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How Not to Be an Ass: Music & Concert Photography Etiquette
Billy Bones
Concert photography is a community within itself, where you often end up seeing some of the same photographers at many events. Though most photographers may...
CosySpeed Streetomatic Review: A bag that helps you use your camera more
Simon Ellingworth
This is a hands-on review of a bag that solves the age old problem of never having your camera with you. Many photographers bought a...
The Point Isn’t to be a Good Photographer, But to Enjoy Life
Eric Kim
Dear friend, I wanted to write you this letter on photography and life. I just finished an epic week-long street photography workshop here in New...
Lensbaby Velvet 56mm f1.6 Lens Review
Jake Hicks
The Lensbaby brand has been around for a while now and it’s a name that is synonymous with helping photographers see in a new way...
How To Automate Your Backup With NAS, Dropbox, Gdrive, OneDrive And Many Others
Renato Murakami
In this post I’ll explain the structure and scheme that I personally use for backup. It’s not the cheapest, not the easiest, and perhaps not the...
How To Build A DIY Light Blaster™ And Create Photographic Projections
Wesley Chen
A while back I saw the Light Blaster in a online shopping site, I liked the effect and that Inspire me to build a Light...
Confessions of an ex gear addict: How buying cameras and lenses made me miserable and lose thousands
Olivier Duong
I stated pretty innocently with my first camera, and then slowly but surely I became a camera and lens addict, throwing money out of the...
How I Use This Colour Lighting Recipe To Delight My Clients
Jake Hicks
Here is a simple recipe you can use to add colour and subtle narrative to your images. It will delight your clients and help your...
The Reality of Actually Getting Published – A List of 10 Magazines Run by Humans
Jake Hicks
It’s been the modus operandi for every fashion photographer since light started hitting the silver halides, every single one of us who has been successful in...
Renee Robyn’s Top Tips for Creating Epic Digital Art
Renee Robyn
Photographer and Digital Artist Renee Robyn survived a devastating motorcycle crash that nearly left her paralyzed. Unable to leave her bed while recovering from the...