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Eerie Portrait Photography: Environment Set Up and Lighting

Eerie Portrait Photography: Environment Set Up and Lighting

Skulls, flowers, elaborate makeup, tombstones, and candles. These are just a few of the things you will see in Jay P Morgan’s setup for his Day of the Dead shoot. With smoke machines and a beautifully decorated model, Morgan will show you how he created his Day of the Dead images by explaining his lighting […]

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DSLR vs. Mirrorless: Are bigger cameras better?

DSLR vs. Mirrorless: Are bigger cameras better?

Does size really matter? Samsung sought to answer this question by mounting a Samsung NX300 compact camera next to the same camera encased in the body of a fake, larger DSLR camera. They then asked unsuspecting people on the street to compare images taken with the two cameras (which were actually identical). Want to see […]

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Northern Lights: Captured in all its Glory with Timelapse Photography

Northern Lights: Captured in all its Glory with Timelapse Photography

The Northern Lights is a spectacular display of nature that any photographer would pay to see and shoot. From the slower dancing lights, to the faster and more dramatic movements, it truly is a sight to behold. Photographer Ole C. Salomonsen’s video, which contains both stills and video sequences created with DSLRs, is one that […]

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Ultra-Wide Angle Lenses: 5 Reasons to Use Them

Ultra-Wide Angle Lenses: 5 Reasons to Use Them

Getting a new lens is always exciting for a photographer. Whichever one you get, it’s likely going to open up new areas of creative possibility. For those of you thinking about getting some new glass, DigitalRev TV has some good reasons why an ultra-wide angle is the way to go. If you’ve dismissed ultra-wide angles […]

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Corporate Photography Tips & Techniques in Today’s World

Corporate Photography Tips & Techniques in Today’s World

For a long time, corporate photography meant images of handshakes and smiling professionals in business attire. While many companies have smartly moved away from this look, this style of corporate imagery is still found in abundance. Times are changing though. Customers expect personality and uniqueness as much as they expect professionalism. Companies aware of this […]

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“Photography Gave me a Voice”

“Photography Gave me a Voice”

As a child afflicted with dyslexia, photographer Ian Ruhter struggled throughout his life with the search for purpose and direction in a world that was not geared for him. In this speech he gives for Creative Mornings in Vancouver, Canada, he tells the story of his own personal discovery through a camera lens, and how […]

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How To Become a Storytelling Photographer

How To Become a Storytelling Photographer

Natan Dvir is a photojournalist and a documentary artist who has a vast range of photographic experience for Polaris Images and other leading magazines. Born and raised in Israel, Natan moved to New York to pursue a Master’s degree in Fine Arts from the School of Visual Arts. In this video he discusses various aspects […]

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Photographing Acrobats on Trampolines in the Streets

Photographing Acrobats on Trampolines in the Streets

You don’t often hear about live photography events. There are photography shows where you can view an artist’s work or photography exhibits where you can scope out new equipment, but rarely do you hear of an event where someone is actually taking the photos in front of an audience. Well on May 7th, photographer Jordan […]

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This Short Film about the Leica M just Won 5 Awards

This Short Film about the Leica M just Won 5 Awards

You’ve probably seen a lot of camera commercials in your life, but you’ve probably never seen one like this. It’s a minute-and-a-half art film that’s at once enticing, exciting, sexy, and sentimental. It was made to promote Leica’s new black-and-white only model, the digital M-Monochrom, and it recently won five awards at the Cannes Lions […]

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Sharp Shooter – Proven Techniques for Sharper Photographs

Sharp Shooter – Proven Techniques for Sharper Photographs

There’s nothing worse than getting home thinking you’ve bagged a world-beater, only to look at your new prize on the computer and find that it isn’t sharp. This new eBook isn’t going to transform every image you shoot into a razor-sharp wonder, but it will give you some tools to nail that world-beater more often […]

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