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Casual Photography with Smartphones

Casual Photography with Smartphones

As time goes by, taking photos becomes more and more convenient  Today, almost any electronic device you buy comes with a camera and it becomes unlikely that you ever find yourself without one. Of course, in front of a great opportunity you may sometimes feel that you do not have the proper tools. If you just have your […]

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Cancer Victim’s Story Spread All Over the World Through Photography

Cancer Victim’s Story Spread All Over the World Through Photography

Cancer is a truly devastating disease that affects not only the person who has it, but everyone around him or her. It takes a strong person to remain positive throughout the ordeal and Jill Brzezinski-Conley is one of those people. Jill was diagnosed with breast cancer at the age of 32 and underwent a double […]

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Wet Plate Photography: How People Are Still Using It & Why

Wet Plate Photography: How People Are Still Using It & Why

Even though digital photography is still fairly new, there has already been a small resurgence in film photography. Recent movements such as Lomography and The Impossible Project have kept film flowing through the younger generations, while a great deal of the older generation has never converted to digital. So you may not be surprised to […]

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How to Take Great Photos Using Any Light Source

How to Take Great Photos Using Any Light Source

Because lighting is the number one concern of us photographers, we should be concerning ourselves with understanding how to utilize it in whatever capacity it is available to us. While it’s nice to have a studio full of equipment to give us complete control, all is not lost if we do not have those things. […]

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Creative Themed Photography in Mad Max Style

Creative Themed Photography in Mad Max Style

Inspired by the 1979 cult classic Mad Max, photographer Douglas Sonders drew elements from the post-apocalyptic film to stage a dramatic photo shoot. Against the desolate backdrop of the Mojave Desert, Sonders and his team created a whole other world with the help of elaborate props and costumes: For his camera, Sonders chose a Phase One […]

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How to Create a Wall of Fire with Light Painting Photography

How to Create a Wall of Fire with Light Painting Photography

It seems that every day photographers are coming up with new ways to experiment with light painting. It’s certainly one of those things that has a lot of potential for creativity for those who think outside of the box. But fire painting has to be one of the coolest (and most dangerous) ideas I have […]

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How to Photograph Exotic Animals in a Studio

How to Photograph Exotic Animals in a Studio

In this video, Sandy Nicholson has some interesting models in his studio. An African Hornbill, a Flamingo, a Lynx, some hedgehogs, and two tortoises pose in front of his camera: Taking pictures of exotic animals is the distant and slightly weirder cousin of pet photography. But don’t worry, most of the common pet photography guidelines still apply. […]

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How to Photograph Star Trails

How to Photograph Star Trails

Star trails are beautiful, and have an almost surreal look. All you need to photograph star trails is knowledge of the right technique and a bit of patience. If you have wondered how to create strikingly good star trail images, you’re in the right place! In the tutorial shown below, Tony Northrup shares with us […]

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Self Portrait Photography Ideas & Tricks

Self Portrait Photography Ideas & Tricks

In this video Gavin Hoey shows how to make two very different self portraits using a Canon 60D with the exact same lighting setup for both shots: The main difference between the two portraits is the background: a black background for the low key portrait and a white background for the Photoshopped portrait. If you […]

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How to Find a Niche as a Wedding Photographer

How to Find a Niche as a Wedding Photographer

Although most professional photographers aren’t very keen to perform wedding photography jobs, it is a fact that this is a one of the most lucrative areas in photography industry. The market is filled with millions and millions of photographers—some are very good with great careers while others can’t pass over the mediocre level. But that […]

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