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How to shoot unique images in popular places: Yosemite Park
Michael Shainblum
Yosemite National Park is a paradise for landscape photographers, offering a rich array of diverse scenes to capture. Each season transforms the park’s beauty, providing fresh perspectives to photograph.
Don’t burn your shutter shooting October 14’th ‘Ring of Fire’ Solar Eclipse
Jason Kurth
On October 14, 2023, the moon will pass in front of the sun, and an annular eclipse will be visible over much of the United...
How I moved 1.5 million images into a QNAP NAS
Jeff Cable
Way back in February, I wrote a blog post telling you all that I was making a massive transition from the Drobo NAS system (now...
How to capture tonight’s rare Super Blue Moon
Jack Fusco
Every once in a while, there are celestial events that catch the attention of the wider public. It might be due to the rarity of...
Learn 9 DIY portrait lighting hacks in 90 seconds
JT Armstrong
If your portraits are feeling a little bland or uninteresting lately, maybe it’s time to spice them up with some new portrait lighting hacks! The...
Photography with no AI – The making of ‘inspiration illuminated’
Antti Karppinen
Over the course of this summer, I ventured on a personal project aimed at re-lighting my passion for creating images in the way I used...
What’s a food stylist and why you need one for food photography
Bryan Sheffield and Sankha Wanigasekara
Picture this: you’re working on a photo shoot for Ben & Jerry’s, but the Chunky Monkey is starting to melt, and you haven’t even begun...
Specialty: What is fine art photography?
Sonia Klug and Sankha Wanigasekara
The question of “What is art?” has occupied the minds of scholars for centuries. Definitions range from the very general (any creative work of a...
The power of revisiting and photographing familiar locations
Andrea Livieri
Revisiting a location you have previously photographed is one of the best tricks up a photographer’s sleeve. Not only does it allow you to revisit...
The Sony A6700 packs a big punch for such a little body
Jay P. Morgan
Hey everybody, it’s Jay P. here. I’m down in Pasadena. We’re doing a little walkabout with the new Sony a6700 (buy here). A lot of...