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Nature Photography Tips from a National Geographic Photographer

Nature Photography Tips from a National Geographic Photographer

We’re all familiar with National Geographic, if not captivated by its endless amount of gorgeous photography. The magazine, which allows no editing of the photographs it uses, has set high standards for nature photographers everywhere. Being able to capture an image worthy of National Geographic takes quite a bit of talent and, as Michael Melford […]

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The Secret to Photography Success? Wake Up Early

The Secret to Photography Success? Wake Up Early

Lacking inspiration for some landscape photos? Well, if you take the advice Janez Tolar offers you, you’ll be in for some great shots: Tolar chases sunrises while others still sleep and dream. At the earliest hours, he’s already out there hunting for images. And he thinks you should do that, too. Landscape photography is best […]

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Lighting Setup for a Kitchen Portrait Session

Lighting Setup for a Kitchen Portrait Session

Complex photo shoots call for complex lighting. That’s why Jay P. Morgan shows us exactly how he sets up his seven different lights for this shoot, which features Jodie Sweetin (of Full House fame) posing as a beauty queen in a disaster kitchen. Here’s how he does it: The idea for this photo shoot began with Sweetin, who […]

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The Magic of Water & Long Exposure Photography

The Magic of Water & Long Exposure Photography

In this “instant” era, when time seems to fly faster than ever, we don’t seem to have time to wait for a perfect image. Long exposure photography requires time and patience to start with, and some technicalities, like calculation of the exposure values, filters, and tripod. Check out these beautiful images of water captured through […]

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Hyperlapse Photography Project Across Asia

Hyperlapse Photography Project Across Asia

It took Daniel and Gina, who run the travel blog Sunrise Odyssey, a full year to traverse overland from China to Greece. But it’ll take you less than three minutes to watch their hyperlapse video, documenting the brilliant colors and gorgeous architecture along the way: The last 20 or so seconds of the video is dedicated to a behind-the-scenes glimpse […]

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Street Photography Techniques with a Smartphone

Street Photography Techniques with a Smartphone

Street photographer and professor Richard Koci Hernandez is an admirer of the past, present, and future. He wants his digital images to have an analog feel, and he uses different smartphone apps and techniques to create old, worn out, left in the gutter looking photos. The results are authentic and traditionally classic images that are absolutely beautiful. In […]

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ND Filter Comparisons

ND Filter Comparisons

Neutral density filters are probably the most powerful photography filters available. These filters sit in front of the lens cutting the amount of light that reaches the camera sensor. In doing so, they allow you to use wider apertures in broad daylight or keep the shutter open for a really long time, producing really smooth effect […]

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101 Landscape Lightroom Presets

101 Landscape Lightroom Presets

Do you take landscape photos? Do you want to get a photo editing result with a single click that could potentially take hours to achieve? With this new mega pack of 101 Landscape Lightroom presets created by a professional New Zealand landscape photographer Sarah Sisson, enhancing your landscape shots is a breeze with instant edits combined with full […]

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How to Break the Sync Speed Barrier with Studio Lights

How to Break the Sync Speed Barrier with Studio Lights

The sync-speed limitation on modern DSLRs has remained a bane on the use of strobes at high shutter speeds. On most cameras, the fastest shutter speed at which you can sync with a flash is 1/250 or 1/200 of a second. Anything faster and you get the dreaded black bars in your images. Thankfully, there […]

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How to Do Water Splash Photography

How to Do Water Splash Photography

If you’ve been wondering how to photograph splashing water, look no further. Here is a rather straightforward video tutorial that demonstrates how one photographer, Clint Decker, is capturing some great shots right in his own kitchen. The trickiest part of capturing these images might be getting the timing correct on when to fire the trigger, […]

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