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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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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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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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Backlighting photography: tips and camera settings
Backlighting tips, techniques and camera settings for creating striking photographs.
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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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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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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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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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Ten Top Tips for Food Photography
Ten practical food photography tips for beginners from culinary photographer Sid Ali.
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Ten Top Tips for Travel Photography
Ten practical travel photography tips for aspiring photographers from travel photographer Richard Bernabe.
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Ten Top Tips for Family Photography
Ten practical tips for aspiring family photographers, from working with families to making choices that result in more natural, compelling photos.
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Enhancing Autumn Colors in Post-Processing
Tips for enhancing the autumn colors in your photography, both before shooting and during post-processing in Photoshop
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Creating Dreamy Photos
Learn how to create dreamy photos with long exposures, ND filters, movement, and soft effects—without relying entirely on post-processing.
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LinkedIn Profile Photo: Seven Mistakes to Avoid
Which profile photo works on LinkedIn? Avoid seven common mistakes and improve your professional presence online.
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How to Photograph Flocks of Birds
Practical tips for photographing flocks of birds with order, contrast, movement, silhouettes, and layered compositions.
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How to Photograph Your Flower or Vegetable Garden
How can you photograph your flower or vegetable garden at its best? Tips for photographing your garden.
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3 min
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Green Screen Photography
Green screen photography is a useful image-editing technique for quickly and accurately separating a subject from the background.
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5 min
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6 Sports Photography Tips for Beginners
Six practical tips for photographers who are just getting started with sports photography
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2 min
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Albert Dros’s Astrophotography Tips: Photographing the Milky Way
Albert Dros shares practical astrophotography tips for photographing the Milky Way, meteor showers and a supermoon with the Sony 24mm F1.4 GM.
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Preserving Memories in a Photo Book
Creating a photo book is timeless. Today, there are countless extra options to choose from to make your photo book unique.
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New LandscapePro 3 Software Uses Artificial Intelligence
The new LandscapePro 3 software now uses artificial intelligence.
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2 min
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Canvas Prints: A Modern Touch for Your Home
A canvas print is an affordable, personal way to add character to your interior—from your own photograph to a work of art on the wall.
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Photography Tips for Ten Top Locations
Unfamiliar locations add an extra challenge to photography, but off-the-grid destinations offer opportunities to create unique images.
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On Location with Landscape Photographer Albert Dros
Landscape and cityscape photographer Albert Dros shared his process while photographing in Amsterdam in an online feature.
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Software Edits Photos Before They Are Taken
Google and MIT developers created software that edits a photo before it is taken
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Tips for Winter Sports Photography
Tips for winter sports photography: capturing the best moments can be challenging. How do you take beautiful snow photographs?
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2 min
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My Photography Toolbox
My Photography Toolbox is a fun game for anyone who takes photos regularly and wants to improve their skills.
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1 min
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7 Tips for Better Professional Profile Photos
Want to take better professional portraits? Discover 7 practical tips for profile photos, coaching, presence, and relaxed portrait photography.
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6 min
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Tips for City Photography
Planning a city break and hoping to return with beautiful photographs? These city-photography tips will help you prepare.
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Photography Tips from Famous Photographers on Instagram
Photography tips from famous photographers on Instagram: the best advice for beginners from Instagram photographers who made it.
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Give Your Photo Exhibition Its Own Style
Planning to exhibit your photographs? Explore the distinctive qualities of forex, aluminum, Dibond, and acrylic glass.
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2 min
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Learn All About Nature Photography
The story of award-winning nature photographer Marsel van Oosten
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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