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Photography in The Floating Studio

Back in January, I joined Vanelli as a co-instructor on the “Vanelli and Friends Model Workshop” on a Royal Caribbean cruise to the Bahamas. A group of photographers and several models set sail for several days at sea. The ship became our floating studio. Golden Hour and Blue Hour My

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Photofocus Photographer of the Day Jens with Hafen, Hamburg, Germany. Travel

Photographer of the Day: Jens

(Editor’s note: Larui is on hiatus from curation of the Travel category. She’ll be back to Photographer of the Day soon.) Category: Travel Photographer: Jens “Hafen Hamburg, Germany“ Two men in silhouette are framed by a doorway that leads outside to a seagoing port in Hamburg, Germany. Their position is perfect. They

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Aligning Source Images with Aurora HDR 2018 (part 9)

In this course, join Richard Harrington and explore the world of HDR with Aurora HDR from Skylum. You’ll learn how to merge multiple exposures together to show an extended dynamic range of scenes.  This class covers how to use the complete collection of options inside Aurora HDR. [Save $10 on

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Shooting with a Beauty Dish

From the course: Improving Your Photography and Portraits with Lighting Modifiers Shooting with a beauty dish from Improving Your Photography and Portraits with Lighting Modifiers by Robert Vanelli   Course transcript Once we start to really understand light modifiers, we can have a lot of fun with it. For this set here, we

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Photographer of the Day: Dan Schneider

Category: Street Photographer: Dan Schneider “From Light to Dark” Dan does an amazing job with this capture, highlighting the deep shadows that are occurring during an afternoon high sun. The black and white edit adds to the contrast and scene here, creating somewhat of a surreal moment. And if that

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What Are Lens Filters & Why Should You Use Them?

Some of the most-utilized items that photographers have are lens filters. These give photographers ways to control color, reflections, highlights and more. But what filters should you get, and when should you use them? UV Filters As a beginning photographer, I used UV filters on all my camera lenses. They

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