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Short Film: Why (Lens) Size Matters

Short Film: Why (Lens) Size Matters

How much does size matter? When it comes to cameras, quite a bit—at least, according to this cute short film, lampooning men’s egos on more than one level. Check it out: The film was directed by Dare Stevens, who knows a thing or two about cameras himself. This short, filmed on a Canon C300 Mark II, […]

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10 Bad Photography Habits to Drop in the New Year

10 Bad Photography Habits to Drop in the New Year

Got any photographic New Year’s resolutions? The folks at DigitalRevTV have some suggestions—especially if you’ve been inadvertently bugging other photographers with bad habits. Check out the hilarious four-minute video here: Aside from avoiding bad habits such as, you know, setting your lenses on fire or using them as pint glasses, there are some real suggestions that are good to heed. […]

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How to Prepare Your Images for Professional Printing

How to Prepare Your Images for Professional Printing

Even though most of the photos we take are digital and displayed in a digital environment, the very best of them often deserve to come to life, as we print and proudly display them. If you’re thinking of printing some of photos for display—whether in a gallery or in your own home—Karl Taylor explains exactly […]

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How to Lighten Shadows Without Using Photoshop Curves

How to Lighten Shadows Without Using Photoshop Curves

Balancing light ranks among the most essential tools for any photographer. But while a lot of Photoshop users head straight to the Curves adjustment tool for balancing tones in post-production, the folks at Phlearn have a better suggestion—the Shadows/Highlights adjustment: When balancing the light levels of an image, two tools come top mind: the Levels and Curves sliders. But if you […]

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How to Create a Hero Shot in Difficult Midday Light

How to Create a Hero Shot in Difficult Midday Light

For a recent vendor project, Pye Jirsa did a stylized Indian wedding photo shoot. With the light and the background being less than perfect, he had to use the power of the Profoto B1 to make the images. It’s always difficult to work in hard natural lighting scenarios, and photographers often use external lights in such […]

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How to Take Close-Up Pictures

How to Take Close-Up Pictures

Do you want beautiful product photos? Or, are you a nature buff and you want bright, clear photos of your favorite flower? Whatever your reason this article will help you to do just that. “Get up, get down, get ready, get steady, get close and get very personal.” I use this mantra when taking close-up shots (AKA […]

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Behind the Scenes of a Daring Wingsuit Photo Shoot

Behind the Scenes of a Daring Wingsuit Photo Shoot

It’s one thing to capture an incredible wingsuit photograph, but it’s another to do it with external flash. The precision required is insane—you need to capture someone flying straight at you ceaselessly, predict their trajectory and still manage to pull off the basic fundamentals of composition. If you want to see how that’s done, watch this […]

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How to Use LED Lights for Creative Portrait Backgrounds

How to Use LED Lights for Creative Portrait Backgrounds

A thin long strip of LED lights, a camera-lens combo, a tripod, and a lot of imagination: that’s all you need to replicate this rather interesting lighting effect. If you shoot funky portraits for a living or you’re bored doing chin-up formal shoots, Gavin Hoey and Mark Wallace have something that will bring a smile […]

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The Truth Behind Online Photos

The Truth Behind Online Photos

Social media is a great tool to stay in touch with friends and family. It has so much potential. Unfortunately, things are not always as they seem. Certainly not all the images that you see posted online are anywhere near what they imply. This hilarious video by Hồ Anh Đức is an attempt at demystifying […]

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How and Why You Should Use Different Umbrellas in Portrait Lighting

How and Why You Should Use Different Umbrellas in Portrait Lighting

Do you shoot portraits with umbrellas? Most professionals opt for softboxes instead—but to overlook the power of umbrellas is a huge oversight. At least that’s what Daniel Norton thinks. In this video, he explains why: Norton shoots six different 41″ umbrellas, keeping both his camera and model in the same positions to illustrate exactly how different each […]

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