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Luminosity & Contrast Landscape Photo Guide

Luminosity & Contrast Landscape Photo Guide

Everything in photography can be summarized using Luminosity & Contrast. And this new guide by professional landscape photographer Alister Benn will show you how to see it and master it. The second we open our eyes, we experience luminosity and contrast; Darkness turns to light, blurriness and diffusion reveal details, textures, depth, three dimensionality and […]

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Behavior and Background Tips for All Age Portraits

Behavior and Background Tips for All Age Portraits

Photographing people is always a challenge. If they’re children, you’ve got to get them to hold still and look at the camera. And no matter who you’re photographing, a great background adds to the photo. Photographer Denice Duff shares her pro tips on these two aspects in the following video: Be interesting As a photographer, […]

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Infrared Photography: 2 Ways To Modify Your DSLR

Infrared Photography: 2 Ways To Modify Your DSLR

Infrared photography is undoubtedly one of the most beautiful areas of photographic art, and there are many ways in which you can shoot IR frames. However, if you have a DSLR camera and you are not willing to invest in state of the art equipment designed especially for infrared photography, then you should know that […]

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Taking Portraits of Strangers: 60 Second Challenge

Taking Portraits of Strangers: 60 Second Challenge

If you’re into street photography, you know how challenging it can be to take photos of strangers. However, photographer Robert Hall shows us this 60 second challenge wherein three photographers head to the streets of Las Vegas and ask strangers to pose for some quick portraits: In the video, photographers Robert Hall, Francisco Hernandez, and Derrel […]

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How to Get Started with Product Photography

How to Get Started with Product Photography

Peter McKinnon, a professional product photographer, often receives products in the mail from his customers, who ask him to take photos. His love for textures and the use of odd props is what make his images come together and stand apart from the crowd: Themes, Textures, and Props When deciding how to photograph your product, […]

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5 Ideas for Photography Inspiration

5 Ideas for Photography Inspiration

Finding inspiration is sometimes a major challenge. As strange as it seems, going out, camera in hand, and finding a subject is often more difficult than the actual process of photographing. In this video, Chelsea Northrup shares five tips on how to inspire yourself and find subjects to shoot: 1. Find a muse and keep […]

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Unusual Ideas for Photographing The Bean in Chicago

Unusual Ideas for Photographing The Bean in Chicago

Abstract imagery can be one of the most powerful forms of visual communication. While traditional photography is consumed with the idea of details, exposure, white balance, and the rules of photography, abstract photography depends more on forms, colors, and shapes to communicate ideas. True, abstract photography can often be misunderstood, but it can also make […]

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Tips if the Bride and Groom are Camera Shy

Tips if the Bride and Groom are Camera Shy

How do you deal with a stiff bride and groom when it comes to the portrait time? Well, I have a few tricks up my sleeve, but they all boil down to the same thing: familiarize yourself with the people you’re photographing and do whatever you can to get them to relax, to know that […]

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How Focal Length Affects the Background of a Photo

How Focal Length Affects the Background of a Photo

The choice of lens for your camera can significantly affect two major aspects of your photos: the angle of view that you capture and the extent of background distortion. But hang on a second. Does changing the focal length only determine background compression? This eye-opening video proves otherwise: Angle of View Before we get into background […]

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Timelapse of SpaceX Rocket Over Downtown LA

Timelapse of SpaceX Rocket Over Downtown LA

SpaceX has been in the news recently—and for good reasons. They’ve implemented the idea of reusable rockets, something previously thought to be impossible. At dusk on October 7, 2018, the company launched their Falcon 9 from California’s Vandenberg Air Force Base, about 158 miles north of LA. Its mission was to deliver the Earth-observation radar […]

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