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Similarities between photography and cooking food
Nicholas Goodden
There are many similarities between cooking food and photography. I trained as a chef in a cookery school in France for five years and...
Quick and simple business guide for photographers
Nicholas Goodden
A professional photographer for quite a few years now, I thought some of you may be interested in some photography business advice and tips through...
Reviewing the low-budget XP-PEN Deco mini7W Bluetooth graphics tablet
Rui Bandeira
XP-Pen has just launched its new tablet, the Deco mini7W. It’s a small but powerful table and the fact that it connects wirelessly to the...
Art and coincidence: perfect examples of the decisive moment
Ishay Lindenberg
Photography has been with me for as long as I can remember. In my childhood, my father had an old Zorki camera, the Russian Leica...
I hate when family members ask me to send them raw photos because they “don’t mind that they’re not edited.” I DO.
Crilbyte
I’ll regularly take pictures when I visit family or they visit us with my phone and I’ll send those to whoever, no problem. But when...
How to create this epic rainbow eye effect in camera
Maximilian Simson
When I was photographing eyes a few weeks ago I came across a fascinating phenomenon: The human iris and especially blue irises produce rainbow coloured...
I designed my own 3D printed lens hoods because Nikon’s suck
Karl Zemlin
My dad was into photography. He was a professor at Illinois in Speech and Hearing Science and did a lot of research on cadavers. He...
Birefringence: How to photograph rainbow colors at home
Maximilian Simson
What does “Cross Polarization” mean? Cross polarization is a technique that allows us to virtually eliminate specular highlights from images by using polarized light, but...
What is cross polarization and how you can use it in your photography
Maximilian Simson
Cross polarization is a technique that uses two polarizing filters – one on the light source and on e on the camera lens – to...
How to create lighting gradients in your shots with coloured gels
Jake Hicks
Using coloured gels can be a little unforgiving, especially if you’re new to using strobes. But one of the biggest reasons using gels can be...