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Guide to 30 Photoshop CC tools & features you need to know

Nathaniel Dodson
These are 30 of the tools and features in Photoshop that I think are the most important! In this Photoshop CC tutorial, we’ll cover everything...

I photograph the magical winter with my children to immortalise the holiday season

Iwona Podlasińska
On those short winter days when the roads are covered in snow, I take photos of my kids and their cousins to preserve the magic...

I attempted to capture the fairytale beauty of Moscow’s winter

Kristina Makeeva
Hello! My name is Kristina Makeeva, I’m a photographer from Moscow. I would like to show you how beautiful our city is before the New Year....

Stealing Photos and Creating Art

Spencer Bentley
The kind of photography I do begins as a moment of theft. Finding the scene, finding your angle, and stealing the moment for yourself. Some...

Why I photographed my own wedding

Mark Condon
As photographers, whether consciously or not, I think we’re all trying to capture moments in the way that we would like our own moments to...

What I’ve learned fifteen years into photography

Patrick Beggan
I’ve been doing this long enough that I honestly can’t remember why or how I started. I mean, I remember my origin story… but as...

How to Speed Up Your Lightroom Editing By Using Anchor Photos

Tim Simpson Jr
One of the ongoing pain points of being a photographer is the time we spend editing. Don’t get me wrong, I love turning a flat...

How to Be a Zen Photographer

Eric Kim
I’m a big fan of Zen/Taoist, Eastern philosophy. Even though I am very pro-American at heart (in terms of our love for risk-taking, for individuality,...

What I’ve learned in my first year of photography

Marcos Petri
December 3rd, 2015 was the day I bought my first camera. I carefully chose one body and one lens (Nikon D5300 and a prime 50mm)....

DEADPOOL: the making of a superhero

Steve Thewis
Ever since the release of the first Deadpool trailer I knew I wanted to do a photo-shoot based on this character. The personality of this...