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- 10 Best Photography Apps for iPhone
  
  How many times have you used your iPhone to take a quick snapshot when your camera wasn’t available or when you were in a hurry? There are multiple apps that can help you turn these casual shots into images worthy of saving and framing by applying different filters and photo-editing tools. Other apps let you [...]
- Getting the Perfect Shot… Every Time
  
  Photo junkies…especially those at the beginning stages of learning…are constantly seeking the Panacea of Photography, trying to find the method(s) or setting(s) that will offer the illusive perfect shot each and every time. If you have read much on this site, then you will already know the answer to this question. Some will scour the [...]
- Portrait PR… Post Processing for the Portrait Photographer
  
  With the days of labs, darkrooms, and chemicals long gone, the realm of digital editing using software has taken over the role of chemist and lab technician. These days, there seems to be no lack of various software pieces upon which the tech and gadget freaks (a.k.a. photographers) can spend their money. In a world [...]
- Robert Capa – Famous Photojournalist
  
  The wartime photojournalist, Robert Capa, is famed for his black and white images of war. One of his most famous images was the Falling Soldier, taken as a man fell in death after being shot in Spain in 1936. The image’s proper and full name is, “Loyalist Militiaman at the Moment of Death, Cerro Muriano, [...]
- Post Process Image Editing — A Little Goes a Long Way
  
  The studio of chemicals and solutions of yesteryear are all but gone as the digital age of photography continues to advance and become more sophisticated. For most photographers, the ability to manipulate their photographs to create unique, stunning, and striking images becomes an addiction as well as a love hate relationship. Now, not only must [...]
- Five Photography Tips from Celebrated Pros
  
  Everyone has had a hero at one time or another. Many people have more than one hero and in fact, one person may have several. While the top ten list of “The World’s Most Famous Photographers” would probably cause a great deal of debate, the ones chosen to look at in this article are probably [...]
- Gift Ideas for the Photographer in Your Life
  
  Once again, the time of year is approaching when people seem to lose their minds. No…I’m not talking about the US elections…although it would seem to fit the description very well indeed. No…the time of year I am talking about is Christmas. People tend to go a little nuts when this season approaches. Trying to [...]
- Carefully Approaching Your Camera
  
  I’m not actually talking about a specific walk or gait needed to ‘approach’ your camera, nor am I indicating stalking your camera as a lion would its prey. What I mean by careful approach is that you should have something in mind when you go out to shoot. Too often, photographers don’t take the time [...]
- Parading your Portfolio on the Net
  
  One thing that every professional photographer needs these days is a web presence. However, if we want people to take us seriously as creative individuals, we need to make a grand first impression. As the saying goes, “You only have one chance to make a first impression.” Therefore, we have to be careful to make [...]
- Top 5 Clichés Photographers Should Avoid
  
  Now before everyone starts to get his or her pitchforks and torches out to burn me as the monster, I will admit that a something only attains cliché status if there is some sort of intrinsic value or value within itself. The idea that all clichés are bad and should be avoided is not necessarily [...]