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How to improve your composition using lines

Anthony Epes
I like to use the leading lines technique because the world is just chock full of lines and so it just can’t be helped –...

7 steps you can take to capture images that grab attention

Christian Hoiberg
Capturing images that grab attention is a goal of any photographer. It’s exactly this skill that separates a good photographer from an average one. An image...

What is missing from photography

A.B Watson
It has been bugging me for a while now, there is just something that is missing from photography. From my personal work to the majority...

How I transformed a human into AAYLA SECURA on a low budget

Steve Thewis
With an athletic build, an exotic beauty, and blue skin, Aayla Secura stood out among the many faces of the Jedi ranks. I invited Fawlkes...

How a model release turned an author into the poster child for…everything

Allen Murabayashi
While a university student, author Shubnum Khan signed a model release in exchange for professional portraits as a part of a project by photographer XX...

Lighting the impossible – photographing with a drone mounted flash

Lee Germeroth
This idea had been rolling around in my head for years. I use flashes a lot in my photography. Whether that is a Speedlight on or...

How to fix colour banding with gel modifiers

Jake Hicks
For those of us that have dealt with colour in any way digitally in the last decade, we are unfortunately all too familiar with the...

Switching from Nikon to Sony for wedding photography

Deci Gallen
After almost a decade of photographing weddings with Nikon cameras, we decided to trade our d750 cameras for the Sony a7III. Here are a few...

How to photograph landscapes at night by moonlight

Adrian Skiles
Landscape photography by moonlight can provide a different way of producing wonderful and mesmerizing photographs in both color and black and white. The mood conveyed...

Don’t ruin your wedding photography career before it starts

Justin Mott
So, you are about to embark on your first solo wedding shoot of your career.  You’ve got butterflies in your stomach, you’re stressed, and the pressure...