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We have officially launched on Google Plus! As this new community grows we hope to do many exciting things in the future such as hangouts (Google’s new social conferencing feature) where photographers from all over the world can video chat on various topics. Receive additional photography tips, join in critical discussions and more by adding us to your circles and clicking our +1 button as we try to get the hang of these exciting new social features.

Nature has the endless mine of wonders and beauty which we all want to capture. We often get amazed by the stunning nature or wildlife photographs in the popular travel or science magazines. So what is the secret of taking stunning nature photographs? Well, as true for every form of art, photography is something which you need to master. Knowledge, practice, creativity and a good camera is what you need most of the time. Please be aware that this article is not meant for pros. This is targeted to help someone who has just got started or thinking of getting started.

Why have just one moonset and one sunrise when you can have two of each? This is a 28 hour time-lapse shot from one location captured by Gerald Donovan. It consists of 3359 individual photographs. The entire timelapse was shot on aperture priority and fixed ISO. It’s important to make sure that you set a combination of aperture and ISO that will allow the camera to take shots at the brightest time of day without hitting the camera’s fastest shutter speed limit, and will also not require a shutter speed longer than the timelapse interval when it’s dark. This was shot at f/5.6 and ISO320. Fastest shutter speed was 1/2500, slowest 6 seconds.

The beauty of living in the South is that I get to enjoy my garden almost year round. While gardens in the Northeast look a bit sad in the winter, gardens in the South provide color throughout the year. This is especially true in several local gardens in Charleston, South Carolina. There are several former […]

There are many behind-the-scenes videos about wedding photographers, but this one takes a very different perspective. Photographer Jaroslav Repta mounted a GoPro video camera to the side of DSLR so viewers could see the camera’s point of view during the wedding. It is very interesting to see how he approaches each angle and he also narrates it to walk us through his techniques. The video shows the footage from his GoPro along with photos of the wedding and more from a typical day in the life of a wedding photographer. Includes an explanation on how he setup a rig in order to mount the video camera

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Vision is Better II – Free the Mind, Free the Camera. Again. by David duChemin was released today and follows the process and thoughts of a professional travel/landscape photographer. It follows his approach on business, thought process on location, equipment considerations, a near deadly fall he took while on assignment and much more. We create our art in the midst of an odd industry trying desperately to sell us new gear – and we rely on this gear, to a greater or lesser degree to do what we do. But relying on it, and being distracted by it are not the same thing.

The cruddy weather lately has inspired me to temporarily move the focus away from outdoor photography to a very tricky but worthwhile type of indoor photography: stage photography. While stage photography may seem simple to the naked eye, the lighting and constant movements that must be continuously mapped are akin to jumping on a trampoline […]

This video was released in the last few days (immediately went viral) and has been generating a great deal of buzz and discussions about the potential possibilities of stop motion techniques. It’s creators have not revealed their equipment or methods so people are just speculating how it was done at this point. Stop motion defined: Also called stop-action photography, stop-motion cinematography. a special effect, carried out while shooting, in which the performers stop their motion and the camera is stopped while an object or performer is added to or removed from the scene, with camera movement and action then resumed for the remainder of the scene: used to create an illusion of sudden appearance or disappearance of persons or objects.

Hundreds of thousands of images captured all over the world were uploaded to the PictureSocial photography social network this year. With careful consideration, we chose these as the year’s best. This is a list of some of the most compelling and popular photos of the year 2011. We would love to hear your thoughts on these […]