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Master Portraits and Action Sports Using Speedlights

Master Portraits and Action Sports Using Speedlights

Understanding how to properly use and set up speedlights to effectively freeze the action in sports photography or create flattering light for portraits can be complicated. Luckily, photographer, Tyler Stableford, who has mastered the art of speedlights, shares with us his insights and knowledge on the subject in the following presentation: Using Canon 600EX-RT Speedlites Stableford […]

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40 Must-See Photos From the Past

40 Must-See Photos From the Past

You might have seen one, two, even nine of these before—but have you seen the blurry headshot of Charlie Chaplin at age 27? Or a viciously unhappy hippo dragging a 1920s circus cart? Or Sweden’s disastrous first morning after switching drivers from the left to the right side of the road? Check out the full […]

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Cameraman Almost Hit by Wingsuiter When Flyby Ends Up a Bit Too Close

Cameraman Almost Hit by Wingsuiter When Flyby Ends Up a Bit Too Close

Mathias Wyss and Ludovic Woerth, a pair of wingsuit flyers, came dangerously close to a cameraman on a recent adventure. The two were filming for a movie called Image: Life Spent On The Edge. In this clip, taken from the Imagine footage, you can see the athletes’ close call as they soar around the mountainside: […]

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Natural Light Fashion Photography Tips

Natural Light Fashion Photography Tips

You can’t always predict the weather. When you’re out on a one-day model shoot, you have to be able to think on your feet. Here’s a video where Washington, D.C. native Tim Coburn travels all the way to Ocean City, Maryland for a fashion shoot–only to find rainy grey skies upsetting his beach shots: The […]

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Trey Ratcliff’s Lightroom Presets Volume 2

Trey Ratcliff’s Lightroom Presets Volume 2

Building off the popularity of his first collection, Trey Ratcliff has just released a whole new set, optimized for Lightroom. Found here: Trey’s Lightroom Presets Volume 2 “I’ve taken the Best of the Best from my personal collection of 1,000+ presets and made them look awesome for Lightroom 4 or Lightroom 5! You’ll get 59 new and […]

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I Left My Heart: A Beautiful San Francisco Timelapse Project

I Left My Heart: A Beautiful San Francisco Timelapse Project

San Francisco is an iconic city that is well loved by photographers and timelapse filmmakers, perhaps in part to its colorful and bustling cityscapes. Taking in the timelapse , I Left My Heart, we are treated to a glimpse of just that. San Francisco natives will enjoy spotting all the familiar attractions, and those who […]

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The Making of the One World Trade Center Interactive Panorama

The Making of the One World Trade Center Interactive Panorama

Only months after One World Trade Center was topped off in August 2012, claiming the title of “Tallest Building in the Western Hemisphere” at a symbolic 1,776 feet (in reference to the year the Declaration of Independence was signed), a few editors at TIME Magazine got together and considered how they could show the tower’s […]

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Learn 6 Basic Lightroom Tools in 6 Minutes

Learn 6 Basic Lightroom Tools in 6 Minutes

While most will agree that there is a point where you can over-edit your images, a little post-processing can be very beneficial. In this video, Rob guides you through the process of using Lightroom’s most basic functions. The tools he uses may only be a fraction of those available, but they are the most important, […]

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Base Jump Photoshoot with a Fashion Model, Brave Photographer for This One

Base Jump Photoshoot with a Fashion Model, Brave Photographer for This One

This is probably one of the coolest videos you’ll see all week: ridiculously attractive people jumping from ridiculously dangerous heights. Italian BASE jumper and fashion model Roberta Mancino teamed up with photographer Noah Bahnson and a host of other sexy suits to leap off Monte Brento: The project was commissioned in part by world-renowned fashion designer Roberto Cavalli, […]

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Photographer Throws Stuff at Her Head for Hilarious Photos

Photographer Throws Stuff at Her Head for Hilarious Photos

Latvian photographer Kaija Straumanis made the viral rounds recently for her brilliant photo series, “Stuff Being Thrown At My Head”. Gosh, even the title is funny. If you haven’t seen the images yet, you can check them out here: But there are more than a few deceptions floating around. First, though Kaija is Latvian-born, she’s actually living […]

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