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This epic tracking shot from a century-old silent film was way ahead of its time

Jun 24, 2020 by Dunja Djudjic Add Comment
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Some silent films from the early 20th century were groundbreaking in terms of stunts and effects. The 1927 movie Wings was way ahead of its time by more than one criterion, and one of them is certainly epic camera movement. You can see it in the clip below, and you’ll agree, this is the kind of shot we see in movies to this day.

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5 things photographers can learn from the old masters of painting

Nov 29, 2018 by Jake Hicks 1 Comment
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Art has arguably been around almost as long as humans have. The moment we learned to mark something for others to see and interpret, the moment art was born. Thankfully for us photographers, we needn’t go quite that far back to begin learning from the history of art, in fact we only need go as far as the ‘Old Masters’.

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