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Timelapse of Northern Lights

Timelapse of Northern Lights

Our planet is home to a wide variety of breathtaking natural phenomena. From volcanoes to eclipses, they’re all incredibly beautiful and make you pause and just think about the world around you. My personal favorite are the Northern Lights, captured in Richard Gottardo‘s video below: The video pretty much speaks for itself. It’s one of […]

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StandInBaby: The Most Useful, Creepy Thing Every Newborn Photographer Needs

StandInBaby: The Most Useful, Creepy Thing Every Newborn Photographer Needs

Newborn bbaby photographers know all too well how difficult it is to take shots of kids. On top of that, add how hard it is to learn on the job when parents tend not to trust anyone inexperienced with their kids. The solution: equal parts creepy and utilitarian, the StandInBaby is coming soon: Despite the doll’s eerie uncanny-valley vibe, people are really getting […]

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10 Steps to Becoming a Great Photographer

10 Steps to Becoming a Great Photographer

Famous New York-based camera store B&H occasionally hosts hour-long presentations, and they’ve begun condensing them into 15-minute highlight videos for the world to digest more quickly. One great example is this lecture by Canadian photographer Steve Simon, in which he establishes the 10 steps every budding photographer should take in order to get recognized: The 10 Steps to Photography Greatness […]

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Rare Photos from the Past 125 Years

Rare Photos from the Past 125 Years

There are moments and then there are moments. Moments that shape the course of history, alter lives, or permanently change those who were unfortunate to be caught in the wrong place at the wrong time. A timelapse of the 20th century might well have a disturbing several seconds dedicated to the great wars. But it’s definitely not […]

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The Easiest Guide to Basic Photo Compositing Ever

The Easiest Guide to Basic Photo Compositing Ever

New to Photoshop and wondering how people make some of those stellar composite images you’re seeing all over the web? Or perhaps you’re an old hand at photo editing, but learning compositing has seemed a bit daunting? Well either way, if you’ve been wanting to try your hand at it, you’re in luck. Not only […]

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10 Tips for the Discerning iPhoneographer

10 Tips for the Discerning iPhoneographer

We all do it on a daily basis. We aim our iPhones at our loved ones and click. How difficult can it be to make photos of our family, especially with a tool like the smartphone? Well, as Jack Hollingsworth puts it, family photography is either the toughest of assignments in the world or the […]

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Photojournalism: How to Connect with Subjects and Master the Craft

Photojournalism: How to Connect with Subjects and Master the Craft

Perhaps more than any other photography genre, photojournalism is about telling stories. Photojournalists often tell hopeful tales of great human triumphs, long-awaited reunions, and love, but they are often also tasked with telling the hard stories that no one really wants to hear—the ones about sex slaves and slums and struggling amputees. Whatever the story, photojournalists have to […]

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An Inside Look at Pro Photographers

An Inside Look at Pro Photographers

To coincide with the release of the new Nikon D5, director Corey Rich created the short film, INSPIRED, which is shot entirely on the D5 and explores the creative process of five of today’s most well-known professional photographers and filmmakers. Rich traveled around the U.S. for over a month to film these amazing artists, capturing the fast […]

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Conservation Photography in Florida’s Everglades

Conservation Photography in Florida’s Everglades

Nature photographers are often required to brave the elements and take calculated but sizable risks (such as wading into a muddy pool where more than one hundred alligators float partially submerged before you) to make amazing landscape and wildlife photographs. Conservation photographer Mac Stone knows all about swimming with gators to get that perfect shot. He’s dedicated the past […]

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Choosing the Winners of the National Geographic Photo Contest

Choosing the Winners of the National Geographic Photo Contest

This year’s National Geographic Photo Contest saw more than 13,000 images entered into three categories: people, places and nature. From that huge range of options, the judges selected three photos, including one grand prize winner. You can catch a glimpse into the logic behind their decisions in the video below: The winner of the Places category was Francisco Mingorance, whose […]

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