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Tripod Shopping Tips

Tripod Shopping Tips

Most people tend to think of tripods as being a “unit.” In reality, most full-sized tripods can be purchased as two parts: the legs and the head. These parts may come in various configurations so that you can customize the tripod that best suits your style of shooting, your budget, and even your height! You’ll […]

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Colorful Timelapse Documents the Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta

Colorful Timelapse Documents the Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta

The Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta is a one of a kind event held every year in the city of Albuquerque, New Mexico. Participants come from all across the nation in this nine-day event held in the month of October. Photographer Knate Myers captured the 2014 event over the course of the nine days. He transformed […]

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Expert Techniques for Beautiful Insect Macro Photography

Expert Techniques for Beautiful Insect Macro Photography

Nature is amazing–and it’s possible to discover so much about the natural world with macro photography. Photographer Thomas Shahan explains that “with relatively modest inexpensive equipment, you can share with others things they previously would not have been able to see with their own eyes.” Check out some of his tips for getting great macro […]

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Lego Star Wars: Photographer Recreates Episode VII: The Force Awakens Trailer with Stop Motion

Lego Star Wars: Photographer Recreates Episode VII: The Force Awakens Trailer with Stop Motion

What do you do when you’re having a hard time sleeping and you have thousands of LEGOs at your command? Why, use your Canon Rebel T1i to create a LEGO-style version of the new Star Wars teaser trailer, of course! (Warning: This will make absolutely no sense if you have not yet seen the real […]

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Timelapse: Looking Down on Planet Earth from 40,000 Kilometers

Timelapse: Looking Down on Planet Earth from 40,000 Kilometers

What does the world look like from an altitude of 40,000 kilometers? The Geostationary weather satellite Elektro-L is positioned high above the Indian Ocean, moving at a speed that makes it stationary relative to the earth. Every 30 minutes the satellite makes a 121 megapixel image (11136 x 11136 pixels) using visible and infrared light: […]

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Macro Photography Troubleshooting

Macro Photography Troubleshooting

If you’ve recently bought a macro lens for your DSLR but haven’t quite achieved the crisp, clear shots you were hoping for, you might be making one of the common mistakes photographer Susan Stripling often comes across in her work. In the clip below, she explains what these mistakes are and how to fix them to […]

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A Comprehensive Guide to Mastering Exposure

A Comprehensive Guide to Mastering Exposure

I’ve explained this so many times over, and every time it’s for the same reason: people dive into technical stuff way too early on and get confused to the point of quitting. It’s hard for somebody who doesn’t do well with electronics to understand sensor sensitivity or how the lens opening affects the depth of […]

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How to Light Paint With Your Smartphone

How to Light Paint With Your Smartphone

Light painting is an interesting way to shoot creative photos of ordinary objects. The best thing is you don’t need a lot of fancy stuff to do light painting. In fact, you probably already have everything you need. In this video, Laya Gerlock shows us how to take a beautiful light painted image of a […]

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Argentum: Body Art Photography

Argentum: Body Art Photography

In our culture we tend to sexualize almost all nudity, especially that of women. Yet, Los Angeles-based Italian photographer Guido Argentini has found a way to move beyond mere sexuality and elevate the human form in ways more reminiscent of Greek sculpture: For this series (the culmination of over 20 years of work), Argentini used […]

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Shutter Lag in Compact Digital Cameras

Shutter Lag in Compact Digital Cameras

If you’ve ever tried to take photos of your kids whilst they’re running about you will probably have experienced this. You wait ’till they are perfectly positioned in the frame, press the shutter, and end up with a shot of the back of their heads leaving the picture. That’s shutter lag and most digital cameras […]

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