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How to Use Lightroom 5

How to Use Lightroom 5

Apart from its popular photo editing features, Lightroom is a valuable organizational tool for photographers. When using Adobe’s Lightroom 5 for the first time, it’s tempting to get started with enhancing your images right away. However, taking the time to get organized and configure settings before importing any photos will help you get the most […]

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A Commercial Fine Art Photographer Shares His Story

A Commercial Fine Art Photographer Shares His Story

The road to a career in photography seems to be different for everyone. Some photographers see their endpoint from the beginning, while others seem to fall into their work without any preconceived notions about where it will take them. Commercial fine art photographer David LaChapelle discovered photography in high school and never stopped creating his […]

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Using Off-Camera Flash with Mirrorless Cameras

Using Off-Camera Flash with Mirrorless Cameras

If you’re looking for a great off-camera flash tutorial, look no further. Whether you use a mirrorless camera or not, photographer Joe Brady will give you a run down on everything strobe related: single flash, multiple flash, light meters, camera settings for flash, high-key lighting, low-key lighting, you name it. Not only does Brady concisely […]

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Proven Beginner Tips for Wedding Photography

Proven Beginner Tips for Wedding Photography

So, you’ve bought your first DSLR camera. You’ve familiarized yourself with it and are just starting to get comfortable with taking quality shots, when a relative or friend approaches you to help cover an upcoming wedding ceremony. In an instant you have been appointed a wedding photographer. You are both nervous and excited. The following […]

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Infographic: Who Shot the Photographer? A Look at the Stock Photography Industry

Infographic: Who Shot the Photographer? A Look at the Stock Photography Industry

Anyone who’s tried or is trying to make it as a professional photographer knows how challenging of a task it can be just to make ends meet. In this new digital age, nearly everyone has access to a camera which has increased the interest in photography exponentially. Being talented isn’t always enough to command top […]

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Stunning Timelapse Captures the Many Faces of Rio de Janeiro

Stunning Timelapse Captures the Many Faces of Rio de Janeiro

The most visited city in South America and home to famous landmarks such as the glowing “Christ the Redeemer” statue atop Corcovado Mountain and the Maracanã football stadium, Rio de Janeiro is widely known as the “Cidade Maravilhosa,” or the “Marvelous City.” This is the city of vibrant Carnaval, of samba and bossa nova, lined […]

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Blind Photographer Shares His Creative Process

Blind Photographer Shares His Creative Process

Going blind, Peter Eckert never knew he would become a photographer. He dances on the edge of perception and sees through sound and touch, gathering information and forming images much like a baby would. Considered profoundly blind, Peter is unable to see anything except for light effects such as lightning and spirals of light in […]

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How to Use a Reflector with Natural Light for Powerful Portrait Photography

How to Use a Reflector with Natural Light for Powerful Portrait Photography

Building your lighting arsenal requires just as much thought as choosing your camera body and lenses. You have to consider what environments you’ll be shooting in, how you’ll transport your equipment, and of course, the cost of everything vs. the return. That said, it can be difficult figuring out where to start. What is the […]

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50 Lessons for Stronger Photographs

50 Lessons for Stronger Photographs

Professional photographer and best-selling author David duChemin just released a very in-depth educational eBook deemed a “BigBook” at 200 pages in length. DuChemin has always emphasized the aesthetic side of photography over the technical and produced this guide in the way that he thinks photography students SHOULD be taught in school. There is no secret thing […]

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Creative Hyperlapse Exploring the Country of Georgia

Creative Hyperlapse Exploring the Country of Georgia

We’ve seen a lot of timelapse videos on PictureCorrect this year, and with everybody experimenting and trying new things to push the envelope, you really have to think outside the box to create something original. Timelapse Media has taken on this challenge during their recent visit to the country of Georgia. They have put together […]

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