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How to Take Sharper Bird Photos

How to Take Sharper Bird Photos

From the cosmos to the teeniest, tiniest bird, Simon d’Entremont, loves to wonder at and photograph it all. As a professional wildlife photographer, he has plenty of tips to share — particularly regarding challenging bird photography. As we know, birds move fast, flitting around and flapping their wings at speeds often imperceivable to the human […]

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How to Use Virtual Copies in Lightroom

How to Use Virtual Copies in Lightroom

Imagine that you have just processed a color image and that you are happy with the result. But you’d also like to experiment with it a little. Perhaps you’re curious to see how it will look if you convert it to black and white. Maybe you’d like to give it a different look using a […]

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How to do Panning Shots of Bicycles

How to do Panning Shots of Bicycles

If you appreciate photos with movement in them, then definitely check out this tutorial. In this video, learn how to create beautiful panning shots of bicycles in the rain from Gavin Hoey of Adorama. He shows you how to create and post-process panning shots with some simple and easy to follow techniques in Photoshop or […]

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How to Find Great Pockets of Natural Light for Portraits

How to Find Great Pockets of Natural Light for Portraits

Fashion shots are some of the most evocative — but usually get taken in a studio under controlled artificial lighting conditions. Many photographers fear stepping outdoors, including into the unpredictable weather and lighting conditions that go with it. At least, not without the help of a few friends — strobe lights, diffusers, and reflectors, in […]

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Photographing a Wedding Day

Photographing a Wedding Day

Wedding days are one of the most special days of a married couple’s life. That’s why hiring a professional photographer to capture the day is usually top of their list. Lindsay Coulter’s husband trailed her as she photographed a full wedding day, from getting ready to the reception. Here are some of the tips and […]

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Coffee Photography Tips

Coffee Photography Tips

Anyone who loves coffee knows that there’s more to the drink than just a quick caffeine fix. Coffee can be an art form, and it’s something that can be captured in photos beautifully. Here are five creative ways to take photos of coffee that will show off its beauty and flavor perfectly. 1. Coffee starts […]

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Rainforest Wildlife Photography Tips

Rainforest Wildlife Photography Tips

There’s no place like the Amazon Rainforest if you’re passionate about photographing wildlife. However, just being there in the Amazon Rainforest doesn’t guarantee that you’ll end up with great images. There are a lot of other technical and behavioral aspects involved that’ll ultimately affect the quality of your wildlife photographs. If you’re looking for some […]

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How to Capture Really Sharp Photos

How to Capture Really Sharp Photos

One of the most frustrating experiences for a photographer is to get home from a photo trip with some great images only to find that some of the images are not sharp. To help solve this problem, this article covers seven things that a photographer can do to create really sharp images. Tripod When it […]

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Creative Long Exposure Demonstrations and Ideas

Creative Long Exposure Demonstrations and Ideas

Long exposure photography is a technique in which you use a slower shutter speed to capture motion trails. If there’s no ambient light, you can use this method to create and capture light trails using a light source and create magnificent-looking images. We also refer to this as light painting. In today’s video, photographer Kyle […]

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Defining Street Photography

Defining Street Photography

Most types of photography can be easily defined by their subjects. A wedding photographer takes pictures of weddings. A portrait photographer poses someone and takes their picture. The nature photographer covers a wide area, but it is easy to categorize. Street photography is difficult to define because it can encompass just about any subject. If […]

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