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How to Book Photography Clients You Actually Want to Work With

How to Book Photography Clients You Actually Want to Work With

It’s one thing to work on paid gigs and make a decent amount of money and quite another thing to actually work with your dream clients. Mango Street has a three-pronged suggestion if you want to take the next step forward and start pitching to the clients you really want to work with: Styled Shoots […]

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How to Pose People Who Aren’t Models

How to Pose People Who Aren’t Models

If you’re a portrait photographer, you can probably relate to the challenge of posing friends or family—anybody who isn’t a model—and capturing images both they and you would be proud of. Most people aren’t aware of posing techniques in general and aren’t too confident facing the camera. But there are a few tips and tricks […]

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How to Imitate the Tintype Photography Effect

How to Imitate the Tintype Photography Effect

OK. Let’s be honest. It is not tintype if it’s digital. But Levy Moroshan has developed a technique that makes your portraits look like tintypes: Tintype Lighting The main trick for getting the tintype look the lighting. Moroshan uses a clamshell funnel style lighting setup to create a dramatic fall off. He also shoots the images […]

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Rolling Camera Shutter Explained

Rolling Camera Shutter Explained

Rolling shutter is an optical illusions that happens sometimes when shooting with digital cameras. It’s a byproduct of how the sensor inside a camera works. The illusion happens mostly with CMOS sensors because of how these sensors gather light. Compared to CCD sensors where the whole sensor is exposed at the same time, with CMOS […]

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The Perfect Portrait Photography Angle According to Science

The Perfect Portrait Photography Angle According to Science

How much time do you spend trying to perfect your lighting and camera position when taking portraits? Is there an easier way? Ed Gregory thinks he’s found the exact angles you should use to get the best looking portraits. And he aims to back it up with science: Here’s the basic setup for the experimental shoot. Gregory used […]

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5 Ideal Portrait Locations You Can Find Anywhere

5 Ideal Portrait Locations You Can Find Anywhere

Here’s a challenge. Find five gorgeous portrait photography locations within one square block of your home. The ugliest neighborhood in New York notwithstanding.Think that’s impossible? Think again. Photographer Jordan Matter has some tips you could use to find a great portrait location no matter where you are: 1.Car There’s got to be some cars around […]

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3 Simple Photography Tips for Winning Photo Contests

3 Simple Photography Tips for Winning Photo Contests

Action sports photographer Lorenz Holder is a two time winner of the Red Bull Illume action and adventure sports photography contest. In this video he shares invaluable insight into how to employ what he calls the POP Principle to nail your shot—and maybe win a photography contest in the process: POP is an acronym for Plan, Organize, and Position. […]

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Interesting Photo of the Day: Ethereal Sunrise in Death Valley

Interesting Photo of the Day: Ethereal Sunrise in Death Valley

A photographer captured this almost ethereal sunrise picture in Death Valley. Death Valley, one of the United States’ largest national parks and the hottest and driest among all the national parks in the country, has been a favorite destination for landscape photographers for years: Its arid landscape, almost devoid of natural vegetation, has its own […]

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How to Mimic Sunlight with a Strobe

How to Mimic Sunlight with a Strobe

What do you need to produce Mad Max style fantasy portraits? Burnt up cars, flames, smoke, and a hot sun beating down. Jay P Morgan from The Slanted Lens sets out on this quest, but first he needed a backdrop that would be perfect for the scene; the backyard of a car salvage company seemed like […]

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What’s the Proper Way to Photograph Fireworks?

What’s the Proper Way to Photograph Fireworks?

It’s that time of the year when many members of our community are looking for tips on how to shoot fireworks. The Art of Photography shares a few things to consider if you’re planning to shoot fireworks this 4th of July: Considerations When Taking Fireworks Photos Fireworks are bright. That means they stand out against […]

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