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5 Tips to Instantly Improve Your Photography

5 Tips to Instantly Improve Your Photography

If you ever feel uninspired or can’t think of how to change up your photography, look no further. Peter McKinnon offers his viewers some advice on how to pay attention and instantly improve their photography. His tips are aimed toward setting yourself apart in your work instead of following the work of others. In doing so, you can create […]

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Why a 50mm Lens Could Save Your Photography Life

Why a 50mm Lens Could Save Your Photography Life

Ok, this is quite a bold statement and may not be entirely true, but it could do a lot for your photography and maybe even get you out of that slump you’re currently in. Firstly, I want to just say that I love zooms. As a photographer, I’ve used them extensively both for photo and […]

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Using a Grid With a Beauty Dish for Portrait Photography

Using a Grid With a Beauty Dish for Portrait Photography

The beauty dish is a studio photographer’s dream come true. Producing a soft yet direct light, the results of this modifier prove that its name is not unwarranted. Here, photographer Miguel Quiles shows off some basic setups that best illustrate the capabilities of this tool: There are two ways of employing the beauty dish—with and without a grid. Believe […]

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Underwater Photography 101

Underwater Photography 101

Lying beneath the water’s surface is a world of opportunity that photographers are only just beginning to explore. The images produced by submerged cameras appeal to sports photojournalists and fine artists alike, who can experiment with suspending subjects in gravity defying poses and positions. With the right set of tools, techniques, and creative ideas, underwater […]

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The Story Behind the Tank Man Photo at Tiananmen Square

The Story Behind the Tank Man Photo at Tiananmen Square

It’s likely that you’ve seen Jeff Widener‘s most iconic image. Featuring a single man staring down a street filled with armed military tanks, it’s been praised by people around the world as a symbol of strength and defiance in the face of oppression. Though the themes within the photograph resonate universally, few people consider just […]

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How to Use a Balloon as an Effective Flash Photography Diffuser

How to Use a Balloon as an Effective Flash Photography Diffuser

In their quest to find inexpensive ways to improve their photography, The Koldunov Brothers made this video to demonstrate a technique that portrait photographers can use to create a simple diffuser for the pop-up flash on their camera. In order to do so, they filled a white balloon with air and attached it to the flash. […]

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3 Photo Editing Tips for Children’s Portraits

3 Photo Editing Tips for Children’s Portraits

Who doesn’t love photographing kids? With a subject so full of energy and life, it’s difficult to get a bad shot of a happy child. Nevertheless, as Aaron Nace proves in this tutorial, there’s always room for improvement: Though the image that Nace started with was adequate, applying a few tweaks to the image details ultimately made […]

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What Makes a Good Photograph?

What Makes a Good Photograph?

Tales by Light is a collaboration between Canon Australia and the National Geographic channel. Watch this breathtaking trailer full of images that say a thousand words in one frame, and listen as photographers share what they think makes a good photograph: “A great photograph needs to make you feel something. More importantly, you need to make your […]

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30 Photoshop Tools That Every Photographer Should Know

30 Photoshop Tools That Every Photographer Should Know

Becoming a successful photographer takes more than capturing a great shot. You also need to be able to edit your photography to fit the requested specifications from your client. To help understand a little bit more about this amazing software editing program, photographer Nathaniel Dodson created this helpful step-by-step tutorial on 30 of the most […]

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4 Ways to Get a Blowing Hair Effect in Your Portrait Photography

4 Ways to Get a Blowing Hair Effect in Your Portrait Photography

A sense of movement can make for dynamism and excitement in a still photograph. Unfortunately for many photographers working in small studio setups, movement often isn’t conducive to the stationary lighting and limited space available. One way of creating the feeling of movement in an image while keeping a model perfectly in place is through introducing […]

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