China is a country that has drawn more and more attention lately for many reasons, but only a few parts of the country are well known by foreigners. Chances are you know someone who has been to Beijing or Hong Kong or one of ...

# Use a wide angle lens, but get close. A wide angle lens will help you expand your viewpoint, but at the same time, you don’t want your photos to be too impersonal to the subject. Get close to the important aspects of the scene and make them ...

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The Canon EOS 500D is virtually identical to its predecessor, the EOS 450D, with the only notable additions being a HDMI connection, speaker and microphone holes and a shiny silver mode dial. The camera's dimensions are exactly the same ( ...

"Founded in New York, in 2004, Magnum In Motion is the multimedia digital studio of Magnum Photos. In Motion assembles visual narratives for online and offline platforms, including screenings in museums, festivals, and workshops." continue ...

While shooting portraits at the beach can be great fun, harsh lighting from the direct sunlight can result in blown-out highlights, distracting shadows, or squinting from your model. This lesson will show a technique that we like to use fo ...

When you wish to shoot with maximum depth of field, you need to focus on a point known as the Hyperfocal Distance. When the camera is focused at this point, everything in the picture should be sharp from half way between it and the camera, ...

For better or worse, my goal is for this experience to serve as a sort of template for how I approach a new lighting technique. This week deals with first attempts to reverse engineer how people were getting that cool, controllable 3-D ...

What's most exciting about having a full frame DSLR shooting HD video is the ability to use the full range of lenses and focal lengths that are available. Folks who don't shoot video may not appreciate the challenge that shooting di ...

Outdoor portraits can offer a sense a drama or romance that can be hard to achieve in a studio setting. The early morning or evening sky can serve as a stunning backdrop for a portrait. The trick is in lighting your subject properly. T ...

Wow! Canon really knows how to impress it’s target market. These Samples looks really good, look at the girls portrait white balance is set to auto and yet it produces beautiful colours. They also used a fast prime lens EF50mm f/1.2 U ...

Always, always, always edit down. This is the mistake I used to make. I’d shoot like a bat outa hell, determined to get at least a handful of great shots from each sitting, then I’d deliver nearly all the images to my client on a disk. Thus t ...

"When shooting portraits outdoors, it is often necessary to control or modify the natural light in order to achieve the most flattering results. In a high contrast, outdoor lighting situation, many photographers resort to using fill flash to ...

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Ever wondered how to create those wonderful atmospheric exterior photographs where golden light from a house window streams into the cold, blue light of the street? You must have seen them – National Geographic photographers use this techniqu ...