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Mykii Liu

The term “crushed blacks” has got people confused!

What seems to be a misused phrase in the photography community is being made increasingly more confusing by those who don’t understand what they’re saying. In a conversation I had with an aspiring photographer about his editing process on a particular image, he shared some usual color correction tips and

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Portrait Tips: Does your picture have the sweetness?

“Unless some sweetness at the bottom lie, Who cares for all the crinkling of the pie?” This line is from William King’s Poem, “The Art of Cookery,” and it applies perfectly to portraiture. Today’s tip is quick, and it includes the challenge that you should memorize this line of poetry

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SVALT Cooling Dock

Dock & Cool Your MacBook for Max Performance!

Docking your MacBook to a screen at your home or office gives the best compromise between portability and performance! I’ve been docking my MacBooks to monitors at my home office since my first MacBook Pro from 2010! So, why wouldn’t you? The MacBooks are fantastic little machines that can pack

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VP2785-4K

ViewSonic’s VP 2785-4K is such a beast!

The worst thing you can do in your workflow as a visual artist is to blow a whole lot of money on expensive camera gear, and skimp out on the equipment that is needed to view what you capture. Having a poor monitor is just as bad as having a

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Lexar’s 633x 200GB microSDXC Card

I’ve had this card for over 6 months, and I get so baffled every time I think about it. 200GB in a microSDXC card! That’s just ludicrous! Every time I think about what I could do with this card, I kind of freak out. It shouldn’t really surprise me in this

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A Year and Some Change with the Fujifilm X-T1

I can’t believe how fast time has flown by. I remember when I started to slowly sell my special Canon gear after the purchase of my Fujifilm X-T1. Do I miss the Canon? How did my X-T1 hold up? Well the experience has been kind of different, but still positive.

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Instagram Grids– Hot or Not?

Grids. Banners. Cubes. Whatever you call them. More and more companies and individuals have been jumping onto this trend since the Summer of 2015. The owners of these instagram accounts segment one photo into typically 3, 6, 9, 12+, square blocks and post them in a progressive order, typically by using

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Canon EF 20-35mm F/2.8L

Using eBay to find deals on lenses

I found my copy of Canon’s EF 20-35mm F/2.8 on eBay of all places, and while I don’t typically sell on eBay, I’ll buy like no other. People are worried about scams and not receiving items as described, but in my experience of buying upward towards 500 expensive items, I’ve

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UHS-II SD-Card Speed Shootout – Memory for the Fujifilm X-T1

Super-sport motorcycles, computer tweaking, camera lenses and even camera memory. Ever since I was little, I was obsessed with speed and making things go faster. Famous video game character Sonic the Hedgehog appealed to me more than Mario did. Why? Because he was blazing fast! A Shootout Today, I get

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