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Unconventional Places to Find Photography Inspiration

Unconventional Places to Find Photography Inspiration

Photography is a creative art form like many others. One common challenge among them all is the feeling of being creatively drained. Occasionally, you might feel like you have hit a roadblock. But rest assured, there are many sources of inspiration that can get you up and running. Today we have photographer Alex Kilbee sharing […]

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7 Tips to Make Your Photos Stand Out

7 Tips to Make Your Photos Stand Out

Sometimes very small changes can have huge effects. This is especially true for photography, and this article will share seven tips to help. 1. Take the photo from the subject’s eye level It’s so easy to just take a picture from a standing position, but if you’re for instance taking a picture of a kid, […]

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Sharp Product Photography with Focus Stacking

Sharp Product Photography with Focus Stacking

Product photography is all about capturing those absolute minute details in the products that you’re working with. Customers won’t be happy looking at images with sections of the product blurred out, will they? This means working with a greater depth of field which might not always be possible with a single image. Focus stacking is […]

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Photographing a Lunar Eclipse

Photographing a Lunar Eclipse

May 26, 2021, was the first lunar eclipse in three years—although it was only barely total, with the moon completely inside Earth’s shadow for just 14 minutes or so. But, as usual, I would bite off more than I could chew. Preparation I had a relatively new Evostar 150mm refractor on loan from Sky-Watcher Australia […]

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Ring Light Portrait Tutorial

Ring Light Portrait Tutorial

Ring lights are popular with beauty bloggers. They provide a unique look and create beautiful catch light. But from a photographer’s perspective, ring lights are quite flat for beauty photography. The results lack contrast and detail. However, they do work great for fill light. In this video, photographer Daniel Norton from Adorama demonstrates how to […]

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Wide Angle Landscape Composition Tips & Tricks

Wide Angle Landscape Composition Tips & Tricks

If you’re into landscape photography, you know how important wide-angle lenses are. Using a short focal length allows you to capture a larger portion of the vista in front of you and provide a greater context. However, these things are easier said than done, as there are a lot of challenges that come with using […]

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Tack-Sharp Focus Tips for Street and Travel Photography

Tack-Sharp Focus Tips for Street and Travel Photography

In street photography, we always look for a moment to freeze in our photos. But the challenge is that the moment could happen anywhere and anytime. Predicting it is next to impossible. Another challenge that comes with it is capturing the moment in sharp focus. While using autofocus or a manual zone focus system is […]

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Animal Eye Detection & Autofocus with Mirrorless Cameras

Animal Eye Detection & Autofocus with Mirrorless Cameras

This article comes to us from the author of Secrets to Tack-Sharp Images (currently 77% off) if you want to dig deeper for further training. For many years I have been shooting with DSLR cameras – mainly because of the great autofocus these cameras provide. Every year I’ve tried out the latest mirrorless cameras and […]

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Top 5 New Features in Adobe Photoshop 2022

Top 5 New Features in Adobe Photoshop 2022

Adobe recently released the 2022 version of their most popular software, Photoshop. This new version includes a bunch of new features that will make your life as a photographer or a digital artist much easier. In today’s video, Jesus Ramirez walks you through the five most significant features included in this latest rollout. One very […]

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What I Learned from Photographing my First Wedding

What I Learned from Photographing my First Wedding

In my bucket list entitled ‘Things To Do As A Photographer Before I Die,’ shooting a marriage sits in pole position. I’ve photographed my children since their birth. I have the good fortune to shoot my favorite sport (boxing) regularly and have even documented a salsa band on tour in my town but for a […]

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