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Multitasking Combat Photographer Switches Between Rifle and Camera in This Amazing Video
Ron Leach  |  Oct 07, 2016  | 

Combat photography is, to say the least, one of the more challenging assignments anyone can accept. But if you’re both a photographer and a British Army soldier, let’s just say you have your hands full.

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Check Out 7 Sweet Images We Captured with the Super Speedy Sony RX100 V Compact Camera
Dan Havlik  |  Oct 07, 2016  | 

We were at Sony’s press conference yesterday to unveil the blazing fast RX100 V compact camera and afterwards we got a chance to try out with this speedy little bugger. The biggest headline about the Sony RX100 V is that can shoot at 24 frames per second, which is the world’s fastest continuous shooting speed for a compact camera and faster than even the most expensive professional digital SLRs on the market.

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Sony Intros the a6500: A New Flagship APS-C Camera with Blazing AF Speed & Pro Video
Ron Leach  |  Oct 06, 2016  | 

This morning Sony introduced a new flagship mirrorless camera, the a6500, which claims to have the world’s fastest AF speed and the highest number of AF points with in-camera 5-axis image stabilization. The camera features Sony’s acclaimed 4D Focus system, which can acquire focus in a mere 0.05 seconds.

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Sony’s New RX100 V Compact Camera Packs a Big Punch with High-Speed AF, 1-Inch Sensor and More
Ron Leach  |  Oct 06, 2016  | 

Sony just dropped the curtain on the RX100 V, a new flagship model in their powerful Cyber-shot RX line of 1-inch sensor compact digital cameras. Sony says their latest model has the fastest AF speed, most AF points, and fastest continuous shooting speed of any compact camera.

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Check Out These Spectacular Macro Insect Photos of Yousef Al Habshi’s “Little Monsters”
Ron Leach  |  Oct 06, 2016  | 

Yousef Al Habshi is an award-winning photographer based in Abu Dabi. He specializes in macro photography, and the spectacular images of insects you see here are part of his Little Monsters project.

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The Winning Images for This Year's Red Bull Illume Action/Adventure Photo Contest Are Spectacular
Ron Leach  |  Oct 05, 2016  | 

The annual Red Bull Illume international photo contest showcases some of the most spectacular action and adventure sports images anywhere, and the finalists and winning images for the 2016 competition are amazing as always.

 

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The 12.3-Megapixel Camera in the New Google "Pixel" Smartphone May Be the Best Ever
Ron Leach  |  Oct 05, 2016  | 

Google has unveiled their next-generation smartphone, the Google “Pixel,” and early test results indicate the camera on this sophisticated new wonder may be the best smartphone camera ever. According to a comprehensive review by DxOMark Mobile, the Pixel earned a score of 89—three points higher than highly acclaimed Apple iPhone 7 Plus, and the highest DXO rating ever given to a smartphone.

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Watch Photographer Freeze Flying Bullet Shells With this Awesome Stop-Action Video
Ron Leach  |  Oct 05, 2016  | 

Italian photographer Matteo Mescalchin is a location photographer who specializes in aerial and underwater photography. In this dramatic video, you’ll see him stop some high-speed action by freezing flying bullet shells.

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Great Exposure: How Social Media Savvy and Lighting Know-How Drive Craig La Mere’s Success
Steve Bedell  |  Oct 04, 2016  | 

The first time I met Craig La Mere was at an ice cream shop in Brunswick, Maine, at about 11 p.m. Really. It was the night before the Maine Professional Photographers Association conference was going to kick off. I was there as a print judge, La Mere as a speaker. I recognized him from his Moz (his studio name) logo hat, although he didn’t know who this stranger was who was accosting him.

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Aerial Photography Tips: For Special Images, Try Shooting from a Special Place
Blaine Harrington  |  Oct 04, 2016  | 

My flights in helicopters, small planes, and hot-air balloons are often provided by clients as part of my assignments; if I’m shooting for stock, I’ll pick up the hire fee. Aerial tours are widely available to tourists and photo enthusiasts alike, and there’s certainly no limit to spectacular locations you can photograph from above.

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Could You Survive in the Wilderness with Just Your Camera Gear? (VIDEO)
Dan Havlik  |  Oct 04, 2016  | 

Here’s another hilarious video from folks at TheCameraStoreTV, which poses the question: If you were lost in the wild, could your photo gear help save your life? 

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Travel Through the Galaxies with These Stunning Images From the Hubble Space Telescope (VIDEO)
Ron Leach  |  Oct 03, 2016  | 

NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope was launched into low Earth orbit in 1990 and has been sending back stunning hi-res images and critical data ever since. In the award-winning video below, you can travel across the universe and back in time and see some breathtaking imagery.

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Learn How to Create the Popular “Crushed Blacks” Film Effect in Less Than Two Minutes (VIDEO)
Ron Leach  |  Oct 03, 2016  | 

Here’s a simple video that provides three quick methods for achieving the popular “crushed blacks” film-emulation look with your digital images in Photoshop. Whether you begin with a curves layer, a solid color layer, or a selective color layer, all three techniques are easy to master in less than two minutes.

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Boost Your Autofocus Speed with Victoria Will’s Simple Back-Button Focus Technique (VIDEO)
Ron Leach  |  Oct 03, 2016  | 

Victoria Will is an accomplished New York-based photographer specializing in celebrity portraiture and lifestyle photography, and she utilizes an effective “back–button” focusing technique to achieve faster and more precise results. Watch the quick video below with her tips on this easy and effective method and you're sure to start shooting like a pro.

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Full Frame: The Story Behind the Image
Staff  |  Sep 30, 2016  | 

Photographing the ice caves underneath the Mendenhall Glacier in Juneau, Alaska, can be a challenge. First of all, the caves, while beautiful, are a treacherous place to shoot. “There is danger involved in going inside, particularly at the entrance, as ice falls regularly and the caves are sometimes closed and some become impassible,” photographer Blaine Harrington explains.

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