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Should you only photograph what you know?
Simon King
“What you know” is a constantly progressing body of information, updating and evolving and adapting with every experience in our lives. What I know today...
The power of mood in photography
David duChemin
Photography can be many things. For some, it’s about capturing scenes. For me, it’s about conveying emotions and suggesting narratives that resonate deeply, first with...
If your Helios lens doesn’t have swirly bokeh, this might be the cause
Vlad Moldovean
This article is not just for my fellow Nikon DSLR users but for all the lens nerds out there! I know there aren’t many DSLR...
3 HDR photo editing mistakes you’re making and how to fix them
Chris Parker
In today’s photo editing tutorial, regardless of your editing software, you’ll discover the top 3 editing mistakes I see with HDR images and some bonus...
I bought a broken $550 Sigma lens for $43.99 and fixed it myself
Anthony Kouttron
I have a camera gear collection problem, and as part of my personal 12-step plan, I restrict myself from purchasing functioning lenses. This sounds illogical,...
How I lost all my photo gear in Italy
Jefferson Graham
The Nomatic orange pack was full of essentials—some $7,200 worth of drone, laptop, extra phones, solid state drives, microphones, GoPros, Insta360, plus all the charging cables and...
I took these creative portraits entirely in camera, and you can do it, too
John S. Dykstra
At its foundation, photography is just the craft of producing images with light on a light-sensitive surface, and there are many ways to control light....
Mastering Photoshop Brush Settings: When a 1% Flow is Still Too Fast
Pratik Naik
In Photoshop, sometimes the smallest settings can make the biggest difference. When I retouch, I often have a brush set to 100% opacity and 1%...
A new way to get film-like colors inside Lightroom
Vlad Moldovean
I might have stumbled upon something huge by mistake. All this time, we were all using presets that used all the tools in Lightroom to...
These gloves are the perfect gloves for cold-weather photography
Asher Svidensky
As a traveling filmmaker and cultural photographer, I’ve had my fair share of epic journeys over the past decade. From the wilds of Mongolia to...