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The Exposure Triangle; youve heard of it, Im sure. Its fabled in story and song and celebrated by photo instructors everywhere. We can even buy t-shirts commemorating the concept! There have been countless articles written about the exposure triangle (try a web search and see for yourself), all with the intent of helping newcomers to […]

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There have been plenty of analog-digital blends in the market. From Im Back digital back for SLR cameras, to Yashica Y35 with faux film roll, which raised over $1 million on Kickstarter. Now theres another Kickstarter campaign promising to breathe a new life into your old analog camera. Check out Film35, the latest invention that […]

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The whole “continuous vs strobes” choice is pretty easy if you shoot video. But for photographers, it can be a little more challenging. New lights of both types are coming out all the time, and a lot of photographers wonder which type of light they should go with. In this video, Jay P Morgan looks […]

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Our brand new Nikon Z7 full frame mirrorless camera arrived at the office this week, and we immediately got down to business. Four years ago, Sony fired the first shot of this battle with the A7 and continued to release one iteration after another, each improving on the last, and did so completely unanswered by […]

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You love photography. You live it, you breathe it, and it’s all you can ever think of doing in your life. And you’re good better than some of the other people you know who also love photography.

But despite all this you feel… stuck. You’re not booking jobs, getting clients or making money. And when you post your best work on social media all you hear are crickets.

So what’s the problem? Well, it may surprise you to hear it may not be a technical... more

The old cries of “If you want to shoot video, get a video camera!” are becoming fewer and fewer these days. Which makes sense given that DSLRs and mirrorless cameras basicallyare video cameras these days. And just like “real video cameras”, you need to bolt on extra bits to really get the most out of […]

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Instant photos are magical. They develop before your eyes. You can share them, gift them, spill water on them, draw on them. The only problem is that most instant cameras are pretty cheap thats why Ive always wanted to hack my medium format camera to take instant photos with shallow depth of field and […]

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In response to user feedback over the Godox XPro trigger, Adorama has now announced the R2 Pro Mark II trigger for Canon. Don’t worry, Nikon. Sony, Fuji, Panasonic/Olympus and Pentax versions will be coming soon. It’s got a whole lot more buttons (they’re backlit, too!) and some very cool enhancements over the original. It seems […]

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I invest so much time in my landscape photography, but cant tell how much Im improving or even where Ill be in a year. I think Im getting better, but slowly and haphazardly.

Do you have a strategy for becoming a better photographer? What areas do you want to improve in over the next few weeks? Most of us learn passively, but what if you could get more out of every shoot and see progress in months instead of years?

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Weve seen awe-inspiring photos of different natural phenomena: lunar fog bow, Aurora Borealis, storms But a 1,000-feet long spider web blanketing a large part of a town? Ive never seen anything like it, but photographer Alexandros Maragos witnessed it and managed to capture it in a series of unbelievable photos. The 1,000 feet long spider […]

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