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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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Camera Support Tips for Sharp and Clear Photography

Camera Support Tips for Sharp and Clear Photography

At one point or another all of us have probably heard something to the effect that using a tripod is the best way of getting clear, sharp photos. While this may be true, many of us get intimidated by the idea of dragging around a 10 pound accessory. This is especially true if you are […]

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Simplifying Off-Camera Photography Lighting

Simplifying Off-Camera Photography Lighting

When shooting photos for a wedding, or for any other event, you want things to go quickly and smoothly, and so do your clients. Being able to make quick adjustments makes you less stressed and look more professional, plus it saves you and your client time. Wedding photographer Doug Gordon has created a tutorial showing […]

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Impressive Stop Motion Photography Tour Through Brooklyn

Impressive Stop Motion Photography Tour Through Brooklyn

The Brooklyn Brewery is hitting the US with its MASH Tour – a festival of food, film, music, books, and beer that’s coming to eleven cities across the continental states. To advertise this, they put together this fantastic stop motion photography tour of Brooklyn, New York, that features all these things that the MASH celebrates: […]

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How to Remove Distractions from the Background of a Photo with Photoshop

How to Remove Distractions from the Background of a Photo with Photoshop

Anyone who has shot group photos outdoors knows that determining the best camera location can be a difficult task. On bright, sunny days you can’t have the group facing directly into the sun or the entire team will be squinting. This may leave you no option but to shoot in an area with some distractions […]

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How to Create Elaborate Light Painting Photo Compositions

How to Create Elaborate Light Painting Photo Compositions

UK photographer showcases his techniques for painting the “largest indoor continuously-drawn piece of light art” in this self-published short (Michael Bosanko). Anyone who is familiar with the concept of light painting knows what an enormous feat this is; light painting requires long exposures, sometimes stretching into hours, of precision work in almost pitch dark conditions. The […]

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A Year of Forest Life Captured with Timelapse Photography

A Year of Forest Life Captured with Timelapse Photography

While living on the outskirts of Bloomington, Indiana, filmmaker and photographer Samuel Orr started collecting short bits of timelapse footage of his property when he started kicking around the idea of making a timelapse that spanned the course of a year. Orr didn’t have to look for a captivating subject. In fact, he set up […]

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Three Professionals Compete for Best Shot in Portrait Photography Shootout

Three Professionals Compete for Best Shot in Portrait Photography Shootout

For the 2013 Gulf Photo Plus (GPP) conference, held annually in Dubai, guest instructors John Keatley, Lindsay Adler, and Zack Arias were pitted against each other in an all-out battle for the best photo. Racing against a 20-minute deadline to compose, shoot, and edit their photo, the photographers had to think on their feet and pull out […]

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Tips for Better Dance and Studio Photography

Tips for Better Dance and Studio Photography

RJ Muna is a creative photographer with more than 150 national awards under his belt. In this interview with Marc Silber, Muna talks about lighting and composition in his dance and studio photographs and his thought process when preparing for a shoot: Before he even picks up a camera, he thinks of what he’s trying […]

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