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How to get started with off-camera flash
New to Strobist photography? Learn how one off-camera flash and a wireless trigger can improve portraits, product shots and interiors.
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8 min
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Practice & insight
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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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Polarising filter: what does it do and when should you use it?
Discover how a polarising filter reduces reflections, enhances colours and improves landscape photos, with practical tips and pitfalls.
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9 min
Techniek
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Do You Really Need to Specialize as a Photographer?
Should photographers choose a niche or remain versatile? Ektor Tsolodimos explores the benefits, risks and opportunities of both approaches.
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4 min
Ondernemen
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Lenses for beginners: how to choose the right lens
Which lens do you need as a beginner? Learn what focal length, aperture, zoom, and prime lenses mean—and choose the lens that fits you.
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9 min
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5 iPhone camera settings you really should check
Get more from your iPhone camera with five useful settings for macro, composition, lens correction, and more predictable shooting.
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5 min
Smartphone
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Your Photo Archive Is a Security Concern, Too
From 2FA to shared Dropbox links, here’s how to better protect unpublished work, client folders, and previews throughout your photography workflow.
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5 min
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Stricter AI Labels: What Photographers Need to Do Now
The EU is tightening AI transparency. What should photographers label now, and how can they communicate clearly in publishing, editorial work, and competitions?
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4 min
Ondernemen
Knowledge
How to Photograph a Total Solar Eclipse
How to photograph a solar eclipse, with practical tips on preparation, filters, smartphones, and telephoto lenses.
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4 min
Fotograferen
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Shooting RAW with Your Phone
When should you choose RAW on your phone, and when is HEIC or JPEG smarter? Practical guidance for iPhone, Android, and mobile editing.
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7 min
Smartphone
Knowledge
The 10 Best Photography Apps for Your Smartphone in 2026
Which photography app is right for you? Ten excellent camera, RAW, editing, and planning apps for better smartphone photos in 2026.
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9 min
Smartphone
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Superzoom or Mirrorless Camera: Is One Lens Enough?
Choosing between a superzoom and a mirrorless camera? Learn when one built-in zoom is enough and when interchangeable lenses are the better fit.
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7 min
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Smartphone photos at 35mm: a calmer frame
Many smartphones start at around 24mm. Here’s why a 35mm mode or crop can produce calmer street, travel, and portrait photos.
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7 min
Smartphone
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Lightroom Classic 15.4: smarter cleanup
Lightroom Classic 15.4 helps with duplicates and culling. Here’s how to clean up your catalog without losing good photos.
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7 min
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Which lens do you need for landscape photography?
Which lens is right for landscape photography? Learn when to choose wide angle, telephoto, prime, or zoom—and what to consider.
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6 min
Techniek
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Moving from a Smartphone to a Camera
Considering moving from a smartphone to a camera? Learn when the switch makes sense and how to choose a camera that fits the way you photograph.
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2 min
Techniek
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From auto mode to M mode: photographing with the Sunny 16 rule
Learn how exposure rules like the Sunny 16 rule help you transition from auto mode to M mode. Simple explanation for modern cameras.
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2 min
Fotograferen
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What is involved in printing high-quality photos?
Want to print photos in high quality? Read how color profiles, resolution (dpi), sharpening and paper choice determine the end result.
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2 min
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The Best LED Lights for Photography and Video in 2025
Discover the best LED lights for photography and video in 2025, from compact on-camera LEDs to bright, portable and affordable COB lights.
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3 min
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Sports photography: capturing speed and emotion
How to capture speed and emotion in sports photography with preparation, timing, equipment and the right camera settings.
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3 min
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Tips for Buying a Photo Printer
Buying a photo printer? Learn what to consider and choose the right model for printing high-quality photos at home.
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5 min
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The Five Best Fujifilm Film Simulations for Portrait Photography
The five best Fujifilm film simulations for portraits—and how to choose the one that best matches the look you want.
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4 min
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Birthday Photography: How to Perfectly Capture Blowing Out the Candles
How do you capture the perfect photo of someone blowing out the candles on a birthday cake? Tips for a mid-range mirrorless camera and a smartphone.
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8 min
Fotograferen
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How to Take Perfect Photos With Natural Light
Tips for taking perfect photos with natural light. Whatever the conditions, natural light offers endless possibilities.
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2 min
Fotograferen
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The Quiet Power of a Daylight Studio
Daylight studio tips for professional portraits with soft, natural light instead of harsh shadows or unnatural color casts.
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3 min
Fotograferen
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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
Fotograferen
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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
Fotograferen
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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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2 min
Fotograferen
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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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2 min
Fotograferen
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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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2 min
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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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4 min
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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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6 min
Fotograferen
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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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5 min
Ondernemen
Knowledge
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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5 min
Fotograferen
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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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3 min
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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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1 min
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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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2 min
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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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4 min
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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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1 min
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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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3 min
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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
Fotograferen
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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
Fotograferen
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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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2 min
Fotograferen
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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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2 min
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Polarizing Filter or Graduated Neutral-Density Filter
What is the difference between a polarizing filter and a graduated ND filter? Find out which to use for reflections, colours and bright skies.
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6 min
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How to Add Fog to a Photo
Add digital fog in Photoshop using Quick Mask, a gradient, and a layer mask, then refine its density and transitions.
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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
Fotograferen
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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
Techniek
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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
Fotograferen
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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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