50 Photoshop Actions For Every Photographer | Freebie | Pixel Curse

50 Photoshop Actions For Every Photographer | Freebie | Pixel Curse: "Using Photoshop actions can make your life easier and help you edit your photos more quickly. Basically, actions are nothing more than a series of normal Photoshop operations recorded so you can run them in sequence quickly, without having to remember just what steps to do, and in what order."

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15 Best Photoshop Light Effect Tutorials | Design Dim

15 Best Photoshop Light Effect Tutorials | Design Dim: "A current trend in design is adding lighting effects to enhance your digital art. In this article, you’ll find 15 Best Lighting Effects Tutorials that you can use to add a bit of sparkle into your work."

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BetterPhoto Instructor Insights: Creative Composition: Close-Ups and Autofocus

BetterPhoto Instructor Insights: Creative Composition: Close-Ups and Autofocus: "I love close-ups. They truly bring you into a different world that we normally don't see. And I am not talking about super close work, either. Any time we get in close to a natural subject, we are looking more deeply at the world around us in a way we usually don't do. In a way, the act of close-up photography gets us to pause and observe details that we might otherwise pass on by."

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How I Stumbled Across an Amazing Way to Slow Down My Shooting Process

How I Stumbled Across an Amazing Way to Slow Down My Shooting Process: "I, like many new photographers, would walk around shooting everything I saw without consciously thinking about the way it was framed or the settings on my camera. If you browse through the archives of my blog you’ll see a clear pattern of growth and learning in the images, but admittedly, I still have a long way to go!"

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Poser: Achieve Perfect Portrait Expression

Poser: Achieve Perfect Portrait Expression: "Fortunately for our clients – and for us – the world of formal portrait and people photography is now coming to a new era: Portrait Photojournalism."

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Dynamic Range in the World of Photography – PictureCorrect

Dynamic Range in the World of Photography – PictureCorrect: "Look at something other than your computer screen for a moment and take note of the world around you. You should notice bright highlights and dark shadow areas without much of a problem."

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Take More Photos – Keep Less

Take More Photos – Keep Less: "When I first heard this advice, I did not fully understand it. I was backpacking in Mexico and had met with that professional photographer who gave me the advice. We met a few days in a row, which made me feel after that I could do much more with that fancy DSLR than with my small point and shoot. I felt the urge to spend what was left of my savings into that ‘toy’ at the time."

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Panasonic DMC-GF3 Review

Panasonic DMC-GF3 Review: "If this is the way it’s going, I’m all for it: smaller, interchangeable lens cameras, with decently-sized sensors and sophisticated image processing internals.

Panasonic and Sony seem to be waging the war with their Micro Four Thirds models and this is another missile hurled at (IMHO) the oversize DSLRS, with or without flipping mirrors!"

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How to Balance Strobes with Sunlight in Photography – PictureCorrect

How to Balance Strobes with Sunlight in Photography – PictureCorrect: "As photographers, we are always trying to capture photographs that pop. That is, images that combine depth and fine details. This short clip explains how to mix strobe lighting with ambient light to achieve just the right feel (for those of you reading this by email, you can see the video here):"

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Enhance Faces in Your iPhone Photos the Easy Way

Enhance Faces in Your iPhone Photos the Easy Way: "When we take photos of people in a professional capacity, we are almost always asked to make small facial adjustments, like whitening a subject’s teeth and softening the skin to hide wrinkles and blemishes. Such edits are commonplace throughout professional photography, but nearly impossible to make from a mobile device."

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Is Flash Photography Dead? by Digital Photo Secrets

Is Flash Photography Dead? by Digital Photo Secrets: "Flashes, the age old staple of the modern photographer. They’ve been around as long as photographers have needed some kind of portable light source. But all of that might change very soon."

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When are you taking your best photos? by Digital Photo Secrets

When are you taking your best photos? by Digital Photo Secrets: "It’s funny. For years and years we’ve thrown around terms like “mental energy,” and for the most part, none of us really questions what we’re getting at. I’ve been thinking a lot about this lately in my own photography, and it’s looking like some of the new research on creativity is confirming what I originally thought."

