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Photographer Shares Mindset Tips for Advancing a Career

Photographer Shares Mindset Tips for Advancing a Career

Success does not come easily to everyone. Some quickly climb the ladder, while many cannot make it even after years of struggle. But when you’re struggling or even failing at something, it may not be that you’re bad at it. In fact, it could be the result of your attitude. In today’s inspirational video, photographer […]

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New: Flat Lay Photography Guide

New: Flat Lay Photography Guide

This new 280-page eBook is designed to cover everything needed for capturing professional flat lay photography. Techniques include balance, levitation, steam, fire, splashes, typography, and more. All you need is your camera, a tripod, and a kitchen table – no complicated lighting or equipment. It is currently 80% off today for the first 500 customers if […]

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Deciding Between Color and Black & White

Deciding Between Color and Black & White

How do you decide if the image you’re taking should be in color or black and white? For a black and white image to be effective, you must shoot it with intent. Simply stripping an image of color won’t cut it. Photographer Sean Tucker talks about this in a recent video, and shares how he […]

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Wildlife Photography From Your Backyard

Wildlife Photography From Your Backyard

It might sound weird at first, but you’ll be surprised to know that you can do a bit of wildlife photography even when you’re stuck at home. We often don’t realize it, but our own yards have some frequent visitors who can be perfect subjects for your wildlife photos. Birds, squirrels, and even insects in […]

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Shallow Depth of Field for Portraits

Shallow Depth of Field for Portraits

We’ve all seen stunning portrait photos that have a blurred background while the subject of the photo is perfectly focused. When done correctly, these photos can be very dramatic. However, it might seem hard to accomplish, especially if you’re not familiar with the proper techniques. A faster prime lens (with greater aperture capabilities) will give […]

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Fixing Underexposed Images

Fixing Underexposed Images

We’ve all been there – we think we’ve got the shot pretty perfect, but in reality, it’s a couple of stops underexposed. This could happen for a number of reasons, but the good thing about cameras these days is that they do a great job of recovering shadow details. We can use this to our […]

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Stops in Photography Explained

Stops in Photography Explained

No doubt that if you’ve started toying around with photography you will have come across the term stops. What is a stop? In photography, a stop is a measurement of Exposure. For example, if you were to increase the exposure by one stop – you would in effect be doubling the exposure. So if your […]

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How to do Infrared Photography

How to do Infrared Photography

Infrared, or IR, is a form of light wave that is not visible to the human eye. In the electromagnetic spectrum, IR waves are grouped between visible light and radio waves. Being invisible, how is infrared used in photography? It is indeed utilized, not only by photographers, but by scientists and technicians as well. Infrared […]

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How to Mount and Frame Your Own Photo Prints

How to Mount and Frame Your Own Photo Prints

It can get pretty pricey having your prints mounted and framed. Commercial photographer Tony Roslund shows us how we can skip going to the photo lab by mounting and framing prints ourselves: If you have a photo printer at home and want to know how to mount your prints on foamcore, Roslund takes you through a […]

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Trick Photography and Special Effects Tutorials

Trick Photography and Special Effects Tutorials

If you want to learn some eye-catching photography tricks this weekend you may want to take a look at this resource. The 2nd edition includes 100 additional in-depth eBook pages (300 pages total) and 9 full hours of video tutorials. Its one of the most popular training guides for photographers and we were able to […]

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