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How to Use Your Smartphone as a Graduated Neutral Density Filter

How to Use Your Smartphone as a Graduated Neutral Density Filter

How many times have you rued the fact that you chose frugality over sensibility when packing your camera bag? You’re in front of a lovely sunset by the beach. You set up your camera on a tripod, set the exposure, and then reach out for your graduated ND filter only to discover it’s not there. Well, […]

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Puppy Photography Tips & Techniques With Studio Lighting

Puppy Photography Tips & Techniques With Studio Lighting

If you’re a dog owner and a photographer, it’s natural for you to want to have some amazing portraits of your pup. But puppies aren’t known to be cooperative photo subjects. They’re fidgety, at best, and that’s why these tips from Lee Morris come in very handy: Limit Movement Some puppies have a tendency to move away from the […]

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Hard Light Food Photography Tips

Hard Light Food Photography Tips

Hard lighting in food photography can come in quite handy when you want a graphic look. Professional food photographer, Joanie Simon shares some tips for working with hard light for food photography: Hard light typically creates shadows that have a transition from light to dark in an immediate fashion. Hard light creates shadows that have […]

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Product Photography: Flat Lay Tips

Product Photography: Flat Lay Tips

Flat lay photographs work great for print and digital ads and even for thumbnails. In this video, photographer and filmmaker Peter McKinnon shares some of his tips on taking great-looking flat lay photographs: 1. Layout “When you’re laying these things out for the photo, you kind of want to pick what the focal point is.” […]

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Controlling Color, Exposure, and Blurriness in Photography

Controlling Color, Exposure, and Blurriness in Photography

On your next trip, wouldn’t you like your digital photos to look just like the scenes did with your eyes? The good news is they can! There are several things you can do to improve your vacation photos. Even with today’s auto-everything cameras, you must still control the camera to get perfect photos. Most problems […]

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Are Expensive Light Modifiers Better?

Are Expensive Light Modifiers Better?

Portrait photographers spend a good deal of money when it comes to light modifiers. But do more expensive light modifiers produce better results? Photographer Lee Morris from Fstoppers compares the light from a softbox, umbrella, scrim, and bounce card. Let’s see how they fare: Softbox The softbox has to be the most popular and widely […]

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Understanding Ego as a Photographer

Understanding Ego as a Photographer

Creating art that really means something to us and putting it out to the world can be a particularly scary thing. It’s often super challenging not to post what you think everybody wants to see. Street photographer Sean Tucker believes that the ego plays a key role in staying true to oneself. At the same time, it […]

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Mirror Portrait Techniques in a Studio

Mirror Portrait Techniques in a Studio

When used creatively, even a simple household mirror can help you create intriguing images. Photographer Gavin Hoey from Adorama explains how you can work with mirrors to create stunning reflection portraits: Preparing the Mirror Hoey uses a normal household glass mirror removed from its frame. The bigger the mirror, the better. For safety reasons, make […]

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How to Get Superb Color in Your Photography

How to Get Superb Color in Your Photography

Color accuracy is one of the most important aspects of photography. A big part of this is getting accurate white balance. White balance relates to the overall color hue in your images. Even a minor modification of color tone can mean a huge impact on all your photos. White balance is important in portraiture, because […]

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How to Use Teleconverters

How to Use Teleconverters

Teleconverters are more than just small pieces of glass that increase the effective focal length of your lens. Besides affecting focal length, teleconverters also affect autofocus speed and accuracy. Photographer Steve Perry explains everything you need to know about teleconverters: How Teleconverters Affect Focal Length and Depth of Field “A teleconverter is basically a secondary […]

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