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Capturing the details in event photography

A few weeks ago, I had the chance to photograph a local event with entrepreneurs from Detroit, who had traveled to Grand Rapids to visit with other “makers” in the area. There were talks and hands-on interaction; a lot of which I’m used to with corporate events. But there was

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Six Tamron zoom lenses for every type of photographer

There’s no company out there that’s better than Tamron when it comes to zoom lenses. While you might think we’re heaping praise on Tamron because this is a sponsored post, I can tell you that the statement above is one I would say regardless of this fact. I have been

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Creating Dual Tone and B&W images in Luminar Neo

Creating dual tone and B&W images in Luminar Neo

Sometimes you capture an image that is nice, but could do with a bit more pizazz. That’s when creating dual tone images in Luminar Neo can make a real statement. I’ll walk you through how to do it. Start with some Supercontrast I started by cropping my image, but that

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Aria, a holds her mystically powerful glowing crystal bal.

How to make a crystal ball with Photoshop

Crystal balls have all kinds of powers — foretelling the future, casting spells and viewing hidden sorcerers. Every mystic needs one. While they are very rare in real life, they are easy to create in Photoshop. A glowing white ball My crystal ball is brilliant white. It glows and has

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fall leaf in a stream macro

Photographing fall leaves with your macro lens outdoors

I talked in another article about ways to photograph macro fall leaves indoors. This time I’d like to go outside and play with the macro lens and leaves. You can’t replace the feeling of actually heading out with your camera on a crisp, blue sky fall day. Here are a

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