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15 Tips for Starting and Maintaining a Successful Photography Business

15 Tips for Starting and Maintaining a Successful Photography Business

The professional photography industry can be a scary place for the new photographer trying to earn a living doing what he or she loves by establishing a photography business. The competition is fierce, the bookkeeping seems mountainous, and for those introverts among us, the thought of interacting so closely with people for a living—um… promote […]

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Here’s What You Need to Know About Aperture, F-Stops, and Depth of Field

Here’s What You Need to Know About Aperture, F-Stops, and Depth of Field

A lot has been said and written about aperture, f-stops and depth of field on PictureCorrect and elsewhere on the Internet. But rarely do you get a comprehensive breakdown of everything that you need to know about these elements of your lens in one place. In this video, Chelsea and Tony Northrup attempt just that. […]

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Aurora HDR Real Estate Photo Editing Tutorial

Aurora HDR Real Estate Photo Editing Tutorial

If you work in real estate, you know how important great imagery is in getting people interested in a property. First impressions last, and too many real estate shots don’t do justice to the building itself. A lot of the interior shots are distorted or too shadowy in some areas and too bright in others. […]

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Photography Project Brings Awareness to Ocean Plastic

Photography Project Brings Awareness to Ocean Plastic

As useful as plastics are, they have always been a pain to handle. They don’t decompose, and the enormous volume of plastic being dumped in the ocean is a serious matter of concern. Every 60 seconds, the equivalent of a truckload of plastic enters the ocean. In order to create awareness around the issue, photographer […]

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Composition Mistakes to Avoid as a Photographer

Composition Mistakes to Avoid as a Photographer

Leave out all the technicalities involved in taking a photograph, and it’s composition that makes or breaks an image. No matter how technically complex your photo may be, if the composition isn’t good, the photo is a failure. Photographer Sheldon Evans sheds light on some mistakes that photographers should avoid when composing an image: Evans […]

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Polaroid Photo Transparency Tutorial

Polaroid Photo Transparency Tutorial

Polaroid cameras were very popular when they came out. The convenience of not having to wait for days or weeks to get the prints made them immensely popular. But what if I told you that there’s more that you can do with the photos that come out. If you want, you can even use the […]

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Photolemur A.I. Photo Editor

Photolemur A.I. Photo Editor

Powered by AI, Photolemur recovers colors, corrects lighting and exposure, and does even more in just one click. No need for manual editing. Great photos automatically Photolemur analyzes each image and makes it awesome — automatically. Why Use Photolemur? Uses artificial intelligence and machine learning to fix images Processes dozens of photos at the same […]

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Aurora HDR Photo Editor

Aurora HDR Photo Editor

Aurora HDR 2019 has Skylum’s new AI-powered Quantum HDR Engine with new tone mapping technology to create the most realistic, immersive high dynamic range photographs possible. See how it works here: Aurora HDR With a press of the button, you get amazing images that look as natural as they did when you pressed the shutter. […]

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Long Exposure Water Photography Tutorial

Long Exposure Water Photography Tutorial

You must have come across images of rivers and waterfalls where the flowing water looks silky smooth and surreal. Such images are captured by using a long exposure. Travel photographer Dave Morrow shares some of his tips on taking beautiful long exposure photos of water: Composition Morrow always has his eyes out for good compositions […]

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Shutter Speed 101

Shutter Speed 101

Shutter speed is one of the three most important aspects that determine exposure in photography. Though something that photographers use quite often, shutter speed can be a tricky thing to master unless you grasp the basic concepts. This video tutorial explains what shutter speed is and how you can use it creatively in your compositions: The […]

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