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Cringe Along as This Comedian Pretends to Be the Humans of New York Photographer

Cringe Along as This Comedian Pretends to Be the Humans of New York Photographer

There is an incredibly popular photography blog showcasing the people of NYC that continues to attract followers, pulling at heartstrings across the globe. You may have heard of it—Humans of New York. Everyone knows HONY nowadays; I mean, it has almost 10,000,000 followers on Facebook alone. But would you know the photographer behind it if […]

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How to Take Headshots With Continuous Lights

How to Take Headshots With Continuous Lights

Continuous lighting are great to use when taking portraits; there is no guess work when trying to determine what lighting pattern you’re setting up. Since the lights never go off, you can automatically see how the light will look in your photographs. Take a look at the clip below as Jared Polin shows us how […]

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Using a Wide Angle Lens to Exaggerate Perspective

Using a Wide Angle Lens to Exaggerate Perspective

The are many, many ways to compose a photo and part of being a great photographer is knowing which one of those compositions is the best choice and understanding how to go about executing it. In this quick primer, Mark Wallace shows us a useful way to use a wide angle lens to exaggerate perspective: […]

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A Helpful Tip for Photographing Basketball Games

A Helpful Tip for Photographing Basketball Games

It’s tough photographing fast paced sporting events, especially games like basketball, in which the players are constantly running away from you then toward you. It takes a certain amount of skill that most new photographers will need to practice. Fortunately, Jared Polin talks to us on the sidelines and shows us one of his best […]

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5 Pro Photographers Share Their Secrets to Success

5 Pro Photographers Share Their Secrets to Success

Growing up as a photographer there’s really no dearth of advice from peers, friends, families, clients, passers-by and anybody else who thinks he’s got an eye for photography. Photography being a visual art, anybody who is anybody thinks he’s got a great piece of advice to share. But, the only piece of advice that really […]

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9 Must-Have Tips for Shooting Intimate Landscapes

9 Must-Have Tips for Shooting Intimate Landscapes

Want to know the secrets to taking your best photos ever, right outside your own doorstep? Get nine pro tips for shooting amazing intimate landscapes. Plus, see here for your chance to take professional photographer Rob Sheppard’s online Craftsy class, Shooting Intimate Landscapes, and learn how to use composition and lighting to take your photo […]

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Fascinating 8 Year Stop Motion Selfie Project

Fascinating 8 Year Stop Motion Selfie Project

These days everybody is bitten by the selfie bug. If you’re on the lookout for interesting ways to document your own changes over time, this video might just be the inspiration that you’ve been waiting for: This YouTuber, who goes by the pseudonym ‘Dumo’ was, inspired by another YouTuber, but that doesn’t make his video […]

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The Secrets of Timelapse Photography Unearthed

The Secrets of Timelapse Photography Unearthed

What do videos of flight patterns, a burning forest fire, the rebuilding after hurricane Katrina, a cross-country road trip, and the unfolding of a crocus have in common? Aside from being mesmerizingly surreal, they’ve all been subjects of timelapse photography. Timelapse photography has become super-popular these days and ever more creative as it becomes more […]

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How to Take Pictures of Things Shattering

How to Take Pictures of Things Shattering

The DigitalRev team’s unorthodox and often bizarre attempts at making images could well be termed as innovative. But they are in no way boring. This time the team decided to capture images of stuff shattering and/or blowing up, and they did it using some cheap camera gear. How cheap? Let’s find out: Just because humans […]

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This Finnish Nature Timelapse Reminds Us to Look for Beauty Wherever We Are

This Finnish Nature Timelapse Reminds Us to Look for Beauty Wherever We Are

Do you think your hometown is too boring to photograph? Have you ever hoped for something to “happen” just for the sake of getting a few interesting shots? In the video below, Leo Brinkman of Heinola, Finland proves that even the dullest of hometowns can be transformed into a works of art through the use […]

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