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Panning Photography: How to Blur the Background without Blurring the Subject

Panning Photography: How to Blur the Background without Blurring the Subject

The best motion photographs pulse with energy. Action photographers accomplish this using many different techniques. One technique employs lightning fast shutter speeds to freeze motion so that every feather of a bird’s wings is perfectly sharp as the bird twists in flight, or so that every droplet of water sprayed by a swimmer is crisp […]

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Intensify

Intensify

Want your images to POP? Join thousands of photographers who have discovered Intensify. Four incredible detail algorithms help you get eye-popping depth that is noise-free, halo-free and full of life. Intensify includes a vast number of ultra-powerful adjustments to deliver the image you saw when the shutter was pressed. Currently only available to Mac users. Found […]

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Exposure Tips in Photography

Exposure Tips in Photography

One of the key aspects to taking a great photo is exposure. To sum it up, your exposure is the amount of light you let into your camera. If your camera sensor receives too much light, your photos will be washed out, while having too little light will leave your photos left in the dark. […]

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5 Tips for Capturing Rainy Day Portraits

5 Tips for Capturing Rainy Day Portraits

More often than not, the word ‘rain’ can put a photographer into a panic. Fortunately, it can also bring a smile to your face, because while rain may wreak havoc on a wedding or other event, it can also help to create a very dramatic look for portraits. To help provide more insight into the […]

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DSLR vs. Mirrorless Cameras

DSLR vs. Mirrorless Cameras

Time and again there have been debates about the effectiveness of mirrorless camera systems over DSLRs (or is it the other way around?). With arguments placed on both sides, the matter is beyond a concrete resolution in the foreseeable future. It’s similar to the Nikon versus Canon debate that’s been raging forever. Here, Techquickie brings in another perspective on the […]

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How to Accent Hair in Photoshop

How to Accent Hair in Photoshop

Anyone can have a bad hair day, but did you know you can also have a bland hair day? Shine, color, dryness—there are plenty of aspects that can dull out your locks. To help overcome this common obstacle, photographer Aaron Nace demonstrates a few useful tips for Photoshop to make the hair in your images pop: Whether […]

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Non-Verbal Posing Cues for Photographers

Non-Verbal Posing Cues for Photographers

Posing your clients can be one of the biggest challenges a photographer faces. Not only do you have to learn how to pose your subjects but also how to direct them, while still making them feel comfortable. To help provide a few posing tips and tricks for your next photo shoot, Los Angeles based photographer Caroline […]

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Timelapse Photography of Earth from a Million Miles Away

Timelapse Photography of Earth from a Million Miles Away

On July 6, 2015 NASA released an image of the Earth as captured by the EPIC camera. Since then EPIC has captured thousands of images of our beloved blue planet. Three thousand of these images have now been compiled into a timelapse sequence like no other you’ve seen. It shows a year in the life […]

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Essential Lighting Tools and Modifiers that Every Portrait Photographer Should Have

Essential Lighting Tools and Modifiers that Every Portrait Photographer Should Have

Learning to effectively use speedlights can give you quite the advantage when you’re on the go and don’t have a lot of room for gear. They’re small, effective, and can attach to your camera or just about anything. With that in mind, photographer Kevin Kubota put together the following tutorial on how to light many different scenarios […]

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Composition Techniques With a Street Photographer at the Beach

Composition Techniques With a Street Photographer at the Beach

Working with the principles of composition as the foundation for your photos can save you a lot of time and energy in post-processing. If you’re shooting with film, you’ll save a lot of wasted photos. If you’re shooting in digital, you ‘ll save yourself the time and hassle of going through 20 photos of the […]

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