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How to Make Money as a Fine-Art Photographer

How to Make Money as a Fine-Art Photographer

Making money through photography is something that every photographer dreams of. But only a handful of us are ever able to actually live the dream. After all, not all genres of photography are profitable. But fine-art photography is one area where, if you’re really good, you could actually earn a good living from it. To […]

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Light Painting Against a Milky Way Backdrop

Light Painting Against a Milky Way Backdrop

Light painting is an interesting long-exposure photography technique that you can use to create artistic images. With this technique, you can use artificial light to highlight a selected portion or particular elements in the frame. Only those elements where you decide to light paint will be visible in the final image while the rest will […]

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Tips for Improving Composition in Photography

Tips for Improving Composition in Photography

Have you seen a photograph that made you literally want to step through the frame and enter that world? Or have you seen a photograph that instantly made your mouth water and your stomach give a little twitch of hunger? Composition in photography is creating a story or capturing a moment that comes to life […]

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New: Intuitive Composition Photo Guide & Cheat Sheets

New: Intuitive Composition Photo Guide & Cheat Sheets

If you understand composition, you can capture stunning images even in ordinary situations. We all understand the importance of composition, but very few of us really master it. It can be difficult to retain the information of an in-depth guide on the subject, that’s why the new Intuitive Composition comes in two parts: A 330-page, […]

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Introduction to Ferrofluid Macro Photography

Introduction to Ferrofluid Macro Photography

Ferromagnetic fluid or ferrofluid is a liquid that becomes strongly magnetized in the presence of a magnetic field. When a strong magnetic field is introduced around a ferrofluid, it starts showing strange behavior by changing its shape. This peculiar character is what makes the ferrofluid an interesting subject to photograph. Using a macro lens and […]

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How to Photograph a Comet

How to Photograph a Comet

This article is based on concepts from Collier’s Guide to Night Photography. Our readers can get a discount by using the promo code picturecorrect at checkout. In July 2020, Comet NEOWISE put on a remarkable show in the night sky. This was the first comet that was bright enough to photograph with a standard lens […]

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Landscape Photography: 6 Must-Know Photo Editing Skills

Landscape Photography: 6 Must-Know Photo Editing Skills

Taking a photograph is only half a photographer’s job. After that, you have to deal with editing, which can enhance the image, give it a personal touch or even alter it entirely. Your editing skills thus need to be as good as your photography skills. For landscape photography, photo editing is even more important, as […]

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F-Stops and Shutter Speeds – Camera Lessons

F-Stops and Shutter Speeds – Camera Lessons

How is an exposure made and what does the camera do to make sure an image is recorded? There are two parts involved in exposing film or a digital sensor to light.  One is the intensity of the light and the other is the length of time the light is allowed to strike the film or […]

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How to Make a DIY Studio for Smartphone Photography

How to Make a DIY Studio for Smartphone Photography

Camera manufacturers are constantly coming up with new, ostensibly better iterations of their products. But in reality, the upgrades can be marginal. That’s because it’s not just the camera body that you should worry about—you’d be surprised how a simple lighting upgrade can drastically improve your images. In this video, photographer Pye Jirsa with AdoramaTV explains […]

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Autumn Leaves Macro Photography Tips

Autumn Leaves Macro Photography Tips

As fall kicks up, the trees have already begun shedding their leaves. The beauty of these unique leaves is how they change colors to beautiful yellow, brown and even gold. While it is usually a good idea to photograph places where trees decorated with beautiful autumn-colored leaves, another approach can be to photograph just the […]

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