Category: Blog

Kids’ Photography | 18 Tips On How To Get Beautiful Pictures

Who says you shouldn’t work with kids or animals? Kids’…

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How to Take Macro Photos on a Budget

Want to get started in macro photography but don’t have…

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RAW vs JPEG – Which Image Format is Better and Why

The topic of RAW vs JPEG image format is one…

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How to Photograph Herpetofauna

Photographing herpetofauna has its own special considerations when shooting in…

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How to Light a ‘Big Budget’ Photo with $5 Lights

I have a client who builds amazing luxury apartment complexes…

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The Best Lightroom Tool For Improving Composition in Photos

How many times have you returned from what you felt…

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How to Shoot Infrared Photography with a Smartphone

I will start with a warning: Digital Infrared Photography is…

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How to Enhance the Starry Night Sky in Photoshop

Let’s say I would like to enhance the stars in…

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How to Trick Instagram’s Algorithm for Higher Engagement (Maybe)

In mid-2016, Instagram started using an algorithm to order the…

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How to Shoot a Day-vs-Night Photo in a Single Exposure

Here’s a creative technique to add to your bag of…

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Aperture, Shutter Speed, and ISO

Just starting out in photography and want to learn the…

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How to Blend Together Any Two Landscape Photos

Part of the joy of landscape photography for me is…

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How to Make a DIY Mottled Backdrop for Just $30

For those of us born in the 1970s and 80s,…

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Global and Local Luminance Masking in Lightroom

I have often wanted to carry out global adjustments in…

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How to Master Exposing for Dramatic Black and White Photos

The black and white aesthetic can sometimes be a contentious…

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How to Sharpen Photos Without Creating Halos

In this short tutorial, Unmesh Dinda of PiXimperfect lays out…

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Tips on How to Enter Photography Contests

In this article, learn some tips on how to prepare…

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How To Bracket For Perfectly Exposed Landscape Photos

Perhaps one of the more difficult aspects of landscape photography…

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9 Single-Key Lightroom Shortcuts I Use Every Day

In all honesty, I only use single-key shortcuts as opposed…

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Thieves May Be Selling Your Photos on Shutterstock

While looking at my own images on Shutterstock, I noticed…

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Get Your Best Landscape Photos When You Plan Your Trip First

Landscape photography requires patience, persistence, and planning in order to…

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10 Helpful Tips for Posing Hands in Portraits

In his most recent video, portrait photographer Miguel Quiles decided…

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How to Avoid the ‘False Positive’ Autofocus Trap and Nail Sharp Eyeballs

Have you ever been disappointed to find the eyeballs of…

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5 Little-Known Features of the Crop Tool in Photoshop

Understand Photoshop’s Crop Tool in under three minutes! For more…

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The 10 Most Important Camera Filters for Taking Amazing Photos

Do you wish you knew how to add drama to…

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How to Do Back Button Focusing on Your Canon DSLR or Mirrorless

Back button focusing involves decoupling a camera’s autofocus from the…

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A Guide to Overcoming Fear in Street Photography (And in Life)

First things first. For me, street photography is more than…

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A Guide to Overcoming Fear in Street Photography (And in Life)

First things first. For me, street photography is more than…

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How to Photograph Fireworks

NIKON D700 + 70-200mm f/2.8 @ 90mm, ISO 200, 5…

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10 Ways to Create Landscape Photos That Stand Out

Photography by v2osk / Unsplash License With the increase in…

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