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- 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 [...]
- Location Lighting Made Simple
  
  Okay…we all know that the key to photography is light and shadow. We are trying to create an image on a two dimensional medium that will appear three-dimensional. The trick to achieving this result is pretty straightforward, but that does not necessarily mean that it is easy. Lifting a 600 pound barbell over your head [...]
- Ten Ways to Become a Better Photographer
  
  It would seem logical that every shutterbug out there is on the lookout for ways to improve their skills. Some people only think about getting better and have no clue about where to start. Others will analyze every single image they take for hours trying to find the small details that need improvement, yet they [...]
- Sports Photography Panning — To Blur or Not To Blur
  
  So you’re photographing a kids little league baseball game and you want to capture the essence of the game, but all of your shots thus far look like awkward freeze frame images of kids looking like they are about to fall to the ground or everything is so blurred that it is difficult to see [...]
- Long Exposure Photography Tips
  
  I think that almost every photographer at some point in time is intrigued by the ability to warp time and space with long exposure photography. The typical night shots, tail light beams that appear like lasers in the night air, the over blurred motion of a runner, and the concentric circles of the stars in [...]
- Managing Your Workflow
  
  Most photographers today have little difficulty with the physical act of taking photographs. However, when it comes to organizing, editing, and delivering those images, the waters begin to get a bit murky. For whatever reason, there are plenty of tutorials on taking photos, getting proper exposure, shooting with off-camera flashes, posing, stacking, Photoshop editing, and [...]
- Using a Tripod — How Good Sticks Help Create Images
  
  For many photographers, a tripod is more of an inconvenience; something else to lug around and carry that is never used. Often it is relegated to the closet filled with gadgets seldom used. Most of the time people tend to ‘run and gun’ or ‘skoot and shoot’ with their photography. They have their cameras in [...]
- Nick Ut – Famous Pulitzer Prize Winner Photographer
  
  Nick Ut has had a long and incredible career in photography. He has won a Pulitzer Prize for his work as well as being credited with helping to end America’s police action in Vietnam. If anyone has ever had any doubts about the power of an image, that should change their minds. The image of [...]
- Summertime, Summertime
  
  Summer is officially in full swing. Long days, warm weather, fresh produce, water sports, and cookouts are on the agenda for most people these days. Fortunately, for us shutterbugs in the world, all of these events play into our hands and allow us ample opportunities to hone our skills. As photographers, we have a unique [...]
- Lens Filters – Choosing the Right One for the Right Image
  
  Of all the digital camera accessories lens filers are one of the best tools in a photographers camera bag. Lens filters and camera hoods should be an important part of any photographer’s camera bag whether professional or amateur. Lens filters can include polarising filters that reduce glare and improve the saturation of the shot, or [...]