Photography Blogs & Tutorials

I use Lightroom for basic editing and raw conversions, but I still like to tweak my photos in Photoshop. Mostly, thats just about familiarity. Im a Photoshop addict. Technically, it makes sense to do as much editing in the raw convertor as possibleperhaps all of itbut I like the blank canvas that is Photoshop more than the frog-marched workflow of raw convertors. Besides, there are still things you can see and do in Photoshop that arent possible in Lightroom.

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Comedian Ryan Higa says hes not very good at dancing. So he found a solution how to dance without moving, and the solution is stop motion animation. It took almost a week of standing still and over 4,000 photos to turn Ryan into a dancer who can pull of all sorts of wacky moves, and […]

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Nowadays you can buy all sorts of smartphone lenses: from $35 crappy super-zoom to high-end, $200 Zeiss lenses. But if you feel like doing a fun little DIY project, you can make your own smartphone macro lens and only spend $2 on it. In this video, Chris Notap will show you how. You will need […]

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Headshots and portraits on a white background are a timeless classic. And most of us who shoot portraits have had to do them at some point. If we haven’t, we likely will sometime in the future. Processing and editing them, though, can often be a pain, especially if you’re shooting a whole bunch of people […]

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Whether you are a professional or a hobbyist photographer, or just take occasional snaps with your smartphone you probably sometimes take photos to remember certain events. But a recent study suggests that, when you do this, you actually achieve the opposite: taking a photo of the event makes it less likely to remember. Julia […]

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RED recently simplified its camera lineup to three separate product lines. Monstro, Helium and Gemini. But how do the three new systems all stack up against each other? That’s what Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer and filmmaker Vincent Laforet wanted to find out. So, he got all three cameras and took them out to compare them side-by-side […]

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The entry-level Olympus PEN E-PL9 has received the “special edition” treatment. What’s so special about it? Well, it’s blue. Oh yes. But, the E-PL9 won’t leave you feeling blue after you use it. For an entry-level camera, it’s pretty capable. It houses a 16.1MP Micro Four Thirds CMOS sensor that’s capable of shooting 4K UHD […]

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A 30-year-old urbex photographer Rebecca Bunting died after flash flooding swept her away in on 2 June. She was reportedly shooting photos in Pennypack Creek when the water level quickly rose and carried her away. Friends are still in shock over the death of their friend Rebecca Bunting. She was taking photos in a storm […]

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Landscape photography is the realm of the wide-angle lens. Right? Isnt it? Im sure I read that somewhere. When photographing the landscape, use a wide0angle lens. I know Ive heard that. We probably all have. But its just not true. So in this article, I’ll give you some tips for shooting landscapes with a telephoto or long lens.

At 100mm, I was able to bring in the details of Denali, and the nearby Alaska Range as seen from Talkeetna, Alaska.

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As a professional photographer, you probably have different packages and pricing options you offer to clients. But if theres a specifying pricing plan youd like them to choose, how are you going to make people choose it? In this video, Nick Kolenda teaches you some psychological tricks that will help you guide your clients towards […]

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