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15 of the Most Mesmerizing Star Trail Photos

15 of the Most Mesmerizing Star Trail Photos

If you want to capture beautiful and interesting astronomical images you don’t need to have expensive equipment. You don’t even need a telescope. You just need a rich imagination, a camera with a wired trigger, and a tripod. The easiest way to start with astrophotography is by shooting star trails, which are the result of […]

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The Only Exposure Triangle Cheat Sheet You’ll Ever Need

The Only Exposure Triangle Cheat Sheet You’ll Ever Need

Don’t you wish there were simple photography cheat sheets to set you straight on aperture, shutter speed, and ISO? Well, here you go! This image succinctly presents the exposure triangle so you’ll never get confused about f-stops and shutter speeds again: How the Exposure Triangle Works: The exposure triangle in photography refers to the balance of […]

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How to Use ND Filters for Long Exposures: Tutorial

How to Use ND Filters for Long Exposures: Tutorial

Ever wonder how professional photographers manage to get dreamy daytime blurs without overexposing their images? Believe it or not, achieving this effect is actually pretty simple. As photographer Craig Roberts explains, one small tool makes all the difference: Neutral density (ND) filters primarily serve to muffle wavelengths as they pass through a camera’s lens. In turn, this […]

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Pursuit: A Storm Chaser’s Amazing Photography Timelapse

Pursuit: A Storm Chaser’s Amazing Photography Timelapse

Photographer Mike Olbinski spends most of his days shooting weddings and portrait sessions. But when spring comes around, you’re likely find him chasing after a very different subject. Pursuit is a short film compiled of footage he made across 10 states and 28,000 miles over the course of 27 days during the peak of storm chasing season. Featuring […]

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The First and Last Guide to Cleaning Your Camera You Will Ever Need (Cringeworthy)

The First and Last Guide to Cleaning Your Camera You Will Ever Need (Cringeworthy)

Don’t do this! Are your lenses so dirty you need to do color correction every time you take a shot? Do you change your lenses so often that the noise in your photos is due exclusively to sensor dust?  Ever wonder how to return your camera to an out-of-the-box shine before reselling it on Ebay? […]

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Essential Photography Skills 3rd Edition

Essential Photography Skills 3rd Edition

Do you sometimes feel overwhelmed by the sheer number of options and settings on your digital camera? Does it drive you crazy when your images aren’t as sharp as they should be? The 3rd edition of this popular guide was just released designed to help you master the photography essentials so you can gain confidence […]

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Basics of Aerial Photography from an Airplane or Helicopter

Basics of Aerial Photography from an Airplane or Helicopter

Aerial photography presents unique challenges. It requires much more than just shooting from a high elevation, and it can be very mundane if not done in an artistic and creative way. Professional commercial photography is intended to sell a client’s product, whatever it may be. In the case of aerial photography, it may be that […]

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Understanding Background Plates as a Photographer

Understanding Background Plates as a Photographer

Have you ever taken a lifestyle shot or some other photo where your subject looked great but your background didn’t quite cut it? Maybe the exposure was off, or when you got to post-processing you didn’t have the bokeh you were hoping for. Whatever the reason, taking a couple of background plates during your shoot […]

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How to Become a Photojournalist

How to Become a Photojournalist

Having special access to some of the most intense and exciting political and cultural events in our country is both an earned privilege and a major responsibility; photojournalists get to document moments that go down in history. So how can new photographers get in on that exclusive action and what is it really like? Gino […]

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Photographer Chases Amazing Solar Eclipse Shot to the Edge of the World

Photographer Chases Amazing Solar Eclipse Shot to the Edge of the World

Photographing a total solar eclipse is difficult on its own, but try adding three extreme skiers and a trip to the high Arctic and it’s a whole other ball game. When the total solar eclipse took place on March 20, 2015, there were only two places in the world from which it would be completely […]

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