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Artist date: Take yourself out with a purpose

An artist date is a concept developed by author/artist Julia Cameron as a way to get ourselves out on a regular basis. Whether to create, be inspired, read up on other artists or just take ourselves out of our everyday routines. Several years ago I bought myself “The Artists’ Way” by Julia

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Photographing the Arctic with the Hasselblad X-Pan

Are you a Hasselblad X-Pan owner curious about where to take your famed film camera next? Locations with sweeping vistas and breathtaking scenes make obvious choices. But how about somewhere remote and challenging like the Arctic? UK-based landscape photographer Thomas Heaton shares his experience in today’s featured video. As Heaton

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Frank Gehry staircase AGO Toronto Lauri Novak

Limited time to photograph a location: Make it work

Having limited time to photograph a location while we are traveling is something many of us have experienced. Whether we are on family holidays or group tours that limit our time for photography, it can be frustrating. But there are ways you can still get the images you’d hoped for. 

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Secrets of a forested car graveyard unveiled by night photographers

What’s it like exploring and photographing 4,000 vintage automobiles at night in a forest? We explored rare rusty vehicles with trees growing through the hood, vines, mist and more. Tim Little and I photographed there one December evening, just hours after a torrential downpour. Here’s how the weirdness and adventure

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A quick look at Photoshop’s Generative Fill

Using Firefly AI, Adobe has released Generative Fill in Photoshop Beta. It’s a great way to gain efficiency with altering, extending, or replacing content in your scene. It can even generate ideas from scratch with just some text inputs. Use it to get ideas or perform fine-tuning more quickly. The

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Five weird lenses that will give you spectacular results

A lot of lenses that get released these days are safe, clean, clinical and technically perfect. This is fine, but what happens if you want to create magic in your camera and not in Photoshop? Fortunately for those that like to get creative, there are some weird lenses out there

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Travel Notes: Helsinki, St. Petersburg and Tallinn

Helsinki Helsinki, Finland was originally established as a Swedish outpost in 1550. Due to on-again, off-again wars between Sweden and Russia, Finland was annexed by Russia in 1809 after Sweden lost the 21-year war with Russia. It remained part of Russia until 1917 when during the Russian Revolution of that

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A guide to finding your photography style: Part seven

As photographers, our unique life experiences have a profound impact on our artistic expression and photographic style. Each of us carries a personal narrative that is woven into the fabric of our work. Exploring personal stories is a powerful and rewarding journey that not only helps us understand ourselves better

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