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SlickPic Photography Challenge: Visualizing Music

Up for another photography challenge? We’re down to the last three weeks of SlickPic’s 52-week Photo Challenge! For week 50, the folks of SlickPic are calling everyone to transform music into a visual masterpiece. Is this challenge up your alley? It’s time to refill your creative juices and put your

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Festival, fair and carnival photography

As life begins to open back up here in the U.S., festivals, fairs and carnivals are being added to event calendars. Attending these events with your camera can be a lot of fun. There are plenty of people, bands, games, rides and food to take photos of, and a lot

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What are you listening to?

Have you ever thought about how your style or choice of music changes, depending on what you are doing? It has been thought for a while now that mood and music are closely related. For instance, listening to a sad song while you’re sad, or a happy song when you’re

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My favorite jams for culling and editing photos

What do you listen to when culling or editing photos? I would love to know. I have a shortlist go-to music that I’ll share. Ambient music I listen to a lot of instrumental ambient music. And one of my favorite artists in this genre is Brian Eno. His music is

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Gear Review: NstaJam Bluetooth speaker

I’m always jealous of those photographers who are also musicians — and there are many of them. Me, I can’t carry a tune in a camera bag and I’m practically tone deaf. But the power of music is undeniable and it’s a wonderful tool for sculpting the mood while making

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15 Seconds of Fame: Preview Videos for Instagram

Videos slideshows are a powerful way to show pictures, and I think Instagram offers a unique opportunity. The thing is, my clients love to watch a slideshow of themselves, but few other people are willing to watch a long slideshow these days. Instagram has a 15 seconds limit on slideshows,

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Bad Music = Bad Video & How To Beat the Shakes

I attended a workshop tour put on by David Ziser a few days before my first DSLR arrived, and he got me hooked on hybrid slideshows. I used to use Animoto to make these, and more recently I prefer ProShow Web, but I also like to make my own productions

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Music Copyrights for Photographers

We live in an ultra connected world where the amount of media seemingly free for the taking is virtually unlimited. This is not a rant on stealing, fair use or copyrights for that matter. It’s really some thoughts on creating and sharing work. Photographers are content creators just like musicians,

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Free & Legal Music Sources for Slideshows & Videos

Whether you’re building a slideshow or editing a video, music is an important factor to consider for emotional connection to the audience. The internet is tempting with many sites that allow you to download any song you desire. But we have to warn you. Just because it is free doesn’t

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