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Who’s Still Afraid of High ISOs?
Using high ISO has always been a compromise, even with modern technology the topic remains a source of confusion and debate.
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Practical tips, techniques and clear explanations about cameras, light, composition and editing — always with the newest article first.
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Stacked Sensor Technology: The Pros and Cons
Discover the advantages and disadvantages of stacked sensor technology. What makes a stacked sensor so special? And where are the snags?
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Tips for taking professional photos with your phone
Tips for taking professional photos with your phone. Creativity and knowledge to overcome limitations and achieve impressive results.
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2 min
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How to Take Monochrome Color Photos
Color images can also be monochrome, especially when they use a single hue in a range of tints, shades, and tones.
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4 minutes
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Taking Halloween photos
Taking Halloween photos, read here the best tips to best capture this spooky atmosphere.
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1 min
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Photo on Dibond: sleek, sustainable and professional presentation
What is Dibond and why choose this material? Discover the variants, finishes, fine art paper and handy hanging systems for a sleek presentation.
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Innovation for autofocus in modern system cameras
An explanation of autofocus in modern system cameras, from phase and contrast detection to sensors, algorithms and face and eye recognition.
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Essential Lenses for Photographers
Which lenses do photographers really need? Learn why 50mm, 70-200mm, and 18-35mm lenses are essential for portrait, sports, and landscape photography.
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2 min
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Get the Most Out of Your Smartphone Camera
Want to take better photos with your smartphone? Discover practical tips on exposure, focus, HDR, Pro settings and post-processing.
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Datacolor Spyder and SpyderPro for color calibration
Datacolor presented Spyder and SpyderPro for monitor calibration, plus kits for color management in photography and video.
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Tips for Photography on Cloudy Days
Discover how to create atmospheric photos on cloudy days, with tips for exposure, white balance, composition, portraits, and landscapes.
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8 min
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Tips for photographing mountains
Tips for photographing mountains and displaying your breathtaking images as razor-sharp Xpozer prints on the wall.
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5 min
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Tips for Taking Silhouette Photos
Learn how to create striking silhouette photos with the right location, timing, composition, and camera settings, plus practical post-processing tips.
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4 min
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Exposure: shutter speed, aperture and ISO for beginners
Learn how shutter speed, aperture and ISO together determine the exposure of your photo and discover how to use these settings creatively.
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7 min
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Portrait photography: tips and camera settings
If you are going to rent a photo booth for a wedding, for example, having the right tips and camera settings can really make the difference.
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2 min
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Using a black flag in photography
A black flag is an important tool for controlling light and contrast in photography. Learn when and how to use one.
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8 minutes
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Backlighting photography: tips and camera settings
Backlighting tips, techniques and camera settings for creating striking photographs.
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10 minutes
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Photographing Bridges: Tips and Techniques
Bridges are rewarding subjects, but photographing them well is not always as easy as it seems. These tips will help.
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10 minutes
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How to Add Contrast with Curves
A tip from Chapter 3 of Scott Kelby’s How Do I Do That in Photoshop? on adding contrast with curves.
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How to Improve Dull Photos
Make dull photos more vibrant in Photoshop by increasing contrast so that dark areas become darker and light areas become lighter.
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How to: Get Colors (White Balance) Right
Scott Kelby explains three ways to correct white balance in Camera Raw using presets, sliders, and the White Balance tool.
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How to: Adjust Overall Exposure
Scott Kelby — How to in Photoshop: Adjust Overall Exposure, a tip from Chapter 3
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5 min
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How to: Increase the Tonal Range of Your Photo
Scott Kelby — How to in Photoshop: Increase the Tonal Range of Your Photo, a tip from Chapter 3
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5 min
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Camera Filters Explained: Choose the Right Filter for Every Photo
Camera filters explained: choose the right filter for every photo and learn when to use each type.
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Drone Photography: What Makes It So Enjoyable?
Drone photography: creative aerial perspectives, abstract compositions, videography, and the importance of sound photographic technique.
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5 min
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Smartphone Photography: The Pros and Cons
Smartphone photography: the pros and cons: When smartphones first appeared on the scene, their built-in cameras were little more than novelties.
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6 min
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10 Tips for Photographing Parties
Photographing parties takes timing, preparation, and a feel for the atmosphere. Here are 10 tips for better party photos of groups, details, and candid moments.
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8 Essential Accessories Every Photographer Needs
Eight essential photography accessories every photographer needs on the road, on location, or in the studio.
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4 min
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6 Tips for Taking Better Photos Through a Window
Reflections can make photographing through glass difficult. These six practical tips will help you take better photos through a window.
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4 min
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Workshop: Mudflat Hiking Photography
A mudflat hiking photography workshop weekend near the Dutch Wadden Islands, led by photographer Tom van der Leij.
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3 min
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Giving New Photos a Vintage Look
Want to make a photo look old? These tips and tricks will give your images a vintage look and make them seem as if they came from an old photo album.
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4 min
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Tips for Baby Photography
Tips for creating timeless photographs of newborn babies, from planning and timing to patience, safety, and direction.
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Using Soft Light in Portrait Photography
Soft light is often the key to beautiful portraits. These tips cover outdoor light, reflectors and diffusers, window light, and bounce flash.
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4 min
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Should I Use Photos or Video for My Business?
How do you create an effective corporate video? Should you use photos or video to promote your business? Video is photography in motion—and twice the fun.
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3 min
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Why Photographers Need a VPN
Learn why a VPN can be valuable for photographers who travel, use public Wi-Fi, or need to transfer large files more securely.
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4 min
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6 Benefits of Shooting in RAW
What are the benefits of shooting in RAW, and when should you use it? Six benefits of RAW for amateur photographers.