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How to photograph the Aurora Borealis by Digital Photo Secrets

How to photograph the Aurora Borealis by Digital Photo Secrets: "This year is looking to be a rather magnetically active year for this little planet. All kinds of solar storms are headed are way, but don’t you worry. "

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The Rule of Thirds: Weekly Photography Challenge

The Rule of Thirds: Weekly Photography Challenge: "While I’m not big on ‘rules’ – there’s definitely some good reasons to know this one and to be able to pull it off (and of course there are times to break it too). So lets practice implementing it this week!"

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Cam Caddie is like a budget Steadicam for your DLSR

Cam Caddie is like a budget Steadicam for your DLSR: "Amateur or low-budget videographers who want to smooth out their shaky handheld camera work have for some time now had the option of using the Smoothee, a simple rig made by none other than Steadicam. The product is intended for use with pocket camcorders and smartphones, however, which kind of leaves DSLR-users in the lurch. Well, those people now have a new affordable stabilizing system of their own, in the form of the Cam Caddie Scorpion."

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Tired of the same old photos of your kids? Use props! by Digital Photo Secrets

Tired of the same old photos of your kids? Use props! by Digital Photo Secrets: "It seems like there are only so many photos you can get of your kids, and if you’re like most parents, you always want more. I know this when babysitting my nephews or bringing them to the local park."

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Recycle an Old Digital Camera Into a Night Light - How-To Geek

Recycle an Old Digital Camera Into a Night Light - How-To Geek: "If you’re looking for a clever way to recycle an old camera, this simple hack turns the camera housing into a night light.

Photography Laura Merz took an old Kodak digicam and hacked apart the guts for some stylish night-time illumination. She writes:"

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Fine Art Photography – PictureCorrect

Fine Art Photography – PictureCorrect: "How do you proceed to grow and develop as a fine art photographer? Basically, regular use of your camera with deliberate intent, while paying attention to the following, is what brings it about."

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Digital Photography Tips and Tutorials

Digital Photography Tips and Tutorials: "A large proportion of the readers of Digital Photography School classify themselves as beginners – so we thought it might be helpful to have a page set up that collates some of our Digital Photography Tips for Beginners."

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Does That Little Flip Up Diffuser Actually Help?

Does That Little Flip Up Diffuser Actually Help?: "Not all flashes have these two items that cover the flash head and pull straight out, but if yours does and you’ve always wondered, here is your answer."

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Give Your Viewers Some Place To Go

Give Your Viewers Some Place To Go: "In photos, as in life, we like to have some place to go. Not having a direction in a photo is one of the reasons for people becoming bored of viewing photos or lackluster responses on internet sites"

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3 Minutes with Photographer Sean McCormack

3 Minutes with Photographer Sean McCormack: "Fashion photography has always had a magical aura to it, as it accentuates the best of design and human form. In addition to the expected attention to lighting and shooting there is a great deal of artistry added to each shot with special care given to photo design and post-production that reflects the artistic eye of the photographer."

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3 Minutes with Photographer Sean McCormack

3 Minutes with Photographer Sean McCormack: "Fashion photography has always had a magical aura to it, as it accentuates the best of design and human form. In addition to the expected attention to lighting and shooting there is a great deal of artistry added to each shot with special care given to photo design and post-production that reflects the artistic eye of the photographer."

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Portrait Photography Basics – PictureCorrect

Portrait Photography Basics – PictureCorrect: "Are you looking for portrait photography tips so that you can improve your picture taking skills?"

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How to Crop to Fixed Ratio in Photoshop

How to Crop to Fixed Ratio in Photoshop: "If you’ve ever tried to crop an image to a fixed ratio in Photoshop you may have run up against an issue. There is, it appears, no option for cropping to a fixed ratio such as 4 x 6, 5 x 7 or even 1 x 1. You can crop to fixed sizes like 4in x 6in and you can set a resolution for the image but you can’t on the face of it just crop to a simple 1 x 1 without specifying a unit of measure. Here I’ll show you how to do this, but first things first…"

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How to Maximise Your Photography Learning Experience | 21 Steps 2 Perfect Photos

How to Maximise Your Photography Learning Experience | 21 Steps 2 Perfect Photos: "It amazes me that people who want to learn photography don’t maximise their learning experience. They seem to just wander along like piece of driftwood tossed on the surf of the ocean hoping to land at the destination of great image taking. Here’s how to maximise your learning experience."

