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5 Ways to Use a Plastic Bag in Your Photography

5 Ways to Use a Plastic Bag in Your Photography

Finding items around you to use in your photography can be challenging and may not produce the result you were looking for. Still, there are always more ways to find items that will affect your shot to create a desired effect in your photography. Chung Dha demonstrates the different ways that he has used a plastic […]

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How Does My Camera Work?

How Does My Camera Work?

These days, you’d be hard pressed to find a person that doesn’t own some sort of camera. But considering the high number of camera owners globally, very few have a solid grasp concerning the machine’s elementary controls: Listed below are a few terms and concepts that every beginning photographer should know as explained by Some Stuff […]

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The Camera Collector: A Look Inside a Photographer’s Passion

The Camera Collector: A Look Inside a Photographer’s Passion

For many, photography is just a hobby to pass the time. For some, it’s a profession meant to provide for friends and family. For just a few, photography and the art of image making is a way of life. Filmmaker Andrea Casanova interviewed a mystery man simply known as “The Camera Collector” in this brief yet […]

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Kit Lens Photography Tips & Tricks

Kit Lens Photography Tips & Tricks

Most professional photographers are quick to write off kit lenses. With a plethora of glass available on the market, there’s always something more glamorous out there than the humble lens packaged with your DSLR camera. Regardless, brothers Alexis and Victor Koldunov take a moment to reexamine their kit lenses and discover the creative capabilities that may […]

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How to Create an Artistic Double Exposure Effect in Photoshop

How to Create an Artistic Double Exposure Effect in Photoshop

Traditionally, a double exposure is created by simply snapping two shots in one frame on a film camera. Sometimes, you get it right and the outcome is incredible, but lots of times you may not like the effect or even intend to do it. Now, with a few Photoshop techniques, you can create your own unique double […]

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What is ISO and Why Should I Care?

What is ISO and Why Should I Care?

Most of us know that one of the keys to great photography is getting the right exposure and that ISO is a vital piece of the equation. But what is ISO, exactly? In the video below, Sareesh Sudhakaran explains all about ISO and why knowing your camera’s native ISO is so important: The term ISO comes […]

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Watch as a DSLR Camera is Sliced in Half with a Waterjet

Watch as a DSLR Camera is Sliced in Half with a Waterjet

In some weirdly satisfying way, this act of slicing a DSLR camera into two has always been on my personal bucket list of things to do. Not that you should attempt or even conceive such an act with a perfectly good DSLR, but if you have a non-functioning camera, why not put it under a […]

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How to Remove Tourists from Your Photos in Photoshop

How to Remove Tourists from Your Photos in Photoshop

Most photographers have been in a situation where the only thing standing between their camera and a breathtaking scene happens to be a handful of pesky bystanders. Sometimes, it’s possible to simply wait for tourists to move out of your frame and quickly snap a shot. However, at some high traffic locations, it’s almost impossible […]

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Light Painting the Outline of a Person with Long Exposure Photography

Light Painting the Outline of a Person with Long Exposure Photography

Unlike most photographers, Jason Page creates his images in complete darkness. After experimenting with long exposures of the moon reflecting over the sea, he became interested capturing movement within his nightscapes. After discovering light painting, Page began to work with creating figures and objects using nothing more than strokes of light. In the following tutorial, he explains […]

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5 Common Mistakes Photographers Make in Photoshop

5 Common Mistakes Photographers Make in Photoshop

Taking photographs and editing them can often be two different stories. When starting out with photography, the important aspect is taking photos that you admire from the get-go. That way, you can ease into learning how to edit with Photoshop and not use many features or layers at first. After improving your skills and taking […]

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