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4 min
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Tips for Taking Better Black-and-White Photos
Learn to take better black-and-white photos with practical tips on RAW, contrast, gray tones, composition, post-processing, and Photoshop conversion.
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Tips for Photographing Along the Dutch Coast
Photographing along the Dutch coast? Tips for a nice car route to photograph along the coast in the Netherlands
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3 min
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Tips for Using Contrast in Photos
Discover how color, depth of field, composition, and theme can direct attention and make your subject stand out.
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3 min
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Tips for Photographing Spiderwebs
Practical tips on focus, light, wind, tripods, and composition when photographing delicate spiderwebs.
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Light Painting Photography: Painting with Light
What is light painting, and how do you do it? Discover tips for photographing with light and create imaginative images without expensive equipment.
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4 min
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Photographing Beautiful Locations in the Netherlands
Whether you are an amateur or a professional photographer, you are always looking for the most beautiful location.
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2 min
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Photographing in the Sun: 5 Practical Tips
Take better photos in bright sunlight with tips on overexposure, fill flash, diffusers, and choosing the right time of day.
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4 min
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Architecture Photography for Beginners
Architecture photography for beginners, with architecture photographer Jaap Lotstra.
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Tips for Indoor Photography
Tips for taking beautiful indoor photographs of loved ones and meaningful places.
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6 Tips for Beginner Photographers
6 tips for beginner photographers, advice for amateur photographers, and tips for getting started with a new camera.
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3 Tips to Make Your Photos Look Professional
Discover three practical ways to make your photos look more professional, from filling the frame to making deliberate choices about style and composition.
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3 min
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Ten Top Tips for Fashion Photography
Ten practical tips for aspiring fashion photographers, covering common pitfalls, on-set choices, and lessons from the field.
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2 min
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Photographing Large Mammals: Wildlife Photography Tips
Practical tips for photographing deer, wild boar, badgers, and other large mammals, covering behavior, camouflage, wind direction, and gear.
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3 min
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Straighten a Crooked Horizon in Photoshop
Learn how to use Photoshop's Ruler tool to straighten a crooked horizon or slanted lines quickly and easily.
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2 min
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Adding a Watermark to Photos in Photoshop
Learn how to add a watermark to photos in Photoshop and automate the process with Actions without distracting from your image.
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2 min
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Digital Camera Inventor Honored
How Kodak engineer Steve Sasson built the first digital camera in 1975, laying the foundation for modern digital photography.
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1 min
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Setting White Balance for Better Photos
Learn how white balance works and how to set it for better color. Tips for daylight, artificial light, Kelvin, and custom white balance.
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5 min
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Kodak Recycled 1.5 Billion Disposable Cameras in 19 Years
Kodak has recycled disposable cameras for 19 years and has now reused 1.5 billion of them. Here is how its unique single-use camera recycling process works.
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2 min
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Flash in Nature Photography: Uses and Tips
How do you use flash in nature photography? Practical tips for birds, macro, and close-up photography, including the Better Beamer and diffusers.
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6 min
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Super-Telephoto Lenses: How Do You Use Them?
How do you use super-telephoto lenses? Practical tips on wide maximum apertures, stabilization and teleconverters.
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4 min
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Photographing Birds in Your Garden
Want to photograph birds in your own garden? Read practical tips on feeding stations, backgrounds, lenses and camera settings.
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5 min
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The Histogram: Your Exposure Ally
Learn what a histogram shows and how to use it to determine the right exposure in this practical guide.
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5 min
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Exposure: Better in M Mode?
Learn how to choose aperture and shutter speed in M mode for creative exposure, and when it offers an advantage over automatic modes.
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4 min
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Spot Metering: Measure What You Want
Most SLR cameras offer spot metering. How can you use it to take better photos?
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3 min
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Kit Lens or Something Better?
Modern DSLR cameras can deliver excellent image quality. Which lens will help you get the most out of them?
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2 min
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Can We All Use Photoshop?
Photoshop has become commonplace. Half the Netherlands says without hesitation, ‘We’ll just Photoshop that in.’ It sounds pretty cool—a piece of cake.
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6 min
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Macro Accessories
An overview of macro accessories such as extension tubes, close-up lenses, and bellows. What do you need to photograph subjects at extremely close range?
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5 min
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Digital Post-Production
Still-life specialist Feddo van Gogh explains how digital photography and image editing radically changed his creative process and workflow.
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3 min
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Documentary Photographer Robert Knoth
Which photograph had stayed with documentary photographer Robert Knoth when this interview was published? Discover why this particular image resonated with him.
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2 min
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Bird Photography, Part 3
Join us in the field for practical bird photography. Learn about observation, camouflage, composition, patience, and photographing birds in the wild.
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6 min
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Bird Photography, Part 2
Which camera and lens should you use for bird photography? Explore practical tips on autofocus, telephoto lenses, exposure, tripods, and teleconverters.
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6 min
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Creating Shadows in Photoshop
Creating shadows in Photoshop: You can, of course, easily create a standard shadow in Photoshop.
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6 min
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External Flash: What Are the Advantages?
Lars Polder explains how an external flash provides more light and control, with softer bounced light and more flexible lighting than a built-in flash.
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6 min
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Bird Photography, Part 1
Want to take better bird photographs? Discover practical tips on composition, behavior, observation, viewpoints, and equipment.
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6 min
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Color Management: Sense and Nonsense
What does color management really offer photographers? This article cuts through the jargon and explains when it is useful—and when it is not.
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4 min
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AF Tips: Make the Most of Your DSLR’s Focusing Options
Digital SLR cameras offer several AF options. What are they, and when should you use them?
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