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Meet an Award-Winning 13-Year-Old Wildlife Photographer

Meet an Award-Winning 13-Year-Old Wildlife Photographer

They say if you want to be expert at something, you should start very young. That’s certainly true of the subject of 13 year-old Josiah Launstein! The young Canadian began his love affair with photography when he was just five, playing with his dad’s spare camera. At age seven he decided he needed to learn to […]

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Vibrance vs. Saturation in Lightroom

Vibrance vs. Saturation in Lightroom

Just what is the difference between the vibrance and saturation sliders in Lightroom? They both change color, right? They do, but each one does it in a slightly different way. In this video, Lauren Lim from PhotographyConcentrate demonstrates what the vibrance and saturation sliders do and how to get the best out of each one: […]

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Fighting Through Self-Doubt as an Artist

Fighting Through Self-Doubt as an Artist

Do you ever suffer from creative self-doubt? You’re not alone! Most of us feel our work is inadequate at some point or other, or that we can never be good enough no matter how hard we try. In this enlightening short video, Simon Cade explains his own thoughts and feelings on all the reasons why […]

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Watch Product Photography Techniques in Studio

Watch Product Photography Techniques in Studio

With multiple light setups and specialized equipment, product photography can seem daunting and complicated. It doesn’t have to be like that, as Dustin Dolby shows us in this useful video: Using a kit lens, a striplight softbox and an ordinary Yongnuo speedlight, Dolby talks us through the process he uses to create a really nice […]

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Taking Apart a Canon 1DX Camera

Taking Apart a Canon 1DX Camera

When Peter McKinnon went out one day to create a vlog with his Canon 1DX Mark II camera, he discovered that the cable for his microphone had snapped due to the rough journey on his ATV. Not only had it snapped, but the entire internal housing on the mic input was cracked and damaged. Canon kindly […]

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Tips for Working with Animals On Set

Tips for Working with Animals On Set

There’s an old saying in the entertainment business: “Never work with children or animals.” But someone’s got to do it, right? You can capture amazing animal shots with a bit of know-how from The Slanted Lens. Jay P Morgan has worked with all kinds of animals, from dangerous predators to dogs, cats, and even a […]

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Essential Photoshop Keyboard Shortcuts

Essential Photoshop Keyboard Shortcuts

Do you find that switching from one tool or process to another in Photoshop is tedious and time consuming? Have you ever wished there was a quicker way of doing things? There is! Photographer Brian Rodgers Jr. has teamed up with Fstoppers to create this handy guide to some of the most used shortcuts in […]

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Lomo Effect Tutorial in Lightroom

Lomo Effect Tutorial in Lightroom

The signature look from an old Russian film camera called a Lomo LC-A is blurry edges, a sharp center, very saturated colors, and lots of vignetting. Even if you don’t own a Lomo camera, you can achieve this iconic look. Aaron Nace teaches you how to take an image and add a cool Lomo effect to […]

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Portrait Lenses: Breaking the Rules

Portrait Lenses: Breaking the Rules

Photography tutorials drill certain rules into our heads. But rules are made to be broken, right? Here, we learn how to take the traditional rules of using certain lenses only for certain things, and throw them out the window: Mango Street shows us that you’re not constrained to only using 50mm or 85mm lenses for portraiture or wide […]

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Scary Studio Portrait Photo Techniques for Halloween

Scary Studio Portrait Photo Techniques for Halloween

Have you ever wanted to do a spooky shoot in your home studio, but weren’t quite sure how to go about it? What better way to prepare for Halloween than to learn how to turn your home studio into a sinister forest with a little bit of lighting magic and some smoke to really create […]

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