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What Camera Lens is Best for Food Photography?

What Camera Lens is Best for Food Photography?

Your lens choice affects various aspects of your images, including field of view, the details in the image, and perspective. The same idea applies to food photography. The lens you choose affects the look and feel of your food photos. If you’ve ever wondered what factors you should consider before getting a lens to use […]

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High ISO Noise Reduction Photo Editing Techniques

High ISO Noise Reduction Photo Editing Techniques

Capturing a subject requires mastery of various camera settings — including ISO. However, adjusting this setting can come with its pitfalls, especially at the higher end of the spectrum. Higher ISOs result in more exposure but can also pack unwanted noise. In his latest tutorial, Scott Walker shares his tips on how to easily and […]

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How to Combine Focus Stacking and Exposure Blending

How to Combine Focus Stacking and Exposure Blending

In nature photography, exposure blending and focus stacking can both be challenging on their own. But what if you’re in a situation where you need to do both? It definitely sounds daunting, but the reality is far from it. In today’s informative video, landscape photographer Mike Perea dives into his easy process of photographing and […]

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How to Capture Emotions in Wedding Photographs

How to Capture Emotions in Wedding Photographs

Wedding photography is one of the most exciting and rewarding aspects of photographing a wedding. Wedding portraits are an important part of any wedding, and the best way to capture the essence of a couple’s special day is through photographs that show emotions. To achieve this, you not only need to have great lighting, good […]

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How to Choose the Right Aperture

How to Choose the Right Aperture

Aperture plays a key role in photography. Besides helping you decide on how bright or dark you want your photos to be, the aperture also helps you to make creative decisions. And it does so by controlling the depth of field. It is therefore pivotal that you fully understand what aperture to use and what […]

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4 Tips for More Interesting Travel Photos

4 Tips for More Interesting Travel Photos

Everyone loves to take photos when they travel. It’s a way to maintain the memories, to share experiences with our friends and families, and, quite simply, a way to prove “I was there.” But let’s face it—not everyone is a great photographer. At one point or another, we’ve all sat through a tedious slide show […]

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Daytime Fill Flash Photography Demonstration

Daytime Fill Flash Photography Demonstration

Flash photography is one area in which not all photographers may be fully proficient. Flash can be tricky to use, often resulting in over-exposed images that look amateur. Something you should hide away in a bottom drawer, certainly not publish in a glossy or show in a gallery! Love it or hate it, mastering your […]

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How to Photograph a Campsite with Long Exposures

How to Photograph a Campsite with Long Exposures

Whether you’re a professional landscape and nature photographer or you’re just taking pictures of your family camping trip, you have to think about your environment to get the perfect shot. This is especially true when you’re shooting long exposures at night, which is a really great way to capture the camping atmosphere. Watch as Daniel Norton […]

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How to Photograph a Nebula on a Budget

How to Photograph a Nebula on a Budget

Many photographers, especially those who are just starting out, have one common misconception. They believe that a better camera results in better images. In reality this is not the case at all. Of course the newer cameras have better features that can make the work easier. But that doesn’t necessarily mean that they take better […]

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Candlelight Portraits Tutorial

Candlelight Portraits Tutorial

Have you ever tried to photograph a portrait lit only by candles? It sounds great in theory, but if you’ve tried it, you’ll probably know it doesn’t come out that well unless you’re lucky. The long shutter speeds and large apertures needed make it difficult to capture a sharp image of a model, and the […]

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