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What is the ISO Camera Setting and How to Use It

What is the ISO Camera Setting and How to Use It

ISO is considered one of the three fundamental aspects that control the brightness of an image. Aaron Nace of Phlearn explains how ISO works: The exposure triangle is made up of aperture, shutter speed, and ISO. Aperture Aperture relates to the opening on your lens that allows light to enter the camera. Shutter Speed Shutter […]

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Wire Wool Spinning Photography Tutorial

Wire Wool Spinning Photography Tutorial

Last century, back in 1984, I clicked through an entire roll of film, shooting cars on the Southern Motorway, with my camera shutter locked open. The tail lights ahead were jiggling like demented glow worms as we tried in vain to keep our vehicle steady. From these long exposures, only one frame was any good, […]

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What’s New in the Photolemur 3 A.I. Photo Editor?

What’s New in the Photolemur 3 A.I. Photo Editor?

Skylum has launched the new version of Photolemur 3, winner of the Red Dot Award 2018 for High Design Quality. So, what’s new in Photolemur 3, and how can it help you enhance and streamline your photo editing? Photolemur 3 has been designed to make the sometimes confusing process of photo editing a lot easier […]

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Depth of Field and Lens Equivalents Explained

Depth of Field and Lens Equivalents Explained

A fundamental aspect of even the most basic lens is that at some point it will produce a sharp image of an object when that object is at a distance of one focal length from the lens. The same principle is used in photography lenses, except that unlike rudimentary lenses, such as magnifying glasses, the […]

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The Landscape Photographer’s Lightroom Presets

The Landscape Photographer’s Lightroom Presets

These popular photo editing presets are designed to help photographers instantly bring out the best attributes of their landscape photography with exposure adjustments, clarity, vibrance, saturation, split toning, highlights, shadows, sharpening, noise reduction, vignetting, graduated filter adjustments and much more. Found here: The Landscape Photographer’s Lightroom Presets A premium collection of over 100 presets designed […]

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How Do You Make a Time Slice Photo?

How Do You Make a Time Slice Photo?

We’ve seen timelapse and we’ve seen hyperlapse. But what’s time slicing? To quote photographer Dan Marker-Moore, “A time slice is more than a photograph. A time slice takes a series of photographs and combines them into one single image. It takes slices of the same photograph offset in time from several seconds up to a few minutes.” […]

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8 Qualities That Set Great Photographers Apart

8 Qualities That Set Great Photographers Apart

What is it that sets great photographers apart? Is it that they are naturally gifted? Or do they practice the art religiously? Actually, there are quite a few common qualities that among well-known photographers. Tony & Chelsea Northrup discuss some of those traits in this video: 1. Persistence Persistence is key. Everyone comes across certain […]

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Composition: When Should You Break the Rules?

Composition: When Should You Break the Rules?

Tutorials on composition are about as common as seagulls on a shore, but every once in a while we come across a guide that goes a little bit beyond the norm. In the following video, portrait photographer Eric Floberg adds bit more dimension to the standard rules of composition: The key to Floberg’s composition choices […]

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Photography Project Highlights Clothing Waste

Photography Project Highlights Clothing Waste

Several years ago, designer and human rights advocate Laura François took a long, hard look at her closet. Staring at her clothes, she couldn’t help but think about the materials and labor poured into each garment. That moment marked the beginning of François’s crusade to convince others to stop buying surplus clothing and support sustainable manufacturers. […]

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How to Capture and Stitch Panoramas

How to Capture and Stitch Panoramas

Capturing and creating panoramas can be as easy as following three simple steps or can become a nightmare if done wrong. Great panoramas will be created if you decide to spend the extra time and follow some recommendations. Photoshop will stitch your images together, without your intervention, simply by using the function ‘Photomerge’. So let’s […]

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