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Bad Weather Cloudy Day Bokeh Photography Technique

Bad Weather Cloudy Day Bokeh Photography Technique

Wide aperture lenses are popular with photographers for a number reasons. The word bokeh, I’m sure, will ring a bell. Mark Wallace shares with us another reason to shoot with wide aperture lenses—and this one’s a real life saver in bad weather: Imagine you’re travelling in a foreign country and you go to sleep planning that when […]

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You Are a Photographer, But Are You Also an Artist?

You Are a Photographer, But Are You Also an Artist?

You may be a photographer, but are you an artist? That’s the question COOPH and world-renowned artist Roger Ballen urge you to ask yourself in this inspiring, challenging, and thought-provoking video. Ballen’s unique style has been called everything from disturbing, chilling, terrifying, even psychotic to beautiful, moving, brilliant, and inspiring. Viewers may have differing opinions of his work, […]

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Image Sharpening Trick for Photos with High ISO Noise

Image Sharpening Trick for Photos with High ISO Noise

You’ve probably run into this issue at one point or another—how to sharpen an image with high ISO noise without worsening the noise artifacts. This tutorial shows you how to do it quickly and effectively using Topaz DeNoise. It’s the epitome of a Catch-22 scenario. By applying noise reduction, you sacrifice detail. But by sharpening […]

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Paper Cutout Photography Tips

Paper Cutout Photography Tips

Sometimes a little creativity goes a long way toward becoming a social media sensation. A case in point is PaperBoyo (Rich McCor), whose paper cutout combo photos have gained him over one hundred thousand followers on Instagram. This quirky little video from Digital Rev goes behind the scenes with PaperBoyo to see what’s behind the […]

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Action Sequence Photography Tips

Action Sequence Photography Tips

Shooting still action sequences is a unique and interesting way to show motion in sports photography. A sequence shot will show the athlete in action, capturing their path and letting the viewer understand the motion and athleticism that the sport requires. In this new video by Red Bull Illume, we join professional photographer Leo Rosas Morin […]

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How to Compress Photos for the Web While Retaining Quality

How to Compress Photos for the Web While Retaining Quality

Modern DSLR cameras are able to produce incredibly stunning shots that capture the tiniest details with ease. However, while you might get some use out of a 50MB image for something in particular, when you’re browsing the web you will never have the patience to load every single photo at dozens of megs. Terry White […]

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Star Wars Last Supper Photo Shoot Behind the Scenes

Star Wars Last Supper Photo Shoot Behind the Scenes

If you clicked on this link, chances are you’ve already seen The Force Awakens. What you probably haven’t seen is photographer Steve Brown’s infamous Last Supper, a stark, death-star take on Leonardo da Vinci’s iconic painting: Part photography, part CGI, and part full-fledged Star Wars geekdom, Steve Brown’s Last Supper features the Emperor as Jesus […]

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How to Achieve Three Portrait Styles With One Flash

How to Achieve Three Portrait Styles With One Flash

So you’ve got a speedlite. Now what? A lot of photographers only use their flashes in one particular way, switching to different lighting rigs for different effects. But with one flash, you can actually achieve a number of different looks, simply by swivelling it around. Here’s how: Mark Wallace is hosting this video with his Leica M Digital […]

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Double Tow Surf Photography Techniques

Double Tow Surf Photography Techniques

Surf photography is definitely a niche that is inspiring, beautiful, and just plain cool. Epic images of surfers speeding their way along crashing waves or engulfed in massive barrel waves is enough to get any viewer’s heart pumping. But, we’re always looking in from the outside, aren’t we? Well, there’s a style of surf photography called […]

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PhotographyPlanet Bundle

PhotographyPlanet Bundle

Choosing the optimal presets, actions, and templates to supercharge your photography workflow is no simple task. After years of development this bundle of photo essentials has been packed with thousands of presets, actions, and templates for all types of photography. We were able to negotiate an additional 20% off this massive bundle for our readers until the end of the […]

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