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Using Eyes to Make Great Travel Photos

Using Eyes to Make Great Travel Photos

Want to make sure your travel photos have impact? Check out this excellent video by award-winning travel photographer Mitchell Kanashkevich. He goes beyond the the standard tips and in less than ten minutes describes how to add emotional weight and a sense of story to your images—all by paying attention to where the eyes are […]

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10 Reasons Why Your Photos Aren’t Better

10 Reasons Why Your Photos Aren’t Better

Photography is tricky. As easy as it seems to just snap the shutter, there’s a lot more that goes into the photo as a form of art. So, beginners are often surprised to find they struggle when they first pick up a camera. In the following conversation, Tony and Chelsea Northrup discuss ten points where many […]

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DIY Beauty Dish Tutorial for Portrait Photography

DIY Beauty Dish Tutorial for Portrait Photography

A beauty dish is a tool used by portrait photographers to create a light that wraps around the subject’s face. It creates a soft light with a natural fall-off that, in turn, creates a contrasted look and makes the image dramatic. If you’re just starting out and cannot afford to get the gear, COOPH has […]

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Narrative Wedding Photography: Telling a Story

Narrative Wedding Photography: Telling a Story

As a Staffordshire based wedding photographer I look at a lot of wedding photography and it’s can be very hard to see something you love and not want to replicate the image in your next wedding. However, I don’t think that is the right way to approach shooting the day. Everyday is different and each […]

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New: Effective Storytelling with Photography

New: Effective Storytelling with Photography

Storytelling is the single biggest photographic skill, that you can learn, that will make your work stand out from everyone else. This new premium guide by Kent DuFault is 133-pages of deep training, giving you a simple and practical understanding of using storytelling to make your photographs stand out. We were able to negotiate a […]

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Tips and Tricks for Urban Lifestyle Photography

Tips and Tricks for Urban Lifestyle Photography

Capturing day to day life in a compelling way is often easier said than done. Our ordinary lives don’t usually feel all that extraordinary, and getting interesting photographs with run-of-the-mill subjects can become a creative challenge. Luckily, a little bit of ingenuity can go a long way for a well versed photographer. Shamsan Anders, in cooperation […]

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Using the Weather to Capture Great Landscape Photography

Using the Weather to Capture Great Landscape Photography

Landscape photography is one of the most inspiring and beautiful of all the photographic genres. A good landscape will transport us visually to a beautiful part of the world, and many landscape photographers strive to show us these places under perfect conditions. Certain locations however, can be utterly transformed by harsh weather conditions and in […]

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14 Impressive Soccer Action Shots

14 Impressive Soccer Action Shots

Even if you don’t have tickets to the World Cup, you can still find some great soccer photography opportunities. With indoor leagues active in many cities, it’s a great sport to shoot practically year-round. And many photographers are already on to that. See the awesome action shots we found, and get inspired to photograph your […]

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Long Exposure Photography: Aperture & Shutter Speed Settings

Long Exposure Photography: Aperture & Shutter Speed Settings

Long exposure photography produces surreal results. By recording the changes in the environment for an extended time, cameras capture images that a human eye cannot replicate. To help you take better long exposure photos, fine art photographer Attilio Ruffo explains how you can master aperture and shutter speed: Choosing Your Aperture For landscape photographs, you […]

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How Technical Camera Reviews Can Sometimes Be Faulty

How Technical Camera Reviews Can Sometimes Be Faulty

Camera technology changes less drastically than it used to in the early days of digital photography. Yet, reviewers and consumers have been focusing on the technical image quality when making buying decisions. Not to forget the human error that creeps in, which can render the test meaningless or misleading. Tony Northrup explains why you should […]

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