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Give Your Subject Space to Look Into
In my last last post I wrote about the rule of thirds and placing your subject to one side of the image in an attempt to create balance. The question that one reader sent me in response to this tip was: ‘When taking pictures of people which side is it best to put them on, […]
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4 Lessons Being a Programmer Taught me about Photography
While photography might be where my heart is, I make my money as a computer programmer by day. At first I thought these were two completely different fields. One is very mathematical and logical – where your program either works or doesn’t – and you usually know right away which one it is. The other […]
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Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5 Public Beta Overview
Update: according to official system requirements and some of our readers, Lightroom 5 Mac version can only be installed on Mac OS X 10.7 (Lion) or newer (official Windows support includes 7 SP1 and 8). I am yet unsure if such restrictions are only theoretical. We can only guess why Apple and/or Adobe chose to […]
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Popular Lens Combinations for Wedding Photography
When asked what gear I use most for my work, I will first of all give tribute to the classic fifty and talk about how useful and versatile it is for my style of shooting. And yet I would never willingly rely on that lens alone, no matter how much I liked it. Nor should […]
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How to Upgrade Lightroom 2 to Lightroom 3
This is a quick guide on how to upgrade Lightroom 2 to Lightroom 3. One of the good news for Lightroom 2 (LR2) users, is that unlike the beta version, the full version of Lightroom 3 (LR3) allows upgrading the LR2 catalog to LR3 catalog without having to re-import all images into a clean catalog. […]
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11 Tips for Beginner Photographers
1. Don’t go crazy buying the most expensive equipment right away. It’s possible to get very nice photos with an inexpensive point and shoot. The more photos you take, the more you’ll know about what kind of camera to get when it’s time to upgrade. 2. Consider a tripod. On the other hand, an inexpensive […]
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27 Black and White Landscape Images
Last week we posted an image collection containing some beautiful black and white portrait photography. This week a friend suggested a collection of black and white landscapes. At first I was a little hesitant – when I think of landscapes I have to admit lots of colour comes to mind – but the more I […]
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Nikon 1 V2 at the Auto Show
Having shot well over 10,000 frames since I got my Nikon 1 V2 in late August 2013, I thought it would be interesting to test this little mirror-less camera and two of its most popular kit lenses under some very difficult shooting conditions. So, I headed off to the International Auto Show in Toronto Canada […]