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Photography Lessons Learned in 2011 – PictureCorrect

Photography Lessons Learned in 2011 – PictureCorrect: "2011 has come and gone and we enter 2012 hopefully wiser and more experienced on our digital photography journey. If you haven’t learnt any lessons from 2012 it’s time to sit down and do a quick evaluation. If you still haven’t then takee a look at the lessons I’ve learned and maybe you’ll learn something as well."

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Moving Time-lapse Photography Tutorial – PictureCorrect

Moving Time-lapse Photography Tutorial – PictureCorrect: "Time-lapse photography has always been a magic process where time is condensed and the familiar process of time experience is dramatically changed. Processes such as plants growing, a building being constructed, or an entire city changing through the cycle of a day and night, have become the subject of creative, expressive videos or films"

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A Scenic World» Blog Archive » Ten Things I Wish I’d Known About Macro Shooting…

A Scenic World» Blog Archive » Ten Things I Wish I’d Known About Macro Shooting…: "…before I started seriously shooting macro"

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Camera system makes 3D computer models of anything placed inside of it

Camera system makes 3D computer models of anything placed inside of it: "Obtaining a high-quality 3D digital model of a physical object can be a fiddly process, that often requires considerable user input. German research and development company NEK, however, is attempting to make things easier, with its OrcaM Orbital Camera System. Users just place an object inside of its "reconstruction sphere," then the system goes to work, automatically creating a near-perfect three-dimensional recreation of the object."

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Sigma 4.5mm F2.8 EX DC HSM Circular Fisheye [REVIEW]

Sigma 4.5mm F2.8 EX DC HSM Circular Fisheye [REVIEW]: "While full frame sensor camera have enjoyed the use of fisheye lenses for a century, the newly created APS-C sensor cameras have remained lacking. Use of traditional fisheye would work, but the entire circular area would be cropped."

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How to Create Hand Drawn Frames in Photoshop

How to Create Hand Drawn Frames in Photoshop: "One technique I’ve seen used a lot lately on blogs, websites and even email newsletters is a hand drawn frame effect."

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Patterns: Weekly Photography Challenge

Patterns: Weekly Photography Challenge: "This week we published a popular post titled – 33 Inspirational Images that Feature Patterns and Repetition which got some great feedback."

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Painting with Light: Intentional Camera Movement – PictureCorrect

Painting with Light: Intentional Camera Movement – PictureCorrect: "Ever since I started taking photographs about 30 years ago, capturing the sense of movement, creating abstract images has been a passion of mine and when I discovered ICM, a whole new world of photography opened up for me."

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Photography Tutorials & Tips

Photography Tutorials & Tips: "The table below lists all the tutorials on the site, the camera icons on the right of the page represent the level of the tutorial. Don't take too much notice of the grading, you will be able to understand most of it even as a beginner and even advanced photographers will find there are some gaps in their knowledge."

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Tamaggo 360-Imager captures all round action with a single click

Tamaggo 360-Imager captures all round action with a single click: "Canada's Tamaggo Inc. previewed an egg-shaped photographic device at this year's CES that's claimed to capture navigable high resolution 360-degree panoramas of its surroundings with a single click."

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Zen and the Art of Photography

Zen and the Art of Photography: "When you get really into photography, when you’ve mastered your camera and are focusing completely on the creative aspect, there’s a real beauty that comes to play. Being completely absorbed in your activity and thinking of nothing else. In a way, photography is a way of meditation. A way of zen. Your focus is completely on the image and nothing else seems to matter."

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60 Photography Links You Can’t Live Without « CameraPorn

60 Photography Links You Can’t Live Without « CameraPorn: "I’m pretty much addicted to photography. Methods, gear, news, you name it. It really is kinda scary. To keep my addiction in check when I’m not shooting or shopping, I need a steady flow of photo content to keep the shakes and withdrawl symptoms from popping up so I put together a list of what i consider to be some of the best photo-related content out there."

