Digital photography basics, photography ideas and photo editing tutorials
Telling a story using only photographs isn’t as simple as it seems. One cannot simply snap a photo every few seconds, put them in a gallery and expect the job to be done. Photographic storytelling requires quite a bit of planning, luck, adapting and presence. Most importantly, the story that you are trying to tell must be visually and contextually …
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With the holiday seasons soon approaching, there are endless chances for taking festive pictures and capturing those all important moments of friends and family. There are however those times when you must deal with kids running wild, bad lighting and other things that may slow the entire process down. So let’s touch on some of the ways in which the …
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Professional photographers go through a phase when all they think about is how to take great photographs for their clients. Professionally speaking this is not worrisome; in fact, it is a sign of true professionalism. However, this signals warning signs for any photographer to at least take some time off and go out of their stressful professional world and indulge …
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Street photography is fun to do. Quite often the purpose of it is to deliver a certain message to the viewers. Usually, that message is from a social character, emphasizing emotion, certain aspects of human life, discrimination and a whole variety of social situations or taboos. It is not all about people, or snapshots of them. You need to be …
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The RAW file format (file extension differs between camera brands – usually .cr2 for Canon, .nef for Nikon) is the uncompressed file that contains every bit of information that the sensor received and all the metadata the camera writes down. All DSLR, MFT and mirrorless cameras that have interchangeable lens can shoot in RAW file format. Many of the manufacturers …
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During the day landscape photography is an easy task for many photographers, but turn the lights off and venture out at night, and it’s an entirely different challenge. Night time photography may be a harder task, but the potential for creating intense and beautiful pictures is endless. Taking pictures at night will require patience and practice but once you find …
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Christmas is without a doubt one of the most beautiful and photogenic times of year. It is a time where any photographer can find a wealth of subject matter, beautiful scenes, a multitude of models to capture and that reflect the season and little need to travel far to find subject matter, be it people carolling, Christmas lights or other …
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