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How to Make Your Beer Photos Look Awesome with Photoshop

How to Make Your Beer Photos Look Awesome with Photoshop

There’s an art to editing photos for product photography, especially when it comes to liquids. In this two-part series, Aaron Nace shows viewers how to transform a simple image of a Guinness into a piece of advertisement-worthy art in post production using Photoshop. Let’s get started. Part 1: Replacing the Background and Creating the Head The […]

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79 Rare Historical Photos That You’ve Probably Never Seen

79 Rare Historical Photos That You’ve Probably Never Seen

An incredibly important moment in history can be preserved through the magic of photography without the photographer even knowing it at the time. Here are 79 rare photographs dating back to WWI, WWII, the Spanish Civil War, Vietnam, and beyond. The images depict life during the Nazi occupation, a playful Stalin, life as a childhood chess […]

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Rare Footage of Andy Warhol Editing a Photo Back in 1985

Rare Footage of Andy Warhol Editing a Photo Back in 1985

Andy Warhol was a pop art icon known for his innovative and unique style of art. In the video below, viewers are treated to a look at Warhol editing a digital photograph on an Amiga computer all the way back in 1985. The clip makes us realize just how far digital imaging has come in […]

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Los Angeles at Night, a Timelapse Masterpiece

Los Angeles at Night, a Timelapse Masterpiece

Two years ago Colin Rich, an ambitious photographer and filmmaker, set out on an exploration of Los Angeles and told the city’s stories through timelapse photography. The first two installations to his remarkably crafted LA centric trilogy, LA Light and Nightfall, were well received, and City Lights, the third and final chapter, doesn’t disappoint either. […]

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How to Create Realistic HDR Photography

How to Create Realistic HDR Photography

There’s an art to creating realistic HDR images. Too often, HDR shots are edited with heavy hands when it comes to tone mapping and saturation, leaving you with an improbable and unrealistic image. The following full-length video tutorial on editing HDR images presented by Tim Cooper will have you on the right track to getting […]

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Lighting for Studio Portraiture

Lighting for Studio Portraiture

What makes a stunning portrait? Is it the individual being photographed? Is it the color? Perhaps it’s a good photographic lens. In fact, there are lots of factors that go into whether or not a portrait turns out well. Nevertheless, there is one significant ingredient to success: lighting. Lighting, especially in portrait photography, helps to […]

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How this Photographer Made it in the Music Industry

How this Photographer Made it in the Music Industry

Many young photographers dream of getting a big break taking photos for a record label or popular music magazine. In 1968, Jim Cummins, a then amateur photographer, saw that dream become a reality. After taking photos as a fan at a concert in Madison Square Garden, he decided to send some of his favorite pictures […]

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How to Create Imaginative Photos on a Low Budget

How to Create Imaginative Photos on a Low Budget

As a photographer, it can be easy to get caught up in the latest gear and equipment. Conceptual photographer Brooke Shaden wants to remind us that it is much simpler than that. She focuses on promoting an interest in the ordinary and making something out of nothing. Watch how she created three dark, imaginative pieces […]

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5 Tips for Your Best Flower Photography Yet

5 Tips for Your Best Flower Photography Yet

Are your photos of flowers not turning out how you’d like? Get five tips for capturing flowers like never before! Then, see here for a chance to take the online Craftsy class Photographing Flowers with macro-photography expert Harold Davis, and learn even more essential exposure, focus, and macro techniques for shooting captivating floral photography. 1. […]

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DIY Photo Covered Coffee Table

DIY Photo Covered Coffee Table

Family photos or vacation pictures make excellent gifts as canvas prints, framed artwork, or greeting cards. But, what photo gifts can you give your friends and family once you’ve exhausted the usual options? Canon has collaborated with “A Beautiful Mess” blogger sisters, Elsie and Emma, to create DIY projects using your favorite photos. In this short […]

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