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500px Review [and Giveaway]

A Guest post by Will Burrard-Lucas 500px.comis a photo sharing website that has exploded in popularity recently. The website isn’t that new – in fact it has been around in various forms since 2003 – but its most recent incarnation seems to have hit upon a magic formula. On visiting the site, the first thing [...]

How Colour Works

Life looks better in colour. Vivacious reds, deep sultry blues and bright invigorating yellows all serve to lighten the soul. We perceive these colours from human eyes picking up a huge range of light frequencies, and we are limited by the frequencies we can pick up. This limitation is referred to as our visible spectrum, [...]

Paint Sculpture Tutorial

A Guest Post by Henning Huenteler from www.shutter-lag.com. Paint sculptures are not only beautiful, they also offer a vast variety of different images that depend on many different factors. By experimenting with the main drivers, fantastic variations of different images can be achieved. In the following tutorial, I will introduce the equipment needed, the setup [...]

Photographing Komodo Dragons

Will Burrard-Lucas is a professional wildlife photographer from the UK. He aims to take unusual and innovative photographs of wild animals in their natural environments. I recently travelled to the remote Indonesian islands of Komodo and Rinca in order to photograph one of the most prehistoric animals on Earth – the Komodo dragon. These are [...]

3 Qualities of Being a Photographer

A Guest Post by Tanu Shree from Qatar. This article is written with respect to the intrinsic qualities of being a photographer and their growth as a photographer. It will remind every professional photographer of the journey they started. It will encourage every beginner to learn more, see more and experiment more in the direction [...]

The Importance of ‘Enough’ Depth of Field in Wildlife Photography

A Guest Post by Wildlife Photographer Elliot Hook Depth of field is often discussed when reading about wildlife photography, usually with the emphasis on ensuring that a small enough depth of field is used to guarantee that the background is thrown out of focus to give emphasis to the subject. However, it is important to [...]

Creating a Home Photography Studio on a Budget

A Guest post by Kimberly Gauthier from Through the Lens of Kimberly Gauthier I live in the Pacific Northwest and every now and then we have days when the weather isn’t ideal. Overcast days are fantastic for photography, but the rainy days drive me inside. I have a sleeve for my camera that I use [...]

6 Winning Ways to Work Wide

Today Joe Decker shares some tips on wide angle photography. One of the first lens purchases aspiring landscape photographers typically made is a wide or super-wide lens, anything (in full-frame 35mm terms) from 24mm on down, and with good reason, wides offer photographers the ability to capture the sweeping vistas of the natural landscape. But [...]

8 Photo Projects in Your Own Backyard

A Guest Post by by Kim Manley Ort One of my photography mentors, Freeman Patterson, says, “If you do not see what is around you every day, what will you see when you go to Tangiers?” This one line has transformed my photography. As a matter of fact, I enjoy photographing from my home base [...]

How to Deal with the Dreaded Chandler Bing Face

In this post New York Photographer James Maher gives some tips on how to deal with a portrait subject that presents like Chandler Bing from the TV Series Friends.. Photographer: “I’m sorry is the seat uncomfortable.” Chandler: “No, I am.” We’ve all been there. You meet this wonderful, outgoing person for a photography session. They [...]

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