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7 tips for taking photos in bad weather
Mads Peter Iversen
I more than often hear landscape photographers complaining about “bad” weather and then say it’s chugging down. Honestly, I don’t know what they’re talking about....
I make miniatures out of cardboard and create stories around them
Juhamatti Vahdersalo
I’m a creative minded person and feel very frustrated when the creativity strikes and I have nothing to photograph. This was the main reason I...
Emulate Slit Scan Photography for Beautifully Weird Images
Ted Kinsman
The use of slit scan photography is actually quite old. It is often called line-scan, photo finish, or streak photography. Slit scan photography has a...
The Weirdest Macro Lens – Laowa 24mm f/14 2:1 Underwater Field Test
Nicky Bay
Back in June, I was given the opportunity to test the new crazy lens by Laowa – the Laowa 24mm f/14 2:1 Relay Lens. It...
Do you have any old slides that you want to scan? Here is my cheap and easy way to do it at home
Jeff Cable
A couple months ago, we had a family friend who got a hold of some really old family photos. She came over and asked me...
Creating pet portraits on black (featuring Loki)
Paul Monaghan
One of the things I love about photography apart from creating images is the ability to share what I do in the hope to inspire...
How to Avoid Colour Banding when using Coloured Gels
Jake Hicks
Ever wondered why I’m so fussy about ‘clean’ lighting with my coloured gelled photography? Well it’s because failing to produce cleanly lit shots with gels,...
An alphabet photography challenge changed the way I shoot
Kieran Stone
I’ve been wanting to do this for a while now. I never expected it to be this complicated and challenge my way of thinking about...
How to add metadata for manual lenses in Lightroom
Micael Widell
As my love for photography has increased over time, so has my love for manual focus lenses. Lenses such as the Samyang 135mm f2 provide unsurpassed sharpness...
It took months to make this image tell its story just the way I wanted
Robert Cornelius
Layers on layers on layers on layers …. I’ve been working on this image for far too long, just long enough, but also not nearly...