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Mobile Mondays: Capture behind-the-scenes on your smartphone

I frequently spend months creating and organizing my creative portrait sessions. I need to work out a team, hair, makeup, models and designers. Then there is scheduling the actual shoot date and time, but also mini sessions (mostly online) to work out details. Finding, sourcing or making costumes. I love

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Camera review: Canon EOS R8

The Canon EOS R8 caught my attention as soon as I saw it. This new camera body has a lot in common with the earlier EOS RP and includes some welcome improvements. Once I saw the R8 I was practically pleading for the opportunity to review it. Canon EOS R8

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Travel notes: Exploring Lake Taupo, New Zealand

Welcome to Lake Taupo, a breathtaking jewel nestled in the heart of New Zealand’s North Island. Known for its awe-inspiring beauty and a myriad of outdoor adventures. Lake Taupo offers a perfect blend of nature, culture, relaxation and adrenaline-pumping activities. Whether you’re a nature enthusiast, an adventure seeker, or someone

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Luminar Magic Light

Adding a little magic with Luminar Magic Light

Luminar Neo has come a long way in recent years. It is actually quite incredible what you can do with just a few tweaks and sliders. I took this grainy photo taken in low light and transformed it into some old-school, Hollywood-style photo with some Luminar magic, including the new

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Review of Printique: Premium custom prints and photo books

Printique is a premium custom print and photo book print house that has a wide range of different products available. From Hardcover photo books to acrylic blocks to metal prints and even augmented-reality greeting cards, Printique has a heap of options to turn photos into keepsakes. In this review of

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Photoshop Generative Fill

Using Adobe Photoshop Generative Fill

I know a lot of people have already covered some of the features in Generative Fill in Photoshop Beta. Love it or hate it, AI (Artificial Intelligence) is here to stay. While some of you may loathe the thought of stealing/borrowing images from others via this AI, it is not

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Paragraphica AI "Camera"

This strange AI “camera” has no lens or sensor!

Can a “camera” have no lens or sensor? With Paragraphica, it can. They’ve developed a strange “context-to-image” device that interprets the place around it. So, uh, what is it? Paragraphica is a “context-to-image” “camera” that uses location data and artificial intelligence to determine a “photo” of a specific place and

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What is a “normal” lens?

Photographers often talk about using “normal” lenses for their work. What they are referring to is a lens that mimics the field of view of human vision. In general, most photographers agree that a focal length of around 50mm on a full-frame camera is regarded as a normal lens. So,

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Roundtable: “Excited Particles” with Christy Turner and Shamon Kureshi

Welcome to the Photofocus Roundtable Podcast, where each month, our panel discusses some current trends and topics on our minds. This month, we are joined by two photographers who are very accomplished in shooting the aurora borealis, Christy Turner and Shamen Kureshi Thank you Photomatix for sponsoring. You can try the original application for High Dynamic

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