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Understanding Camera Lenses

Understanding Camera Lenses

When shopping for a DSLR camera, people often overlook or skimp on lenses. Lenses serve as the camera’s “eye.” They determine what and how your camera will see your subject and how well that view is transmitted to the camera’s sensor chip for recording. The way I like to look at camera lenses is as painters’ brushes: […]

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Fitness Photography Demonstrations and Tips

Fitness Photography Demonstrations and Tips

Ever flip through a fitness magazine and wonder how they get those perfect poses of athletes running and working out? Well in this short video, photographer Yannick Wolff takes you behind the scenes as he shoots fitness model Sebastian Scheppler. Watch and take careful note of his techniques and lighting setups: Wolff doesn’t talk about […]

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Beautiful Timelapse Photography of Planet Earth

Beautiful Timelapse Photography of Planet Earth

Using images taken from the International Space Station (ISS), Bruce W. Berry, Jr. has crafted together four minutes of timelapse photography sequences that take us on a cinematic journey through space. These types of video are made using only still images and can take extraordinary lengths of time to complete, since each photograph has to be edited individually. To […]

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Glamour, Beauty & Fashion Photography Tutorial

Glamour, Beauty & Fashion Photography Tutorial

Getting started in glamour or fashion photography and need a few pointers? The team over at Tony Northrup‘s studio have put together a great video tutorial that walks through a full spectrum of things ranging from lighting, modeling tips, and post production. Even those with no plans for a future in fashion photography may learn […]

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Landscape & Travel Photography Video Course

Landscape & Travel Photography Video Course

Landscape photography has changed dramatically in the last few years; there are new bracketing features on digital cameras to capture all available light, new software and post-processing techniques that can combine the best attributes of various exposure levels, and more as covered in this new course. Found here: Landscape & Travel Photography Course The course will show […]

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Study Shows Brides Wish They Had Spent More on Wedding Photography

Study Shows Brides Wish They Had Spent More on Wedding Photography

According to a recent poll of 100 newlywed brides—conducted by New York Magazine as part of their upcoming Bridal Issue—21% of brides say they wish they had budgeted a larger amount of money for their wedding photography. The study isn’t the first of its kind, either. In 2011, the same poll was conducted by Shutterfly who […]

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Combining Fire with Fashion Photography

Combining Fire with Fashion Photography

Ben Von Wong has released yet another pyrotechnic photography tutorial complete with behind the scenes footage and insights. As you may remember, Von Wong first captured our attention with his steel wool light painting tutorial and has since been supplying the internet with a steady stream of this highly specialized style of photography. The idea in […]

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Mastering Studio Strobe Lighting: Photography Course

Mastering Studio Strobe Lighting: Photography Course

This new video training course is designed to help photographers master studio strobe lighting. It’s a complex topic that many struggle with; one of the most difficult elements to achieving consistent professional results for clients. If you are interested, remember to use the discount code picturecorrect at checkout. It can be found here: Mastering Studio Strobe Lighting […]

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What is the Best Age to Take Baby/Child Portraits?

What is the Best Age to Take Baby/Child Portraits?

Each child is so different, special and unique in his or her own way. Not all child photographers can capture a truly candid photograph of a child. Even if you are a professional photographer and have your art mastered, it takes someone special to be able to work with children and get them comfortable enough […]

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CEO to Wildlife Photographer

CEO to Wildlife Photographer

It’s not uncommon for for a person to take up new hobbies once they retire and it probably comes as little surprise to hear that a former CEO by the name of Brian Hampton started taking his photography more seriously in his golden years. What sets Hampton apart from others with similar stories, however, is […]

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