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A Simple One-Light Portrait Setup Every Photographer Should Master

Portrait photographer Miguel Quiles‘ most recent video breaks down his…

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How to Create a Stop Motion Animation

The latest episode of Adobe’s YouTube series “3 2 1…

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7 Ways To Not Mess Up Your Wedding Photos

Cover photo by Ryan Brenizer Lover.ly is a one-stop-shop for…

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5 Ways to Think Like a Photographer and Take Better Photos

Photography and being a photographer isn’t just about mastering the…

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What is Coma in Photography and How You Can Reduce It

Coma, also known as “comatic aberration”, is a type of…

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Why Umbrellas Don’t Suck (But Your Lighting Might)

I’m photographer Jay P Morgan of The Slanted Lens, and…

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How to Build a Low Budget Photography Set

For my latest project, “we are the dead,” I decided…

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How to Price Your First Photo Shoot

If photography is your chosen career path or even just…

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What to do When Your Camera Won’t Focus

A frustrating problem that many new photographers experience is when…

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How to Photograph Christmas Light Displays

It’s the most wonderful time of the year! Streets are…

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A $60 DIY Photo Ceiling Rail Lighting System

What started off as a quick lighting test in my…

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How to Shoot UV ‘Liquid Flow’ Photos

Dropping colored milk into water and photographing the effects is…

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RAID/NAS/DAS for Photographers on a Budget

Not everyone needs the massive terabytes of storage that are…

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How the Table Affects Lighting When Shooting Bottles

Here’s a 7-minute video in which photographer Dustin Dolby of…

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Use ‘Color Adaptation’ for Better Content Aware Fill in Photoshop

Adobe has just uploaded a very quick-but-useful tutorial that will…

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Why Rent a Photo Studio? A Look at the Pros and Cons

If you are like a lot of photographers, you are…

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How to Get Great-Looking Skin Tones in Lightroom

Ryan Breitkreutz over at Signature Edits has created a useful…

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Street Photography 101: Shooting from the Hip

In this article, I’m going to share my basics of…

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How to Win at YouTube as a Photographer: Advice from the Pros

So you’ve just finished school and now you have a…

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Dodging and Burning in Lightroom to Transform Your Landscape Photos

There’s a common misconception among beginner photographers, especially those that…

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How to Adjust Exposure, Contrast and Saturation

When it comes to Lightroom alternatives, nobody has taken more…

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How to Create More Interesting Mountain Photography

When you return from a trip are you disappointed that…

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5 Common Portrait Photography Mistakes and How to Fix Them

Portrait photographer Miguel Quiles is back with another useful video…

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What is Focus Breathing and How You Can Mitigate It

One of the optical issues photographers often have to deal…

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How to Create Compelling Transitions

Filmmaker Daniel DeArco is back with the promised Part 2…

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How to Create Killer Match Cuts like Daniel DeArco

Creative consultant and talented videographer Daniel DeArco is one of…

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A Beginner’s Guide to Capturing ‘Moody’ Portraits

Rachel and Daniel of Mango Street—one of the most popular…

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Shooting Creative Light Painting Photos for Halloween

It’s Halloween, and I couldn’t be happier. As a light-painter,…

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Create ‘Rainbow Flares’ with a CD

The glorious colors of summer are fading away, and the…

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This Crash Course Will Help You Master Luminosity and Luminosity Masks

Photoshop expert Sid Vasandani of StyleMyPic has put together a…

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