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Zen and the Art of Photography

Zen and the Art of Photography: "When you get really into photography, when you’ve mastered your camera and are focusing completely on the creative aspect, there’s a real beauty that comes to play. Being completely absorbed in your activity and thinking of nothing else. In a way, photography is a way of meditation. A way of zen. Your focus is completely on the image and nothing else seems to matter. "

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Avoiding Wedding Photography Lawsuits and Upset Clients – PictureCorrect

Avoiding Wedding Photography Lawsuits and Upset Clients – PictureCorrect: "


The advent of cheap, high quality digital SLR’s has dramatically changed the world of photography, perhaps no more than in the wedding photography business. Whilst there are many talented newcomers to this industry, there are many who believe that they can jump straight in and do a job that is actually among one of the most skilled and stressful in the business."

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PhotoshopLand.com | Photo Retouching | Skin Retouching in Photoshop

PhotoshopLand.com | Photo Retouching | Skin Retouching in Photoshop:

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Achieving a Vintage Look Through Color Tones in Photoshop CS

Achieving a Vintage Look Through Color Tones in Photoshop CS: "Photographers are often striving for a “vintage” look in their photos, and even though there are endless ways of achieving a vintage look, there are a couple of characteristics to keep in mind. First of all, the color tones in a vintage photo often lean towards either a blue or a red hue, or a cross-processed look."

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5 Top Tips for Working with Gimp

5 Top Tips for Working with Gimp: "We know that a lot of blog readers use Gimp and, in the interests of taking a step away from Photoshop for a minute, here are 5 of my top tips for working with Gimp."

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Travel Photography in the Real World – PictureCorrect

Travel Photography in the Real World – PictureCorrect: "Many articles discuss the best practices for travel photography, and many of them, while providing worthwhile advice, tend not to take into account the fact that conditions are not always perfect for making photographs."

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Our Best Portrait Photography Tutorials of 2011

Our Best Portrait Photography Tutorials of 2011: "Lets kick our Summer Series off with a look back on the best Portrait Photography Tutorials on dPS – written in the last year (based upon what tutorials were viewed the most this year)."

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Interior Composition in Architecture Photography – PictureCorrect

Interior Composition in Architecture Photography – PictureCorrect: "


Taking eye-catching photographs of interiors is more difficult than simply pointing and shooting. To compose an effective image, it takes some forethought and careful consideration of your surroundings. To improve our understanding of photographic composition, professional photographer Scott Hargis provides this very helpful insider look into the art of interior photography:"

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Canon supersizes G series sensor | CES 2012: Must See Products - CNET Blogs

Canon supersizes G series sensor | CES 2012: Must See Products - CNET Blogs: "Slipping in at the top of Canon's enthusiast G line of PowerShots, the G1 X introduces the largest sensor yet for enthusiast compacts with fixed lenses."

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Improve Your Photography by Learning the Elements of Exposure - How-To Geek

Improve Your Photography by Learning the Elements of Exposure - How-To Geek: "Most of us are guilty of coasting on our digital camera’s “auto” settings. But with a few quick lessons on the basic elements of proper exposure, you can learn how to be a more effective photographer, with or without it."

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How to Use EXIF Data to Learn From Master Photographers - How-To Geek

How to Use EXIF Data to Learn From Master Photographers - How-To Geek: "There’s a hidden advantage to digital photography, and it’s called Exif. See what it is, how it can help you, and how you can use it to learn from skilled photographers all over the internet."

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What Do I Need To Know Before Buying A New Lens For My Camera? - How-To Geek

What Do I Need To Know Before Buying A New Lens For My Camera? - How-To Geek: "Swapping out lenses is one of the greatest advantages of modern photography, allowing for photographers to take vastly different kinds of pictures with the same camera. But what should you know before you buy an expensive new lens?"

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Landscape Photography Elements – PictureCorrect

Landscape Photography Elements – PictureCorrect: "There are many factors that go towards creating great landscape photography. Some of the most popular and successful landscape photos usually follow a few of the elements described in this article while ignoring a others in order to create a unique scene. Here are a few items to consider while setting up your shot:"

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13 Great Examples of Slow Sync Flash Images

13 Great Examples of Slow Sync Flash Images: "This week I’d like to feature a series of images that all use a fun and striking technique called Slow Sync Flash. This technique combines a slower than normal shutter speed combined with a flash during the exposure."

