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DIY Product Photography

DIY Product Photography

So you’ve got a product that you or your friend wants to sell. You need some good photos and you need them done right or at least better than most of your competitors, right? Some individuals and companies will spend thousands on photographing products, and that’s fine if you have the budget. This can be […]

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How to Make a Reverse Globular Lens

How to Make a Reverse Globular Lens

That cheap prime lens sitting quietly somewhere on the shelf may just have one more purpose. If you’ve been planning to give it away, wait! Photographer Mathieu Stern has a technique that might give you a reason to hold on to it a bit longer: Stern transforms a prime lens into a reverse globular lens by taking the […]

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North American Landscape Timelapse Photography

North American Landscape Timelapse Photography

How do you spend your summer vacations? Jesse Attanasio uses his sunny months off focusing on a particular passion: timelapse landscape photography. In his latest video, Exhale, he shows off more than two years’ worth of work in a mere two minutes. Check it out: The film is composed from footage shot during the summers of 2014 […]

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The Advanced Photoshop Techniques Bundle

The Advanced Photoshop Techniques Bundle

The tutorials in this bundle cover intermediate and advanced Photoshop techniques for landscape photographers. Learn powerful, advanced methods for creating targeted selections for extremely refined adjustments and learn how to blend bracketed images with ease in every situation. Found here: Advanced Photoshop Techniques Nature photography comes with unique challenges. Not just while you’re out shooting, but also when […]

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How to Be a Successful Sports Photographer

How to Be a Successful Sports Photographer

Alexis Cuarezma is a sports photographer. He loves doing what he does and credits much of his success to his formal training and his affinity for shooting sports photos. Here’s a seven minute video that’s loaded with his invaluable pieces of advice for any budding photographer: “Shoot the work that you want to get hired for. Clients […]

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7 Surefire Ways to Lose Your Photography Clients

7 Surefire Ways to Lose Your Photography Clients

Yes, you read it right. This is a quick round up of seven surefire ways to lose your clients. Wonder what’s wrong with me or why I’m even talking about losing clients? Well, you might be doing these things without even realizing it. This video by The Slanted Lens is just a light-hearted attempt to put a […]

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How to Take Star Motion Night Sky Timelapse Photography

How to Take Star Motion Night Sky Timelapse Photography

If you’re a fan of shooting timelapse and have been wondering how to get stunning videos of the night sky, this tutorial will make everything crystal clear. New Zealand astro-photographer Mark Gee gives a super-detailed explanation of each step, from setup and location scouting to post-processing: Getting great star shots is a lot easier than one […]

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Camera Gear Tips from an Astronaut on the Space Station

Camera Gear Tips from an Astronaut on the Space Station

Jeff Williams is a flight engineer on board NASA’s expedition 47 flight. As an astronaut and a resident on board the ISS, he has one of the best views of the planet looking down. Good thing too, because he is an extremely capable photographer. A number of photos of this blue rock, which you may […]

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An Old Woman Finds a Polaroid Camera in This Touching Cartoon

An Old Woman Finds a Polaroid Camera in This Touching Cartoon

When was the last time you saw an animated short and felt a lump in your throat? This cartoon was an undergraduate thesis for Christina Manrique and Brendon Clogher, both animation students at the Loyola Marymount University in LA: In the short film, Photographs, an old woman living in a ghost town finds herself a […]

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How to Choose a Location for Your Photo Shoot

How to Choose a Location for Your Photo Shoot

If you are the type of photographer, that like me, prefers to work outdoor rather then in a studio, the effort in choosing the right locations is quite challenging. Needless to say, the choice of location will determine the success of your photo shoot. I am laying out a few basic principals that one has […]

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