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You don’t need fancy, high-end, expensive equipment for nightclub photography. Any decent prosumer level DSLR kit and a flashgun that’s fully compatible with the camera body and supports i-TTL (Nikon) or E-TTL (Canon) modes will do. Since all the photographs will most likely be resized for use on the web, megapixels also don’t matter. Even […]
One type of photography I would love to try is street photography. I love capturing random moments from people on the street; I think it’s one of the most honest types of photography there is. However, it’s rare that I have the courage to approach somebody for a picture or snap one of strangers down […]
Drones are fast becoming a part of our lives. Drones for product delivery, traffic management, and now drones as wedding photographers! Yeah, you read it right. And if we are to believe the pictures below, couples are digging it: A drone as a wedding photographer gives kind of a cool feeling to the whole event. […]
Afraid of heights? Not these two fearless workers who are enjoying a nice lunch break perched upon steel beams 1,000 feet up in the air: The image was taken during construction of the Five Finger Viewing Platform in Austria. Since it can take quite a long time to descend the work site, the workers presumably […]
There are a ton of benefits to being a photographer nowadays—from the high-end camera gear that’s available to us to the practically infinite amount of knowledge being passed around between people sharing the same profession or hobby. What got me to thinking about this was the following video detailing how to create stunning shots in […]
This mom blew the world away with gorgeous photos of her kids, and now she shares some tips with us for photographing children. Elena Shumilova has over 60 million views on her photos, and SmugMug recently visited her in her home in Russia to see her process first hand: So just how does she do […]
This relentlessly in-depth eBook is designed to help you master challenging lighting conditions in landscape & cityscape photography no matter your experience level. Take more compelling photos, post-process them to perfection, and delve even further into long exposure tricks so you know all the possibilities. It is the product of over a DECADE of research as an […]
Recently, the incredibly talented surrealist photographer Ben Von Wong was asked to shoot his first global campaign ever. Von Wong is known for his epic photography and this project was to be just that—epic. The challenge set forth was to capture a model surrounded by fire, almost on fire really, using nothing but a smartphone, […]
A lot of people flirt with idea of being a professional photographer, others just want to take better pictures as a hobby. Either one requires developing the habits that lead to better photography. 1. You Know Your Equipment Inside and Out Can you operate your camera blindfolded? While that’s not a skill you necessarily need […]
I was shooting an ‘out of area’ wedding last week (to me that is a wedding more than 20 miles from my home), went to pick up my camera bag and nearly had a hernia. It weighed so much that it reminded me of being back in the Army with your life on your back. […]
