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How to Photograph Rock Climbers

How to Photograph Rock Climbers

If you ask photographer Corey Rich, he’ll tell you he was a rock climber first and a photographer second. It is only natural that Rich would want to document his experiences as a rock climber, and his ability to combine his passion for the sport with photographer has paid off tenfold: Assess Your Location For […]

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Perfect Your Portraits With This Two Light Setup

Perfect Your Portraits With This Two Light Setup

Photography can be an expensive enterprise, especially when going for the perfect portrait shot. Most professional photographers (and many amateurs) use complex and expensive lighting setups for portraiture, yet it’s totally possible to capture great portraits using less equipment. In the video below, professional photographer Karl Taylor shows us how to do great portraiture with […]

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Just How Good is the iPhone 6 Camera?

Just How Good is the iPhone 6 Camera?

In all the hubbub about Apple’s two new iPhones—the iPhone 6 and the iPhone 6 Plus—one of the most talked about topics is the new and improved camera. But how good is it, really? Travel photographer Austin Mann embarked on a week-long photography and videography adventure in Iceland to test it out: Some of the many […]

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The Best Way to Clean Up a Photo’s Background with Photoshop

The Best Way to Clean Up a Photo’s Background with Photoshop

If you’re a portrait or product photographer who uses seamless white backdrops for your subjects, you might have noticed that after a few hours of shooting, your nice clean backdrop has morphed into something with smudges, footprints, and other detritus, creating a post-processing headache. Aaron Nace did some research and came up with this quick […]

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How to Get Natural Looking Portraits Using Speedlights

How to Get Natural Looking Portraits Using Speedlights

Have you noticed how most portraits have the same, predictable, studio-lit look to them? In the video below, veteran photographer Joe McNally explains how to use speedlights to get portraits that will come out looking soft, glowing, and naturally-lit: McNally’s secret? Put a light in the direction the natural light would be coming from anyway. […]

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3 Tips From an Iconic Celebrity Photographer

3 Tips From an Iconic Celebrity Photographer

Brian Smith has made quite the name for himself as an iconic celebrity photographer over the past 30 years. He has not only worked with some of the most famous people in the world but has won numerous prestigious awards, including a Pulitzer, written a best-selling book, and exhibited his work at the Library of […]

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An Enchanting View of Paris Through a Classic Medium Format Camera

An Enchanting View of Paris Through a Classic Medium Format Camera

Paris is already such an enchanting city with its old narrow, meandering streets, romantic bridges, classic architecture and just an all-around charming feel. But look at those same Parisian streets and scenes through the view finder of an old medium format camera and everything just seems more real, more nostalgic. Here’s an enchanting short film portraying […]

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A Quick Intro to HDR Photography

A Quick Intro to HDR Photography

High Dynamic Range (HDR) photography is a technique that allows the photographer to use far more of the available light in a scene than a standard single exposure. With it you can create stunning and original images that would be next to impossible to render using conventional photography. In this video tutorial, photographer Trey Ratcliff […]

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35 Iconic Photographs Recreated with John Malkovich

35 Iconic Photographs Recreated with John Malkovich

Like most great photographers, Sandro Miller, can name dozens of historic photographers who have shaped his career. Wanting to pay tribute to these sources of inspiration, Miller carefully chose 35 photos from artists who have most influenced his work. He then called up his friend, who just happens to be John Malkovich, and asked him […]

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How to Mix HMI and LED Lights for Portraits

How to Mix HMI and LED Lights for Portraits

Jay P. Morgan is well known for his awesome photography and lighting tutorials, and the video below is a good example of why. On a recent shoot at the Orange Empire Railway Museum in southern California, Morgan had the notion to mix HMI lights with LED lights and the results are fantastic: Morgan was already […]

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