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How One Photographer Captures the Glory of Birds in Flight

Are People Who Take Lots of Selfies Really Narcissists?

A new study has identified three types of people who are motivated to snap and share self-portraits on social media: communicators, autobiographers, a

Clever Tombstones By People Whose Sense Of Humor Will Live Forever

These people didn’t miss the last opportunity to entertain those who drop by for a visit…

Useful Composition Tips for Still Life Photography

Technicalities aside, it’s composition that defines an image. Your viewers probably don’t care what settings or equipment you used, or how you took the image. They are more concerned about what they see, and what they see is composition. In still life photography, composition is even more important. Creating visually interesting photos out of everyday [...]

Avoid These 10 Newbie Photographer Fails

There’s an awful lot of things to learn when you get your very first camera, especially if it’s an ultra-modern, sophisticated DSLR, with shed-loads of features. So, it’s not surprising that mistakes will be made by many a newbie photographer. Here’s a short list of ten common mistakes: 1. Flashing from a Distance Flash can [...]

3 Quick Tips for Achieving Moody Portraits with Natural Light

If you are drawn to moody portraits with natural light and wondered how to take them, then this article gives you 3 quick tips to help you achieve them.

5 Tips for Becoming More Instinctive With Portrait Photography

The main challenge with portrait photography is, without a doubt, producing a portrait that does not leave the subject looking rigid, anxious, or just simply uncomfortable. A portrait photographer must gain his or her subject’s trust to help them loosen up and become actively involved in the sitting. The results will be more natural and [...]

5 Lies Beginner Portrait Photographers Believe

Portraiture is by far one of the most popular genres among photographers, both amateur and professional, and that tends to generate a lot of myths and misconceptions that can be harmful to your progress. This fantastic video discusses five common misconceptions about portrait photography and the truth about the genre. Coming to you from Miguel Quiles, this great video discusses five common misconceptions photographers have about…

Take Your Photography To The Next Level

This image, The Speed of Flight, was shot on the Canon EOS-1D X DSLR camera.

10 Photography Lighting Tutorials From Beginners to Pros

Mastering light -- or even just taming it-- is one of the biggest and most difficult challenges facing any photographer. Regardless of whether you shoot in a studio full of strobes, or venture out on location with nothing but a reflector, overcoming the stumbling blocks that lighting throws in our way all boils down to the same set of tasks-- understanding how light works, and making it work for you. The Web is bursting at its digital seams with lighting tutorials for photographers…

8 Mistakes I Have Made in Photography and How You Can Avoid Them

True statement: I am not perfect. *Gasp!* Not only that, but some of my imperfections have trickled into my photographic life. **Double gasp!** So, luckily for you, I will share my mistakes with you in the hopes that you can learn these lessons before you make the same mistakes. Or, maybe, if you have already made them, or still continue to make them, you will sleep better knowing that you are not alone!

A Simple One-Light Portrait Setup Every Photographer Should Master

Portrait photographer Miguel Quiles' most recent video breaks down his favorite one-light setup for portraits. The tutorial is perfect for beginners who

How to pose a portrait: 54 creative ideas

Use our posing guide to reignite your portrait photography

5 Ways to Change Your Composition For Better Photos

If there is one thing in photography that every photographer can work on, it’s composition. Like many of the other techniques in photography, your composition will improve the more you practice. Very often, photographers seem to go to their comfort zone of the rule of thirds. I personally like the rule of thirds as a …

Smart Photography Tool Ensures Creators Get Credit, Hinders Image Theft

Photo theft is a widespread problem in today's digital age, particularly for professional photographers whose visuals are their blood, sweat,...

What Makes a Portrait Good? Five Photo Editors Weigh In

Cross-posted from Artsy. [by Alina Cohen] “Publications rely on stellar portrait photographs to illustrate some of their most important articles—namely, their profiles. It may be a cliché to say that a picture is worth a thousand words, but a portrait is often a reader’s entrée into a story and subject, and has the potential to make an article or magazine cover go viral.” “What the reader doesn’t see is the energy and extensive collaboration that often...