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How to make light painting spirals, the easy way

As a mom of two wild little ones, I am always looking for creative ways to express myself with my photography. One of those ways is with light painting. Light painting for me is a stress reliever and something I can do after the little ones have gone to sleep. It’s a

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DxO Time Machine

Discovering the past with DxO Time Machine

Do you enjoy film emulators? Those that can add an analog or retro film look to your digital photos? Then perhaps you might like to check out DxO Time Machine. It’s available in Photolab7 (with the Film Pack add-on) and FilmPack 7. I have been playing with Film Pack 7

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SlickPic Photography Challenge: One Color

Another week, another fun photography challenge! It’s time to flex our creative muscles with yet another fun and dynamic assignment from the folks of SlickPic. For the sixth week of their 52-week Photo Challenge, it’s all about using One Color to create photos. Here, your task is to use a

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The most important street photography tips for beginners

Six of the most important tips for new street photographers to know

Street photography is an incredibly difficult form of photography. You need to go out into the world, capture spontaneous and often instantaneous random photographs of scenes and people who you’ve probably never met before. And somehow, eventually put these disparate moments all together into a cohesive body of work. Specifically,

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wedding photo

Magic box for wedding photographers

Maybe the box isn’t magic. But, the fishing box I converted to carrying all the support items as a wedding photographer made me seem like a magician to my wedding clients. More magic always led to more referrals. From fishing tackle box to magic box I tried many different containers

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Portrait tips: If you know your tools, you can relax

At weddings, you shoot portraits as quickly as possible so that your couples can spend as much time with their families as possible. I was an assistant shooter at this wedding with Lisa Robinson some years back, and she set this portrait up and shot from one angle while I shot

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Photo of clouds iphone

Mobile Mondays: iPhone Photography above the clouds

Photoshop Evangelist Julianne Kost published a book called Window Seat: The Art of Digital Photography and Creative Thinking back in 2006. It’s one of my favorite books to go back and reread. This article and iPhone photography are an homage to the lessons learned from her during my flights to

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