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Spring is Here: Beautiful Flower Photography

Spring is Here: Beautiful Flower Photography

To take interesting photos of nature, you don’t need go to some exotic place. Just step out of your door and turn around. Someone has planted flowers in front of the building? That could be the perfect place to trigger a few photos! For some unusual and interesting flower photography, take a trip to nature, […]

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Street Photography in Sydney: The Belly of the Beast

Street Photography in Sydney: The Belly of the Beast

When people talk about Sydney, they always talk about the light—the incredible Sydney light. Australian photographic artist Markus Andersen uses that light to create imagery. His canvas is the city streets where he sees the chaos of life and he makes order of it through his photography. This creative short documentary shows the process Andersen goes through […]

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Photographer Humor: The Mirrorless Camera Party

Photographer Humor: The Mirrorless Camera Party

Three years ago, a bunch of mirrorless cameras got together for a little shindig. A few of them ganged up on Canon, who ran out of the party crying. This year, the mirrorless cameras had another reunion, but this time Canon wasn’t invited. So, who are the cool kids in today’s mirrorless world? Check out […]

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How Photoshop’s Sharpening Filters Work

How Photoshop’s Sharpening Filters Work

We all want our photographs to be tack sharp, right? Photoshop can help with that, but there are a bewildering number of choices when it comes to sharpening your images. Deke McClelland is here to demystify how Photoshop’s sharpening filters work: How to Sharpen Your Photos in Photoshop When preparing to sharpen an image, you’ll […]

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Photography Drawing in Topaz B&W Effects 2

Photography Drawing in Topaz B&W Effects 2

In this tutorial I will make a demonstration of how I use the Topaz plugins in my Photography Drawing™ (PhtD – in short) workflow and what I consider as the best plugins and features to use when processing a B&W image, a long exposure architectural photograph in my case, so you can get the results […]

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Photoshop Computes Color Incorrectly, But There’s an Easy Fix

Photoshop Computes Color Incorrectly, But There’s an Easy Fix

Ever notice that when you try to blur a really colorful image in Photoshop or Instagram, you end up with a dark, ugly line between colors? We wouldn’t see that line in real life, so why does it appear on the computer? MinutePhysics tells us why this dark boundary shows up and explains the mathematics behind color blending […]

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Beach Photography Basics

Beach Photography Basics

One of the most photographed scenes in the world is the beach. The reason? The locale is beautiful by nature. People are usually relaxed and having fun and are not “stiff.” A combination of the first two reasons. This means that beach photography can be either landscape or portrait photography—or a combination of both. Unlike […]

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Timelapse Photography Captures Erodium Seed that Drills Itself Into the Ground

Timelapse Photography Captures Erodium Seed that Drills Itself Into the Ground

When you really slow things down and take a good look at the earth and organic life around us, when you stop to smell the roses so to speak, the wonders of Mother Nature can be surprising. Here, we really see the magic of nature with this slow-motion timelapse video of the self-planting seed, Erodium, […]

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How to Freeze Action with External Flash

How to Freeze Action with External Flash

Smashing wine glasses together isn’t just about making a colorful mess; it’s about getting the settings on your flash and your camera perfect to freeze wine droplets in mid-air. Gavin Hoey gives us a tutorial on how to set up your flash and your camera for a perfect frozen object, and he also shares some […]

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The Cut is an Enthralling Cross Section Stop Motion Photography Project

The Cut is an Enthralling Cross Section Stop Motion Photography Project

The main reason I am drawn to photography and videography is the fact that you can take any moment in time and stretch or freeze it, allowing you to practically manipulate the world around you with ease. Whether it’s photographing a wave at 1/3200 of a second or a long exposure of a busy street […]

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