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The Complete Guide to Photography (For Beginners)

The Complete Guide to Photography (For Beginners)

Are you new to photography? Knowing where to start can be tricky, and the huge amount of different camera settings can be overwhelming. Here is a new infographic designed to help you become a more confident photographer: From exposure and the science of taking a great photo, all the way to composition and the art […]

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Amazing Moments Seen Through a GoPro Lens

Amazing Moments Seen Through a GoPro Lens

Going through summer photos during cold winter days is a beautiful way of keeping memories and remembering the wonderful vacation you had. However, sometimes we just wanna enjoy our time on a vacation and not have to worry about tons of gear in a backpack. The GoPro is an interesting piece of gear with a […]

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How to Harness the Sunlight for Portrait Photography

How to Harness the Sunlight for Portrait Photography

The sun is the largest source of natural light we have. It’s sufficient for any type of photography, does not require a source of power, and lasts the entire day. However, the sun is also an unpredictable source of light, which means you cannot control it. As natural light photographers all you can do is […]

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How Portrait Photography is Helping the Homeless

How Portrait Photography is Helping the Homeless

When you have a marketable skill that’s in high demand, spending a couple of hours doing your job for those who need it is sometimes more valuable than donating money to the same worthy cause. A couple of months ago a video made the rounds on the Internet showing a professional barber spending some of […]

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Wedding Photojournalism: 5 Tips

Wedding Photojournalism: 5 Tips

Journalistic wedding photography—the style that offers a candid, insider’s look at the ceremony and behind the scenes—is a much different approach than posed wedding photography, and in many ways, more challenging. Pye Jirsa offers five tips on setting yourself up for success: “A wedding day is something that happens once in a lifetime. This is a […]

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Tips for Photographing Birds of Prey

Tips for Photographing Birds of Prey

Capturing birds of prey in their natural habitat is a dream come true for any aspiring wildlife photographer. However, with limited time and a day job, it’s difficult to travel hundreds of miles to a wildlife sanctuary. Luckily there’s an alternative. Visit your nearest bird rehabilitation center. N-Photo has some tips on how to shoot these […]

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Portrait of a Photographer: Short Film

Portrait of a Photographer: Short Film

Film editor and director Logan Kelsey’s short profile film on landscape photographer Marty Knapp is a stunning look into the man behind the lens. The video begins as Knapp explains his process of making a photograph, which hinges on evocative light: “By removing the color, something happens. We start paying attention to the lines, the […]

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ISO Explanations and Definitions

ISO Explanations and Definitions

Learning the basics of photography is the first step toward creating stunning shots. I consider them to be the building blocks of this profession, and knowing how to combine them can lead to masterpieces. The following video from B and H addresses one of the basic elements of photography, ISO: What is ISO? The ISO […]

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50 Photos Captured at the Perfect Moment

50 Photos Captured at the Perfect Moment

One of the beauties of photography is that it can capture and preserve split-second moments that would normally be lost to the human eye. The following collection of 50 perfectly timed photos shows that not everything is always as it seems: Examples include a diver shaking hands (or should we say fins?) with a humpback […]

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The Stunning Work of Jeremy Lock: 7 Time Military Photographer of the Year

The Stunning Work of Jeremy Lock: 7 Time Military Photographer of the Year

Whenever Air Force Master Sergeant Jeremy Lock raises his camera to his eye, he becomes a man on a mission. “You look for the moment, that brief second,” he says, neatly summing up the objective of photojournalism. Lock’s exceptional work with the US armed forces, shot on 40 countries across 6 continents and spanning 2 decades, […]

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