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The story of the film: A beginner’s guide to black and white film development
David Travis
I love the immediacy of digital photography. In fact, I’m puzzled how anyone managed to gain expertise in the days of film: it takes hours,...
Read this post before buying a Leica M or a rangefinder camera
Vincent Moschetti
Today I want to share with you my thoughts on the Leica M and more generally the Rangefinder system. When I sold all my digital equipment to make a permanent...
How I shot dramatic portraits on a wonderful Icelandic landscape
Jay Philbrick
My wife, Vicki, and I are full-time portrait and wedding photographers. When we aren’t shooting these things, some of our favorite concepts are creating dramatic...
How to match the colors between different photos in Photoshop
Colin Smith
What I’m going to do is I’m going to show you how to match the colors between backgrounds and objects once you’ve cut them out...
My visit to Chernobyl and the abandoned city of Pripyat
Roman Robroek
Before you read the rest of the article, and it will be a long read, please allow me to share a few thoughts with you....
This is why I now only use one lens
A.B Watson
After many years of experience using different lenses, I now have resorted to only using a single prime lens. I started with a 50mm then...
Photographers, these are some things you should never do
Gavin Doran
In this article, I discuss some of the different things that I’ve personally decided are bad ideas as an artist. Let’s dive in. 1.Steal Other...
How to take sharp photos in the wind
Spencer Cox
Normally, if you’re using a tripod, camera shake isn’t something you’ll have to worry very much about. However, there are some obvious exceptions. If you’ve...
3 powerful tricks that improve your fine art street photos and save you time
Marius Vieth
You don’t have time? Perfect, me neither! We both have one major challenge: time. While you may be reading this in an office right now,...
Pop, Pop, Power To Spare, Anywhere – First Look, Profoto B1X 500 AirTTL Monolight
Tim Neumann
As destination workshop providers, instructors and guides, we don’t get to shoot nearly enough studio images. So when an opportunity comes along to break out...