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Why Leveling the Horizon Isn’t Easy
Spencer Cox
It might seem like one of the simplest parts of photography: leveling your horizon. Most photographers want their horizons to be straight, of course, but...
About Getting Your Camera Wet… Teardown of a Salty Sony A7sII
Roger Cicala
People think that because I expect the worst and try to prepare for it, that I’m negative. That’s not it at all. I’m not a negative...
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...
10,000 hours will not make you a good photographer
Don Giannatti
When Malcolm Gladwell wrote his book, “Outliers“, he had a chapter devoted to the “10,000 hours” rule that intimated that it took 10,000 hours of...
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...
Rant: photographers, know your sh!#
Missy Mwac
I admire birth photographers. I don’t engage in birth photography myself, but I marvel at those who do it well. The emotional climate is always...