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Focus on Mattijn Franssen ~ An Introduction to his Fictional Universe

Focus on Mattijn Franssen ~ An Introduction to his Fictional Universe: "I recently discovered the work of Dutch artist Mattijn Franssen. I must admit, I did a double take on his amazing photomontage work. Photomontage is the technique of making a composite of several different pictures with a photo editing software. It is commonly used by Photoshop users but few people can create such stunning imagery as Mattijn does. He creates this amazing fantasy world where he, and his cat, are the protagonists."

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Camera Exposure Infographic – PictureCorrect

Camera Exposure Infographic – PictureCorrect: "


As photographers we capture certain amounts of light every single time we take a picture. Knowing how exposure works and how to use your camera settings correctly will greatly increase your skills as a photographer. The visual below details all the basics on exposure to get you started:"

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How to Photograph Moving Cars – PictureCorrect

How to Photograph Moving Cars – PictureCorrect: "


How many of us dream of being a car photographer? Well count me in for sure; there is something inherently photogenic about a car that stirs the creative juices of many a photographer. Lee Howell turned the dream into reality by becoming a commercial photographer with clients including Porsche and Top Gear magazine."

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Polaroid’s Android-powered, 16-megapixel Smart Camera

Polaroid’s Android-powered, 16-megapixel Smart Camera: "With most people happy to make do with camera phones for their digital image snapping needs in the majority of situations and the quality of such devices improving markedly in recent years, makers of dedicated consumer-level cameras face an increasingly tough row to hoe."

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iPhoneography Tips – PictureCorrect

iPhoneography Tips – PictureCorrect: "


The growing trend ‘i-phoneography’ challenges the concept of traditional photography, although it could be argued that this is merely a process of technological evolution in an age where technology and social trends are becoming increasingly interrelated."

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Panasonic HDC-Z10000 3D camcorder gets pricing and availability

Panasonic HDC-Z10000 3D camcorder gets pricing and availability: "Panasonic has now priced its new twin-lens 2D/3D camcorder - the HDC-Z10000, which is said to achieve the industry's nearest close-up for a twin-lens 3D camcorder of approximately 17.7 inches (45 cm)."

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5 Tips To Transform Your Photography With Long Exposures

5 Tips To Transform Your Photography With Long Exposures: "Employing long exposure photography techniques is a great way to create an image that makes others go “Wow!”. If you’re unfamiliar with long exposure photography the major ingredient needed is low light conditions, which will require your camera to expose for longer periods of time. In fact it’s even possible to use filters to reduce the amount of light that comes through your lens so as to produce long exposures even during the brightest times of day."

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Quick Tip: Never Forget Your Memory Card Again

Quick Tip: Never Forget Your Memory Card Again: "It finally happened. Recently I became a victim to one of the most heinous errors any digital photographer can make. I left behind all my digital memory cards."

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Street Fashion Photography Tips – PictureCorrect

Street Fashion Photography Tips – PictureCorrect: "Shooting five to ten street fashion brands a day in a three to four hour window is a tough call for any experienced photographer. Professional photographer Nick Fancher does this day in day out and shares with us, some of the ways he maximizes his shooting efficiency, using a lightweight kit and his own lighting creativity in this tutorial video:

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5 Ways Backgrounds Make or Break Photos

5 Ways Backgrounds Make or Break Photos: "Looking at your background when composing your photo is as important if not more important than looking at your subject. Photographers have a knack for visually filtering out everything but their primary focus when taking a photo."

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5 Ways Backgrounds Make or Break Photos

5 Ways Backgrounds Make or Break Photos: "Looking at your background when composing your photo is as important if not more important than looking at your subject. Photographers have a knack for visually filtering out everything but their primary focus when taking a photo."

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Shooting Products and Video Using Home Depot Lighting

Shooting Products and Video Using Home Depot Lighting: "We had a very tight budget, and I had recently done a behind the scenes video on creating and lighting a unique scene with just Home Depot lights. So, I thought why not do the same thing for the ONE project."

