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Here’s a Cheap DIY Tabletop “Photo Studio” That’s Great for Macro and Product Photography
Ron Leach  |  Jan 26, 2017  | 

For those of us who don’t have our own photo studios, tabletop photography often involves waiting for a bright overcast day and shooting outdoors with the sky as a giant softbox. While this approach works quite well, sometimes the weather doesn’t cooperate.

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6 Things You Shouldn’t Do if You’re Just Starting Out in Photography (VIDEO)
Dan Havlik  |  Jan 26, 2017  | 

Here’s more great advice for beginning photographers in the form of a helpful how-to video from landscape photographer Serge Ramelli. Titled “Mistakes to Avoid as a Beginner Photographer,” the 6.5-minute clip below discusses six things Ramelli did when he was just starting out in photography, which he now regrets.

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Behold These Alaskan Landscape & Action Photos from Adventure Photographer Andrew Miller
Ron Leach  |  Jan 26, 2017  | 

Andrew Miller is an acclaimed adventure photographer who has traveled the world with his snowboard, looking for spectacular mountains to climb, photograph and descend on his board. The stunning images you see here are from his recent trip to Alaska.

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Three Photographers Convicted for Last Year’s Reckless Activities in Yellowstone National Park
Ron Leach  |  Jan 25, 2017  | 

Last May we reported on an unfortunate incident in which three photographers were taken into custody for walking on the Grand Prismatic Spring in Yellowstone National Park and waterskiing behind an RV on the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah. Now the three have been convicted with two of the bunch facing jail time.

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The New Pentax KP Is an Ultra-Compact, Weatherproof DSLR That’s Perfect for Travel
Ron Leach  |  Jan 25, 2017  | 

Ricoh Imaging has just announced the Pentax KP, an ultra-compact, weatherproof DSLR designed for outdoor and travel photographers who shoot on the run and want to travel light. The camera packs many of the advanced features of the sophisticated Pentax K-3 II into a slim, mobile body that weighs only 1.4 pounds.

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These Stunning Aerial Images Show Why Drones Are Serious Tools for Serious Photographers
Ron Leach  |  Jan 25, 2017  | 

Over the past few years drones have rapidly evolved from high-tech novelties with limited appeal, to serious tools for photographers looking for a means of capturing high-quality aerial scenes that were previously only possible when shooting from an airplane. If you need any evidence, you need look no further than the stunning images below.

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Snowed Out: Irrefutable Proof That Bad Weather Offers Great Opportunities for Photographers
Barry Tanenbaum  |  Jan 24, 2017  | 

Heading home on New Year’s Day after dropping off a family friend at the bus station, Peter Baumgarten runs into a blinding snowstorm. “Whiteout conditions,” he says, “almost impossible to see 10 feet in front of me, trying to make out car tracks to follow, but they’re completely covered.” After about 20 minutes of anxious struggle through blinding snow, he’s had enough, and he pulls over near a little park in the small town he and his wife, Christianna, are trying to drive through. With a sigh of relief, he lets the stress dissipate.

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Canon EOS 5D Mark IV DSLR Camera Review
Edited by George Schaub  |  Jan 24, 2017  | 

The newest version of Canon’s workhorse, full-frame DSLR, the EOS 5D Mark IV, offers a brand-new 30.4MP sensor system, while its forerunner used a 22MP sensor. The new sensor offers Dual Pixel Raw images and new Raw converter software, Digital Photo Professional 4. In addition, the new sensor offers Dual Pixel CMOS AF, which first appeared in the Canon EOS 70D and is helpful when shooting in live view mode or when recording videos.

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Check Out This Cool Gif Showing How Lens Focal Length Changes People's Faces in Portraits
Dan Havlik  |  Jan 24, 2017  | 

The below gif is one of the cooler things we've seen on Reddit lately. It gives you a visual demonstration of how changing the focal length of your lens affects how a person's face appear in portraits. 

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Here Are 10 “Must Know” Photoshop Features for Those Who Are Serious About Photography (VIDEO)
Ron Leach  |  Jan 24, 2017  | 

Photographer Nathaniel Dodson is one of our go-to sources of helpful tutorials that unlock the secrets of Photoshop. In the comprehensive video below, he reveals 10 tips and tricks he says changed the way he works and have been “massively helpful” in improving his images.

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Nature Photographer Captures Fascinating Images with a Camera Obscura Made from a Tent
Ron Leach  |  Jan 24, 2017  | 

Cuban-born photographer Abelardo Morell has been making and using walk-in camera obscuras for the past 15 years with the goal of capturing the outside world in interesting and unique ways. His latest effort is essentially a giant pinhole camera that collapses and folds up like any large tent. Morrell took the above image of the Old Faithful geyser at Yellowstone National Park.

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These Striking Black-and-White Photographs by Dutchman Theo Peekstok Are an Ode to Simplicity
Ron Leach  |  Jan 24, 2017  | 

Sometimes less is more as you can see in these striking graphic images from Dutch architectural photographer Theo Peekstok. Working mostly in black-and-white, Peekstok's minimalist style reduces his scenes to their key elements and nothing more.

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Take a Virtual Trip to the Colorful Surface of Pluto Aboard NASA'S New Horizons Spacecraft (VIDEO)
Ron Leach  |  Jan 23, 2017  | 

NASA did some incredible work to create a video that literally makes you feel as though you’re about to land on the surface of Pluto. The footage you see below was created from over 100 images captured by the New Horizons spacecraft during a six-week approach and close flyby—after a 9.5-year flight covering more than a billion miles,

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Here’s How to Separate Your Model from the Background for More Dynamic Portraits (VIDEO)
Ron Leach  |  Jan 23, 2017  | 

Manny Ortiz is a Chicago-based photographer who also offers helpful tutorials on portraiture and wedding photography techniques. In the quick and straightforward video below, you’ll learn three easy ways to use backlighting for more pleasing portraits.

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Craig Burrows Captures the Glowing “Invisible Light” Emitted by Plants Using UV Fluorescence
Ron Leach  |  Jan 23, 2017  | 

Craig Burrows is a California-based photographer who uses his background in physics to create these amazing images that he refers to as “alternative light photography.” The photographs you see here capture the glowing wavelengths of light emitted by plants that aren’t visible to the human eye.

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