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Lighting & Posing Tips for Wedding Photography

Lighting & Posing Tips for Wedding Photography

Wedding photographer Moshe Zusman shoots 15 to 20 very high-end weddings a year. Over the course of his career, he has learned the importance of lighting and posing to create perfect pictures that don’t need to be manipulated in Photoshop. Here, in a full-length workshop, he talks about posing for engagement shoots, posing the bride […]

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180 Photography Tips Infographic

180 Photography Tips Infographic

Though we all wish we could travel the world, most of us take most of our photos right where we live. But that doesn’t mean the photos we take at home have to be boring or low-quality! This extensive infographic offers pointers for beginners, tips for photographing the exterior of your house and garden, room-specific […]

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The Art of Celebrity and Editorial Photography eBook

The Art of Celebrity and Editorial Photography eBook

Michael Grecco is one of the best-known celebrity photographers in the world. His beautiful, insightful work is all around us–on movie posters, in advertising, on magazine covers, everywhere. “I delight in inspiring people,” he writes. “I want them to stop, think, and feel.” Now Grecco shares the secrets of great portraits in his book Lighting and […]

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How to Choose the Right Lens for Landscape Photography

How to Choose the Right Lens for Landscape Photography

Focal length and perspective make a big difference in the outcome of your landscape photography, which means you should familiarize yourself with how they impact the images. This way, you can make an educated decision when selecting which lens you should be using. Luckily, in this quick, but informative, clip below, Steve Perry breaks it […]

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8 Tips for Shooting Standout Bird Photography

8 Tips for Shooting Standout Bird Photography

Instantly improve your photos of birds in the wild with these eight tips. Then, learn everything you need to know to capture the beauty and grace of birds in the wild, from lighting and gear to reading bird behavior. Join esteemed biologist and expert bird photographer Neil Losin in the online Craftsy class Photographing Birds […]

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Building Futuristic Miniature Worlds with Photography

Building Futuristic Miniature Worlds with Photography

David LaChapelle and his crew are some of the industry’s best model builders, having built to scale models of buildings and landscapes for multiple blockbuster movies. When not building a model cityscape for a film set, LaChapelle dedicates his time to a project he calls LAND SCAPE. Part miniature photography, part landscape photography, the project […]

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Stepping Outside of Your Comfort Zone as a Photographer

Stepping Outside of Your Comfort Zone as a Photographer

New York-based photojournalist Amy Toensing is known for her amazing aptitude to tell people’s intimate stories through images. As a regular contributor to National Geographic, Toensing travels the world to meet people and experience their culture. In this video, she explains that as a photographer, you have to be able to humble yourself and step […]

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How to Set Up a Remote DSLR for Professional Basketball Photography

How to Set Up a Remote DSLR for Professional Basketball Photography

From slam dunks to graceful tip-ins, shots taken from basketball’s action epicenter–the net–capture some of the most intense moments during a game. At the NCAA Men’s Final Four in Dallas, Texas, the stakes are high for players and sports photographers alike. Brett Whilhelm of Wilhelm Visual Works came up with an effective and safe backboard camera […]

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33 Amazing Photos of the Most Beautiful Abandoned Places on Earth

33 Amazing Photos of the Most Beautiful Abandoned Places on Earth

There’s something eerily beautiful about an old abandoned building or vessel. To imagine the lives of the people who once lived or worked there, to wonder how a boat ended up to rest frozen in shallow waters or how an entire village became a ghost town, to witness new life emerging from the remains of […]

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Exploring Miniature Photography With a LEGO Minifigure

Exploring Miniature Photography With a LEGO Minifigure

Armed with nothing but a LEGO minifigure and an iPhone, British photographer Andrew Whyte travels around Britain capturing some rather unique photographs. Whyte poses the little LEGO guy, who has a tiny plastic camera, in front of various real life scenes and takes his portrait. Watch a short interview with the photographer: The pair have […]

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