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When you set up your camera, at some point you will have to reach a decision on which color space to use. Take a look at your camera’s menu and you will see an item labeled Color Space. The two options will be sRGB and Adobe RGB.

Like a lot of people, I started out using sRGB because that is what the camera defaults to using. After a while, however, I learned that Adobe RGB was a larger color space, so I started using that. Doing so led to some occasional problems when I posted... more

Making custom bokeh for your lenses can be a fun project. Usually, photographers do it by crudely cutting shapes out of a piece of black card and taping it to the end of our lens. But this method doesn’t allow for a lot of detail or intricacy. There’s also the Bokeh Masters Kit, which comes […]

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Sales 101 says that it is much more profitable to convert sales from existing customers than to retain new customers – but retailers have taken this to a fantastically annoying new level – to the point where I have to waste significant amounts of time and effort to ignore them. Continue reading for a few […]

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Abstract: A dynamic, 3-D scene and hundreds of sourcesa talk with a theatrical lighting designer


Photo Lucas Krech

Today in Lighting 103, a little side trip. Fair warning: we are taking a bit of a deep dive. For some of you this will make your eyes glaze over... more

They call it mellow yellow!

Yellow balloon.Photo byRicardo Gomez AngelonUnsplash

Weekly Photography Challenge – Yellow

Nature provides many things in this wonderful color – just get out at sunset or sunrise... more

There are many rules in photography, but few of them are set in stone. When it comes to photographing people, though, there are a few rules that are simple common courtesy. As well as a few that are just a really good idea. In this video from photographer Manny Ortiz, we learn 5 Dos and […]

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The body camera footage from Clark County Sheriff’s Deputy Jake Shaw has been released showing the moment he shot New Carlisle News photographer, Andy Grimm. Grimm had left work to cover a lightning storm when he pulled over to photograph a traffic stop. Seemingly mistaking Grimm’s camera and tripod for a gun, Shaw shot at […]

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This is an interesting developing. Fuji have announced that a new raw processing application is coming in November; Fujifilm X RAW Studio. Unlike all current raw systems, X RAW Studio actually seems to use your camera’s hardware to speed up the workflow. Much in the same way that games, 3D and even video editing applications […]

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Photography is an ever changing art form and technology. But what is in store for us in terms of the future of photography?

10 Predictions

In this video from the guys over at COOPH they offer up 10 predictions for the future of photography. See what you think.

What are your predictions? Do you agree with their assessments? What else do you think might be coming down the pike? How will drones play into things?

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Hair is one of those parts of retouching that I least look forward to. It just takes so long to get things looking perfect.Especially if the image is from a shoot that didn’t have a hair stylist on set. If only I could shoot bald models, and composite hair in post, that would make life […]

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