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Space Station Fly Over Time-lapse: Photographer Interview – PictureCorrect

Space Station Fly Over Time-lapse: Photographer Interview – PictureCorrect: "A few months ago we wrote about an extremely popular time-lapse from space that shows footage of earth as seen from the International Space Station (ISS) captured by Commander Mike Fossum during Expedition 29. Now there is a video interview conducted by astronaut Mike Massimino from the NASA control center that reveals some of the techniques and equipment that captured the low light, night photographs. From the interview it sounds like Fossum was using a Nikon D3 due to it’s low light capabilities. Keep in mind that the Nikon D4 was just announced and will be released shortly. Here is the interview from NASA:"

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Nikon debuts the D4, its new flagship 16.2-megapixel DSLR

Nikon debuts the D4, its new flagship 16.2-megapixel DSLR: "Who says all the good stuff has to be announced at CES? It's just a few days before the show, and Nikon has taken the wraps off its newest flagship DSLR - the Nikon D4."

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13 Great Examples of Slow Sync Flash Images

13 Great Examples of Slow Sync Flash Images: "This week I’d like to feature a series of images that all use a fun and striking technique called Slow Sync Flash. This technique combines a slower than normal shutter speed combined with a flash during the exposure."

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Long Exposure Photography: 15 Stunning Examples

Long Exposure Photography: 15 Stunning Examples: "Long Exposure Photography is something that can take your breath away when you get it right. Here are some shots to get you inspired (plus some tips below the pics on these techniques)."

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Road Trip! 19 Remarkable ‘Road’ Images

Road Trip! 19 Remarkable ‘Road’ Images: "Roads… they’re all around us but I’ve never really considered them to be in my most photogenic subjects list. But maybe I need to rethink that!"

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10 Quick iPhone Photography Tips

10 Quick iPhone Photography Tips: "Before I got my iPhone I had a Nokia phone with a pretty good camera on it… apparently… but I never really used it much because it had such a long lag on it from clicking the shutter to the picture making it to the phone that it irritated the willies out of me… talk about a way to make you not inspired to shoot with a phone!"

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10 Quick iPhone Photography Tips

10 Quick iPhone Photography Tips: "Before I got my iPhone I had a Nokia phone with a pretty good camera on it… apparently… but I never really used it much because it had such a long lag on it from clicking the shutter to the picture making it to the phone that it irritated the willies out of me… talk about a way to make you not inspired to shoot with a phone!"

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10 Quick iPhone Photography Tips

10 Quick iPhone Photography Tips: "Before I got my iPhone I had a Nokia phone with a pretty good camera on it… apparently… but I never really used it much because it had such a long lag on it from clicking the shutter to the picture making it to the phone that it irritated the willies out of me… talk about a way to make you not inspired to shoot with a phone!"

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Photographing The 4th Dimension – TIME [ebook REVIEW]

Photographing The 4th Dimension – TIME [ebook REVIEW]: "I have high hopes for Jim Goldstein’s new ebook series titled Inspired Exposure and the first offering Photographing The 4th Dimension: Time is the subject of this review. Some of you may know Jim from his writing here on DPS or from his ever popular blog. While I know Jim personally, this review will be an objective look at his book and if it may be of value to you, the reader."

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Rule of Space in Photography – PictureCorrect

Rule of Space in Photography – PictureCorrect: "


If everybody needs space, so does the subject in your portraits. This is a rule in photography more commonly known as the rule of space. This rule states that if the subject is not looking directly to the camera, or looks out of the frame, there should be enough space for the subject to look into. This technique creates intrigue in the minds of the viewers"

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These 50 Photos Will Blow you Away

These 50 Photos Will Blow you Away:

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Light #5 - High contrast

Light #5 - High contrast: "Bright sunlight can be a killer for people shots.

These were "candids" at a street food & wine festival on a cloudless day"

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Light #4 - Low light outdoors #1

Light #4 - Low light outdoors #1: "There are two tutorials covering existing lighting outdoors on the DPS site:"

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Light #3 - Indoors (1)

Light #3 - Indoors (1): "A major problem may be that light levels will be low. If long shutter speeds can be used (static subjects) then it won't be quite so much of a problem. A tripod, with a remote release (or using the self timer), or an image stabilised camera/lens may be all you need."

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Light #2 - How much? Enough #1.

Light #2 - How much? Enough #1.: "If you can use the shutter speed, aperture and ISO you want then you don't have any basic exposure problems.
Some of the problems you may have are:
Extreme contrast, lighting from the wrong direction and boring/messy background/sky.
(more to come in future postings on some of these)"

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Light #1 - Introduction.

