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How to Document a City with Timelapse Photography

How to Document a City with Timelapse Photography

The team behind Finding Portland did a great job chronicling the beauty of the northwestern city in the timelapse video they compiled using 308,829 still images. Their gear list was equally impressive, shooting on a combination of Canon 5D Mark II, Canon 5D Mark III, Canon 7D, and Canon 1D Mark IVs. And that’s not to forget about the awesome […]

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Professional Fashion Photography Insights

Professional Fashion Photography Insights

Renowned fashion photographer, Rob Van Petten, recently teamed up with Nikon to make a promo spot for the company’s D800 DSLR, which Van Petten argues, will rival any large format camera he’s shot with. At a whopping 36 MP, that claim is no surprise! And while taking the D800 on a virtual test drive is pretty sweet, […]

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Headshot Photography

Headshot Photography

The thought that renowned headshot photographer Peter Hurley puts into creating a basic headshot, isn’t very basic. As a former model turned professional photographer, Hurley knows what it’s like to be in front of the camera and behind it. He’s used his experience to perfect his trade and has been kind enough to share his insights with us. Even at two hours long, the seminar is entertaining and informative. Hurley is capable of keeping things upbeat and moving along. If you’re interested in improving you’re headshots, watch the video in full. There’s countless bits of information dispersed throughout that can help you progress as a photographer.

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Family Photography

Family Photography

Do you need all your family members’ images to reflect the family’s style? Modern day musicians are going for tailor made photography to find a free account employing or their loved ones images. Most people are trending inside the sequence photography business shots figuring out on for additional everyday, documentary fashion photos. These kinds of photos might showcase your family’s individuality and permit everybody for you to feel handy inside treatment. Take a peek inside higher trends throughout modern household photos.

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Blurred Background Photography

Blurred Background Photography

As Jay P. Morgan points out in the following video tutorial, it becomes difficult to come up with new ideas if you’re shooting in the same space all the time. Thinking outside the box, Morgan devised a way to add some creative flair on a photo shoot for a client he works with often. By mounting a tripod onto […]

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Parrot Photography

Parrot Photography

Never work with children or animals—or so goes the old actors’ adage. No such fears for Zoo Studios though, who spend their days photographing animals of all shapes and sizes. In this video we see them at work with a number of cockatoos from Cockatoo Chaos in Australia: The first challenge is to set up […]

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Grab Your Camera and Venture into the Darkroom if You Dare

Grab Your Camera and Venture into the Darkroom if You Dare

A cool interactive video has made it’s way to the interwebs called ” What Is There In The Darkroom” and you may want to grab your digital camera to play along. The video invites you into a darkroom and asks you set your camera to f5.6 with a shutter a speed of 1 second. Grab your tripod and start taking pictures of the television that is shown in the video. The photographs that show up on your LCD screen may shock you.

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How to Use ND Filters with Studio Strobes

How to Use ND Filters with Studio Strobes

Neutral density filters are most often used in bright, sunny outdoor locations to serve as a way to block out excessive lighting. Photography guru Mark Wallace points out in a video introduction to the filters that they can serve purpose in the studio as well: If you find yourself in a situation where you cannot […]

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Amazing Timelapse Photography from Dubai

Amazing Timelapse Photography from Dubai

For those of you fascinated by the architecture in Dubai like I am, you’ll be pleased that photographer Richard Bentley has just released a timelapse after scouring the city for amazing compositions. Using his Canon 7D and some neutral density filters, he spent two and half weeks wandering the streets of Dubai and collecting thousands of photos which […]

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How to Remove Blemishes: Portrait Retouching

How to Remove Blemishes: Portrait Retouching

Blemishes, such as scars, pimples, and acne are often visible in portraits. You may want to keep them, but if not, we’ll show you just how easy it is to remove them. Of course, it’s better to prevent blemishes with clever lighting or camera tricks than rely on photo editing. For example, you could try […]

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