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Japanese Photo Booths Retouch Your Portraits—Whether You Want Them to or Not

Japanese Photo Booths Retouch Your Portraits—Whether You Want Them to or Not

In Japan, Purikura photo booths are everywhere. Purikura translates to photo club and the booth resembles the photo booths you see in the mall in the US, except these ones can add decorative borders and designs to your photos. Many people use them to take snapshots with their friends and the photos are printed on […]

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How to Pose for Photos

How to Pose for Photos

A successful portrait shoot depends a lot on whether or not the subject is relaxed and up to the challenge of being the center of attention. As the photographer, it’s up to you to give direction and coach your clients to help both of you make better photographs. Unfortunately, many photographers have difficulty conveying instruction […]

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Photographing Cars with High End Equipment

Photographing Cars with High End Equipment

What could be more fun than spending an afternoon photographing expensive sports cars with high end cameras and equipment? By the looks of Jonathon Yi’s recent adventures in Miami, not a whole lot. Join the photographer as he talks about his passion for photography and discusses how using high level gear helps him build trust with […]

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Inversion Immersion: An Amazing Portland Fog-lapse

Inversion Immersion: An Amazing Portland Fog-lapse

Few photographers would argue that there’s a huge luck component to getting an awesome shot. A lot depends on being at the right place, at the right time, and with the right equipment and skill. Lucky for 19-year-old student Andrew Studer, his trip to get a few sunset shots ended with capturing an awesome Portland […]

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Could This Be the World’s Oldest Photo Book?

Could This Be the World’s Oldest Photo Book?

The Royal Society recently stumbled upon what they claim is, hang on—the world’s first photo book! Meticulously made by botanist and photographer Anna Atkins in 1843, the book contains photographs—or as Brady from Objectivity puts it, “photographic images”: British Algae, Vol. I is said to be the first book ever illustrated exclusively with photographs. The […]

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How to Take Great Table Shots in Wedding Photography

How to Take Great Table Shots in Wedding Photography

One of a photographer’s least favorite types of pictures to take at a wedding is the table shot, the pictures of the guests at each table at a wedding reception. This is because it is hard to get everyone from a table organized, and it does not have the artistry of other photos at a […]

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A Quick Tip for Healing and Cloning in Photoshop

A Quick Tip for Healing and Cloning in Photoshop

Are you having trouble retracing your editing steps when it comes to healing and cloning in Photoshop? Pye from SLR Lounge shares a quick tip that will help you improve your workflow: When most of us get into Photoshop the first he we do is hit Ctrl + J or Cmd + J on our […]

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Photography Transforms a Forest Into a Bio-Luminescent Wonderland

Photography Transforms a Forest Into a Bio-Luminescent Wonderland

As photographers, much of our time is spent capturing the beauty we see around us. Sure, we might augment what we see through filters or creative editing, but most of the time we’re working with what’s already laid out before us. Artists Friedrich van Schoor and Tarek Mawad, however, wanted to add a little something […]

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Portrait Lighting Tutorial in a Flash

Portrait Lighting Tutorial in a Flash

In our obsession of gear and accessories, we often forget that photography is all about light. Understand it, shape it, and capture it and your photos will be amazing more often than not. In this video tutorial, photographer Brian Wilson demonstrates how you can make amazing portraits using a single light by following these basic […]

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Topaz ReStyle for Post-Processing

Topaz ReStyle for Post-Processing

Find the perfect look for your photo. Topaz’s ReStyle tool lets you explore new artistic and creative possibilities for your images and helps you achieve looks you might not have thought of otherwise. Designed for professionals to transform images with just one click using over a thousand easily searchable styles and looks. Found here: Topaz ReStyle Deal Features […]

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