Light #1 - Introduction.: "Gain free access to all features by registering as a member so you'll be able to post, share photos, ask questions, respond to polls and chat privately to other members. Registration is free and fast and we look forward to getting to know you and help you improve your Digital Photography."

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Fun with Macro Photography

Fun with Macro Photography: "Macro photography has been on my bucket list of photography genres to experiment with for a long time. Unfortunately, a good macro lens is not cheap and, since I have no use for it for my commercial work, it is not an expense that I can easily justify. However, I am a firm believer that when you make a living with your photography,"

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What Type of Lens to Use for Specific Situations? – PictureCorrect

What Type of Lens to Use for Specific Situations? – PictureCorrect: "The lens is the “eye” of your camera and plays the key role in capturing clarity, color and details of each image. Whether you are a specialized or a beginner photographer choosing right lens will definitely elevate your photography. With a point and shoot type of camera the lens is fixed which cannot be removed or replaced. Digital SLR cameras offer lens mounts where you can swap and use different type lenses."

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Nikon D4 to blow our minds?

Nikon D4 to blow our minds?: "Jared Polin from FroKnowsPhoto.com has just handed me this press release from Nikon on their new D4! Which he says is pure awesome.

Sniff test it? Yes he did… Watch the video below for Jared’s reaction to the newly announced Nikon D4"

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Japan Time-lapse Photography – PictureCorrect

Japan Time-lapse Photography – PictureCorrect: "
Photographer Brad Kremmer set out to capture Japan using his Canon 5D MKII. Kremer edited together the results of his labors to create a moving portrait of Japan in his time lapse film, Hayuku: A Time Lapse Journey Through Japan. The film is an eight minute long journey through many parts of Japan, including popular locations such as Tokyo, Nagano, and Matsuyama. Take a moment and enjoy:"

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Getting The Most Out Of Your Camera This Summer by Digital Photo Secrets

Getting The Most Out Of Your Camera This Summer by Digital Photo Secrets: "Summer is one of the best times to sharpen your skills as a photographer. Not only is there more light for longer, you don’t feel uncomfortably cold or restrained while operating your camera. You can go out for as long as you want, day or night, and take great photos when the opportunity is the best."

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Photographing Winter Landscapes by Digital Photo Secrets

Photographing Winter Landscapes by Digital Photo Secrets: "This time of year you’re probably looking out the window and wondering when the sun is finally going to come out. It’s the dead of winter, the holidays are gone, and guess what?"

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High Speed Photography Tips – PictureCorrect

High Speed Photography Tips – PictureCorrect: "Have you ever wondered how photographers were able to capture a water splash, bursting balloon, or a bullet hitting a fruit?"

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High Speed Photography Tips – PictureCorrect

High Speed Photography Tips – PictureCorrect: "Have you ever wondered how photographers were able to capture a water splash, bursting balloon, or a bullet hitting a fruit?"

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Silent Marketing Tips for Photographers

Silent Marketing Tips for Photographers: "We all know that word of mouth is the best form of marketing, but for creative industries it is even more important. The world has a perception – “artists don’t like to post advertisments around, they love to create art."

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Silent Marketing Tips for Photographers

Silent Marketing Tips for Photographers: "We all know that word of mouth is the best form of marketing, but for creative industries it is even more important. The world has a perception – “artists don’t like to post advertisments around, they love to create art."

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Professional Photography Prices and Rates – PictureCorrect

Professional Photography Prices and Rates – PictureCorrect: "Pricing… you can’t work as a professional photographer for very long without becoming caught up in the subject of pricing your work (well, you could, perhaps, but you would never make any money)."

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How to Take Long Exposure Shots in Daylight

How to Take Long Exposure Shots in Daylight: "In this video Scott Kelby demonstrates how to take long exposure photos – during the day. The image he takes is exposed for a whole 2 minutes at ISO 200 and at f/11."

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Knowing My Limits – Why I Don’t Do HDR

Knowing My Limits – Why I Don’t Do HDR: "I’m going to go out on a limb and state, for the record, I don’t like the overuse of HDR that is touted as examples of good HDR these days. I am not some fundamentalist, purist curmudgeon who despises progress and still does his art with firewood charcoal on a cave wall. I love digital photography. And its limits. Yes, I love the limits."

