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Ask Missy: How to Respond to the Request for Free Wedding Photography
Missy Mwac
I received the following inquiry from Lisa, who has a dilemma. She writes: Dear Miss Mwac, I would love your advice on this. I keep...
The Secret, Misery And Bliss Of Finding Your Signature Photographic Style
Lindsay Adler
Lindsay Adler is a New York Based photographer, author, educator, all round glamorous pro photographer celebrity and social influencer. Lindsay kindly penned this brilliant guide on how to...
How To Build A DIY Tilt Lens For As Little As 66$
Uldis Plinte
After seeing some photos taken with tilt lenses, I fell in love with the idea of lens tilting and its creative options – The miniature effect, Great control...
My Solution For Creating Simple And Inexpensive Studio Backgrounds
Robert Mitchell
Photographer Robert Mitchell (see bio below) came up with a clever solution for creating an almost infinite amount of backgrounds using nothing more than a wall...
Building An Ultra Violet Flash For Black Light Photography
Gvido Mūrnieks
Back in May I got collaboration offer, from a body painter, to make photo session with airbrushed models. This offer gave me the incentive, to...
How to Write a Photographer’s Bio…Or How NOT to
Missy Mwac
I wrote a blog post yesterday explaining why I shan’t be attending a 2-day $1850 “business conference.” Read here. I posted it on my Facebook page...
The Evolution of Magazine Covers
Karen X. Cheng |Jerry Gabra
Karen X. Cheng and Jerry Gabra take a look at how we’ve changed in the past 100 years Cosmopolitan Woah. Cosmopolitan covers started out with...
An ‘Open Letter’ to Landscape Photographers: It’s Time for an Etiquette Check
Michael Mariant
YOUR SHOTS ARE NOT THAT UNIQUE, SO THERE’S NO REASON TO RUIN IT FOR EVERYONE ELSE. Have you ever noticed that when you go to...
‘The Proposal’ – Behind-the-Scenes Look at Shooting Finland’s First Surper Hero Movie Poster
Lauri Laukkanen
About a month ago I was contacted by a production company called Woodpecker Films and they asked me if I’d be interested in photographing the...
How To Build A DIY device similar to the Light Blaster™
Gvido Mūrnieks
Having seen the Light Blaster image projector, I wanted to know if I could build myself. Kinda out of pure curiosity. I wanted to know,...