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You’ve probably seen those beautiful portraits where couples are embracing, and laughing naturally off-camera, or two children are skipping up the beautiful country lane-way, bathed in the most perfect light. Everything in the image looks flawless, yet it still seems like the photographer just happened to be walking past at the exact right moment to capture the perfect shot.

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If youve been to a wedding recently youve probably noticed this; if you make a living photographing weddings youve definitely seen it: more and more guests these days watch weddings through their smartphone screens as they photograph and record every moment of it. God forbid Facebook wont get to see the entire ceremony. While many [...]

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One of the most powerful benefits of photography is being able to capture fleeting moments that happen so quickly, that they are missed by the naked eye, or are so obvious that most people just miss them by walking past. One key area where this happens is around the shopping experience. But, to capture images that really tell a story can be tough. Here are some tips to help you.

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The majority of the time, the first thing you will notice will be the shop front, but... more

About three weeks ago, we asked you to go and use the free resources in our Image Manipulation Storeto create the best image that you can for a chance to win $250 credit to the store. The idea was to use a bunch of free CC-BY licensed backplates, images, and textures along with your own [...]

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The future has never seemed less exciting. A new video released by DJI presents the Phantom X Concept drone, including a bunch of new(ish) and (kinda) useful technology. Claiming to turn wide-eyed dreams of future possibilities into fact, the Phantom X includes multi-angle shooting, artificial intelligence, obstacle avoidance and free-flight object tracking. Enlisting help from [...]

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Turning the corner from taking snapshots into taking actual compositions is a hard thing to do. It doesn’t come naturally, and it takes experience. Another reason it is difficult to learn composition is that there is no one, hard and fast rule. You can get caught up in looking for various shapes, patterns, leading lines, and other compositional elements until your head is spinning.

To avoid all of this, I want to share one concrete technique for you to use when you are out... more

One of the coolest things timelapse technology is that it allows us to see large scale projects that would otherwise be very hard to visualize. Say, watching a ship being cut in half and extended to195.92m. The team at MKtimelapse spent 2 months filming this with two specialized system, and condensed into a three minutes [...]

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I was scrolling through my Facebook feeds and came across an article featuring a wedding photographer’s rant on disruptive guests who get in the way of wedding photographers who are just doing their job. Good to note that the photographer who was featured in the article did his best to get good shots by getting [...]

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Many years ago as a newly qualified civil engineer I went to my first proper site knowing everything!! My new boss was much cleverer. I spent 6 months as a chainman helping a proper engineer, I walked miles carrying a huge wooden tripod and a bloody great wooden box containing a theodolite; I really hated [...]

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We sure dolove our photography gadgets, so I thought it would be fun to see what things our dPS writers like to have in their bags. Things that are super handy to have – above and beyond the obvious camera and a lens.

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