-Ideal Places

Often, in photography, we come across situations where we want to photograph something—but not everything feels just right. Maybe it’s the subject’s placement, the lighting or the background. But that’s okay, because you won’t always get everything readily served on your plate. As an artist, it’s up to you to creatively solve these issues. In […]

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Pro Landscape Photog Shares Some Tips While He is Working

Pro Landscape Photog Shares Some Tips While He is Working

The Internet makes it incredibly easy to learn more photography tips than you could ever use. That said, it’s easy to get overwhelming, especially when applying those tips out in the field. That’s usually because “ideal conditions” in landscape photography rarely exist, and even if they do, the window is often small. Today we have […]

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Good Cameras Can Take Bad Photos

Good Cameras Can Take Bad Photos

“I would love to be a better photographer… if only I had a better camera.” This is a comment I hear every day in my gallery. What many people don’t understand is that the type of camera you use is not the key to improving your photography. Pride makes it hard to admit that we […]

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Analyzing the Documentary Photo Style of Tish Murtha

Analyzing the Documentary Photo Style of Tish Murtha

British documentary photographer Tish Murtha was best know for covering marginalized communities, social realism and lives of the struggling working-class people. Most of her images were captured in Newcastle and around the northeast of England around the 1970s and ’80s, during economic trouble. Murtha also had a certain affinity for children and youth, so viewers […]

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Macro Photography on a Budget Tutorial

Macro Photography on a Budget Tutorial

The entry into the world of macro photography often starts with the macro mode on a point & shoot camera. But for DSLR shooters the it’s a bit more complicated. You’ll need either a dedicated macro lens, which is expensive, special adapters for reverse mounting a lens, or extension tubes. Adam Kappa explains how to […]

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Pro Photographer Shares Mistakes He Made Along the Way

Pro Photographer Shares Mistakes He Made Along the Way

In photography, we often see people making common mistakes. But what matters more than the mistake is the recovery. We should quickly identify such mistakes and try to correct them. Being able to do so is an important step to becoming a better photographer. In today’s video, we have photographer Brendan van Son who shares […]

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How to Add Style to Your Product Photography

How to Add Style to Your Product Photography

With product photography, first impressions really do matter. In a world where we are bombarded with advertisements all the time, it’s become more important than ever for products to grasp the viewers’ attention in a snap. And what better way to do this than by adding some style to the product photos? For all the […]

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A Fall Foliage Photography Walkthrough

A Fall Foliage Photography Walkthrough

For nature and landscape photographers, the small window in which autumn leaves emerge is one of the most anticipated events of the entire year. Vibrant colors explode as leaves begin to drop, one by one, to the earth below. Like moths to a lamp, the pristine beauty draws cameras out to try to grab a […]

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Neutral Density Filter Tips for Long Exposures During the Day

Neutral Density Filter Tips for Long Exposures During the Day

In this article, I will discuss an important topic in photography. Although this can be treated as an intermediate to advanced technique, I will try to keep it as simple as possible to make it seem like a piece of cake to all my readers. ND stands for Neutral Density ND filters are useful when […]

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How to Create the Misty Water Effect in Photography

How to Create the Misty Water Effect in Photography

Have you looked at a landscape photographer’s photo and wondered how they got the water coming down from a waterfall to look so misty? Or how they got the ocean in a seascape photograph to look so smooth? My guess is that if you’re starting out in landscape photography it’s probably one of the first […]

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