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The Only Tip You’ll Need for Creating a More Interesting and Well-Rounded Set of Images of Any Destination or Subject

The Only Tip You’ll Need for Creating a More Interesting and Well-Rounded Set of Images of Any Destination or Subject: "As photographers, we tend to have an interest in one or two genres of photography, perhaps for you it’s people, landscapes or food. It’s perfectly fine, and highly recommended, to specialize in a certain area so you get really proficient at that type of imagery. However, as a travel photographer looking to bring back an overall cultural portrait of a place, one that tells a complete story for the viewers of my work, I have to be a generalist, and that means bringing back solid images of all different types."

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Samsung adds Wi-Fi-packing DV300F to DualView lineup

Samsung adds Wi-Fi-packing DV300F to DualView lineup: "Samsung has unveiled its latest DualView compact camera. The range, which kicked-off in 2009 with the release of the TL225 and TL220 models, packs front and rear LCD displays so photographers can get themselves in the picture without the hit and miss framing that results from holding the camera at arm's length. "

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Wedding Photographer Assistant Tips – PictureCorrect

Wedding Photographer Assistant Tips – PictureCorrect: "Before I go into what the requirements are on the wedding day from a second photographer, it would be a good idea to think about what should be considered before the day."

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How to Shoot the Night Sky (Introduction to Astrophotography)

How to Shoot the Night Sky (Introduction to Astrophotography): "Several people asked me to post a simple tutorial on how I took some night sky pictures. I am not an astrophotographer in any way, shape or form, nor do I have any expensive equipment. I simply read several tutorials, picked a dark spot on the beach and tried to do my best"

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Focusing Quick Tip: Single Point AF Methods

Focusing Quick Tip: Single Point AF Methods: "One of the biggest leaps towards tack sharp images you can take is using single point auto focus to hone in on your subject and nail the shot. Using the automatic grid focus system can sometimes be like throwing a handful of darts and hoping to hit the bullseye, especially when shooting at an extremely shallow depth of field like f/1.4. In fact at f/1.4, if you’re subject is 5 feet away and you’re shooting with a 50mm prime, your depth of field is only 0.09 feet! Do you want to leave .09 feet up to a handfull of focus points? "

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A 15 Minute Exercise To Help You Improve Your Photography in 2012

A 15 Minute Exercise To Help You Improve Your Photography in 2012: "Here’s a little exercise for you to do today. It will only take 15 minutes. It’s all about slowing down and thinking about the shots that you’re taking."

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New Year’s Resolutions for New Photographers – PictureCorrect

New Year’s Resolutions for New Photographers – PictureCorrect: "Many of us have received or bought ourselves new digital cameras for Christmas and together with this comes the zeal to create great images. Sadly, the chances of this happening are small as most of us know that a camera doesn’t take great images, it’s the photographer. So what resolutions can you make that will start your photography journey in the New Year on the right footing?"

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When are you taking your best photos? by Digital Photo Secrets

When are you taking your best photos? by Digital Photo Secrets: "It’s funny. For years and years we’ve thrown around terms like “mental energy,” and for the most part, none of us really questions what we’re getting at."

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7 New Years Resolutions For Your Digital Photography by Digital Photo Secrets

7 New Years Resolutions For Your Digital Photography by Digital Photo Secrets: "I can’t believe it’s already the end of the year. There are a lot of things I’ve wanted to do this year, but I never got around to them. Now I’ve got a whole list of resolutions for next year."

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Five 52 Week Project Ideas by Digital Photo Secrets

Five 52 Week Project Ideas by Digital Photo Secrets: "One of the best ways to become a better photographer is to commit yourself to exploring a certain theme for awhile. And what better time to do that than at the start of a new year!"

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Getting Started at Candid Photography – PictureCorrect

Getting Started at Candid Photography – PictureCorrect: "Smile, you’re on candid camera! Remember that TV show? One of the most exciting forms of photography is candid photography. Taking pictures of people in public situations doing natural acts has always been fun. Candid photography was largely taken in the streets and now it’s indoor at places like malls, night clubs and everywhere that people reside."

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