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How to Use Flash to Capture Razor Sharp Water Splash Photos

How to Use Flash to Capture Razor Sharp Water Splash Photos

Splashing water moves fast. To capture sharp photographs of it, you’ll need to have good lighting with a quick refresh time. But, when picking out your light source, don’t overlook the importance of the power pack. You need one capable of refreshing your lights in very rapid succession. In the video below, Kai works out […]

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Interview with a Russian Daredevil Skywalking Photographer

Interview with a Russian Daredevil Skywalking Photographer

How far would you go for a unique cityscape shot? Would you dangle from the tallest building in Europe with only one hand? Because Russian photographer Kirill Oreshkin would—and has, several times. If you’ve ever wanted to watch him in action whilst holding your breath and wiping your own palms free of sweat, watch this video: This […]

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Incredibly Important Composition Skills

Incredibly Important Composition Skills

In simplified terms when we talk about an image’s composition, we’re talking about how the various visual bits and pieces in a scene have been organized. This organization influences not only how the final image looks, but also how it feels and what we take away from it in terms of meaning. This eBook is designed to […]

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Photographer Takes Portraits of Torontonians from Every Country in the World

Photographer Takes Portraits of Torontonians from Every Country in the World

Roughly half the citizens of Toronto, Canada are immigrants. There’s a Little India, Little Italy, Koreatown, Greektown, Little Portugal, two Chinatowns, and huge swaths of English, Irish, and Scottish heritage. So it’s not surprising that one enterprising photographer, Colin Boyd Shafer, realized that he could photograph the entire world one Torontonian at a time. For his yearlong project, Cosmopolis Toronto, he’s shooting […]

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Get Lost Around Europe in 11 Photos

Get Lost Around Europe in 11 Photos

Packing your gear and leaving your hometown for couple of days to explore new places  is the best way to fill your batteries? Or you’re enjoying it as a part of your job? Look what we found for this week’s photo list! Cities are truly amazing, living places that are simultaneously busy, lonely, awake, tired, […]

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4 Tips for Directing Photography Subjects to Achieve Your Vision

4 Tips for Directing Photography Subjects to Achieve Your Vision

You can feel it pulsing through the crowd during any soccer game, fueling all of the screaming and whooping and dancing and boozing, the reason behind the elaborate costumes and the incessant waving of foam fingers and painted signs—energy. And so much of it that New York-based photographer Monte Isom dedicated a season in his career to try to […]

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Asked To Check Your Camera Bag at the Gate Before Boarding? Just Say No.

Asked To Check Your Camera Bag at the Gate Before Boarding? Just Say No.

When flying, I always pack my electronics and fragile camera equipment in my carry-on luggage, with the assumption that it will be safer and treated with a little more respect than some of the checked baggage I see get tossed around and beat up by exhausted airline workers. I’m always a little panic stricken when […]

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How to Photograph Wildlife for National Geographic

How to Photograph Wildlife for National Geographic

Wildlife photographer Steve Winter has enjoyed one of the most storied careers in the history of National Geographic. A former photojournalist, he began working with NatGeo in 1991 and has since won dozens of accolades and awards, including first place in the 2014 World Press Photo Awards for nature photography. In this 95-minute video, he gives a […]

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The Making of a Sports Illustrated Cover: Boston Strong Photo Shoot

The Making of a Sports Illustrated Cover: Boston Strong Photo Shoot

Following the tragedy that occurred at the 2013 Boston Marathon, Sports Illustrated and the city of Boston wanted to pay homage to the victims and their families by dedicating the cover to the event in 2014. In the video clip below, you can have a behind the scenes look into the photo shoot, which involved […]

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Locking Hearts, Not Jaws: Photographer’s Portraits Help Change Pit Bulls’ Reputation

Locking Hearts, Not Jaws: Photographer’s Portraits Help Change Pit Bulls’ Reputation

There are certainly dangerous “bullies” in the world, but photographer Doug Sonders doesn’t believe that pit bulls and other “aggressive” dog breeds should be named among them. After adopting a pit bull mix rescue named Emma from a local animal shelter, Sonders’ desire to advocate for these so-called “bully” breeds culminated in a portrait project called Not a […]

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