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Tips for Posing Grooms: Wedding Photography

Tips for Posing Grooms: Wedding Photography

If you’re a wedding photographer, individual portraits of the bride and the groom in their wedding attire are some of your must-have shots. In this video, photographer Vanessa Joy demonstrates some easy posing techniques for grooms to guarantee your clients look their very best in their wedding portraits: “Men want to look more powerful, as […]

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How & Why to Use Mirror Lock-Up Mode on DSLR Cameras

How & Why to Use Mirror Lock-Up Mode on DSLR Cameras

If you’ve dabbled in landscape photography, there’s no doubt that you’ve struggled with the headache of motion blur at one point or another. We often don’t overthink the issue; a tripod and remote shutter can drastically reduce problems stemming from movement nine times out of ten. But, for perfectionists, even the smallest touch can throw off […]

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3 Tips to Find Great Portrait Photography Locations

3 Tips to Find Great Portrait Photography Locations

How do you find the best location to take portraits when all the good spots are overdone? Mango Street created this video to demonstrate various methods for finding portrait locations in the most unlikely of places. You can find great locations just about anywhere, as long as you take these factors into consideration: 1. Consider […]

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Special Effects Lightroom Presets

Special Effects Lightroom Presets

Add unique special effects onto your photos in just 1 click. From sun flares to light leaks to film burns and more. Over 100 presets in all for amazing additions to your photo editing. Found here: The Special Effects Preset Bundle When shooting outdoors, a pretty sky is a key element to making a pretty photo. […]

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3 Tips for Sports Photography

3 Tips for Sports Photography

If you’re looking to get into sports photography, pay attention to these wise words from sports photographer Al Bello. He often draws inspiration when admiring work from other photographers and advises others to do the same. In his video, Bello details how much work, sacrifice, and luck goes into his job on a daily basis in order […]

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Improve Your Photography Composition by Studying Art Books

Improve Your Photography Composition by Studying Art Books

When discovering the basics of photography, your first instinct might not be to turn to classical painting. Instead, many of us turn to technical blogs and research top of the line editing gear. However, as art educator Tavis Leaf Glover demonstrates, the artists of old may have more to offer contemporary photographers than initially meets the eye: The […]

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How to Retouch a Male Portrait Photo from Start to Finish

How to Retouch a Male Portrait Photo from Start to Finish

The art of retouching is as old as photography itself. And like any art, it can take a fair amount of skill, dedication, and time investment to learn to do well. From learning the nuts and bolts of complex programs like Photoshop and Lightroom, to developing an eye for what needs to be done and […]

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How to Find Your Model’s Best Side for Portrait Photography

How to Find Your Model’s Best Side for Portrait Photography

Photographer Joe Edelman knows a thing or two about how to make a person look good. With a career that has spanned across four decades, he’s taken portraits that have been featured in publications such as Cosmopolitan and Maxim. He offers a few simple steps to help others determine how to best navigate their model’s facial features: According […]

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How to Backlight Wide Angle Environmental Portraits

How to Backlight Wide Angle Environmental Portraits

Wide angle environmental portraits make beautiful large format prints and are often used by photographers to capture subjects against a stunning backdrop. However, a relatively small subject can get lost in the background. SLR Lounge created a video detailing how backlighting brings attention to your subjects while adding atmospheric effects based on the environment around them: 1. […]

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How to Create Refractograph Abstract Photography

How to Create Refractograph Abstract Photography

Ever look through a kaleidoscope as a kid? You would hold the tube up to your eye, twist the end, and see an array of wild colors and patterns move about. Well refractory photography works somewhat on the same concept. Using a refractory object such as glass or plastic, you can create your own abstract […]

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