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Build your own DIY ceiling mounted lighting rail system for under $100
Barry Mountford
What started off as a quick lighting test in my garage has turned into a full research and installation of my own DIY photography ceiling...
How to Find Your Style in Photography
Eric Kim
Many of us are trying to find our “style” in our photography. 1. Photography style But what exactly is “style”? For me, “style” in photography...
Watch the Trump Inauguration in infrared
Johnny Milano
An invisible force is arguably what propelled Donald Trump through this controversial, tumultuous election, landing him in the Oval Office to lead the entire nation...
100 megapixels: the new standard in photography
Blair Bunting
A career in commercial photography is a progression in learning. One that wains when complacency creeps in and thrives when pursuit of knowledge lives at...
This is why ultra-high ISO is important in photography
Charles Brooks
Ultra high ISO with lots of noise… There’s a lot of buzz going around about the new Pentax with it’s rumoured ISO of 819200 Every...
Tips on Getting Sharper Images with Manual Focus Lenses
Jake Hicks
Ever since Leica presented a camera at the 1976 Photokina with working automated focusing, autofocus technology has taken leaps and bounds in its advancement. Today’s...
Photographing the President: an overview and interesting facts about all presidential photographers
Allen Murabayashi
The importance of presidential photography cannot be understated in today’s visual world. Although the bulk of photography since the inception of regular presidential photography in...
How to create wars of clouds with water and ink
Sean Huolihan
WOOOO what an amazing game, it really came down to the wire with only 3 secs left. Hell yeah, Packers play Atlanta next week. You...
How to get the best contrast and most detail when developing your own black & white film
Vincent Moschetti
The World of analog photography keeps surprising me every day a bit more! I recently read about a technique called Stand Development so I have...
How to create the ultimate fake sun with a strobe (with lighting diagrams)
Felix Barjou
Some shots need a sun. Sadly the sun is not at the optimal angle at all locations. Heck, if you are indoors (say at your...