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A Simple Guide to Photographing Big Mountains

April 25, 2022 · Grant Ordelheide

I love the outdoors. I enjoy visiting rugged coastlines, dry deserts, and humid jungles. All these ecosystems have a lot to offer me as a nature lover and a photographer. The alpine regions, however, are where I feel most at home. I love hiking, backpacking, and climbing in the great ranges of the world. The […]

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Simple Tips for Shooting in the Rain

February 28, 2022 · Steph Nelson

Rainy weather tends to keep most people inside, but for dedicated photographers, it’s a great opportunity for beautiful shots. Shooting in the rain can seem unappealing when you’re warm and dry inside, but going out is worth the discomfort, especially when you nail a perfect rainy-day shot. In the following article, we’ll cover the following: […]

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Landscape Photography Tips, Ideas and Examples

February 26, 2022 · Steph Nelson

Landscape photography is one of the first genres of photography that many photographers begin to explore. Natural scenes, from mountains to forests to oceans, is sometimes too beautiful to escape capture from our cameras. But sometimes we take a picture and feel underwhelmed by the results. We think to ourselves, “how can something look so […]

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Defocus Stacking – How to get Bokeh without fast lenses

December 29, 2021 · Herbert Kopp

The silver bullet for taking photos with a beautiful blurred background (Bokeh) are lenses with a wide aperture. These lenses are expensive, bulky, heavy and difficult to work with. By now blurred backgrounds obtained by postprocessing software cannot come up to the bokeh produced by an optical lens and there are few attempts to find […]

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30 Beautiful Examples of Wedding Photography

December 12, 2021 · Lisa Gill

Standing out as a wedding photographer can be difficult. The wedding photography industry is notoriously competitive, as well as grueling. Shooting a wedding can be intense, with long hours and a lot of pressure to get things right. But the payoff can be incredibly rewarding. If you can survive the stress and come out with […]

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The Best Wedding Lightroom Presets

October 29, 2021 · Julie Bentacourt

Lightroom Presets are an important part of a photographer’s workflow. Whether you’re creating them yourself or buying pre-made presets from a company or photographer, having them in your workflow has the potential to save you hours of time. Instead of starting from scratch with each image, a preset can give you a good starting point, […]

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40 Beautiful Examples of Bokeh Photography

October 9, 2021 · Steph Nelson

Bokeh easily ranks among the most popular photography effects, perhaps because it’s powerful yet easy to do. The bokeh effect — from the Japanese ‘boke’, meaning ‘blur’ or ‘haze’ — is the blurring of a photo, or more precisely, the aesthetic quality of the blurring. You can create this blurring by using a shallow depth […]

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How to Install Lightroom Presets and Brushes

July 28, 2021 · Julie Bentacourt

Lightroom presets are a critical part of any photographer’s workflow. Whether you’re an amateur or a professional, a preset system gives your image editing a good starting point and a consistent look. With the launch of our new Landscape Photography Lightroom Presets, we’re going to be diving deeper into photo editing, and in particular, Lightroom […]

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Beginner’s Guides for Street Photography

July 14, 2021 · Julie Bentacourt

Street photography is a genre of photography that has been around for centuries. Street photographers aim to capture candid moments in public spaces, as well as documenting aspects of everyday life and society. A great street photo not only requires technical skills and creativity but also some bravery and luck to shoot strangers on the […]

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Simple Portrait Photography Tips for Pro Level Photos

June 7, 2021 · Steph Nelson

Portrait photography ranks among the most popular photography genres. Millions of selfies, pictures of family & friends, and even snapshots of strangers get posted every day on social media. Considering the volume of new portraits coming into the world daily, how can you make your portraits stand out? To take better pictures and increase the […]

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