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In this post, Steve Berardi from PhotoNaturalist discusses eight tips for photographing wildflowers.
To get the softly diffused light in this photo, I waited for an overcast sky. (Photo by Steve Berardi)
With spring on the horizon in some parts of the world, you may be thinking about photographing some beautiful wildflowers soon. So, here are 8 [...]

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8 Tips for Photographing Wildflowers

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A Guest Post by Chris Folsom.
Recent talks with a local shop have prompted one of my least favorite tasks… writing an artist’s statement. It is an incredibly difficult task to describe your own work without sounding arrogant or self-absorbed. Worse yet, if your images span a variety of subjects and styles (as mine [...]

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6 Tips for Writing an Artist’s Statement

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A Guest Post by SusanG from Camelot Photography Forum.
We talk about things like Workflow and Task Management. Yet, how much time do we dedicate to looking, really looking, into our own work? The end product itself!

I spent eight months last year photographing one linear mile. It wasn’t a planned series, but evolved into a long-term [...]

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Taking Stock of Your Own Photography

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I’m Benjamin and am a hitchhiking photographer. In my travels I quickly realized a need to make my own postcards for my friends and family.  
I wanted unique and personal postcards at a cheap price. Here is the result of that quest. This is a post for those whom aren’t familiar with Photoshop and editing their [...]

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How To Make Your Own Postcards: Cheap!

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An Introduction to Infrared Digital Photography by Chris Folsom.
The Old Ways by Chris Folsom
Infrared photography allows us to see the world in a way that our naked eyes (and traditional cameras) can not. The infrared spectrum exists beyond the spectrum of visible light, but it is always present and can have a very dramatic [...]

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Infrared Digital Photography: An Introduction

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A Guest post from Lisa Newton by Lisa Newton Travelin’ Local
My business website is a hyper-local niche online lifestyle magazine, Travelin’ Local, where I features countless walking and bike riding maps, including a judicious quantity of photos to accompany my stories for the area that we specialize in, which includes Los Angeles and environs. [...]

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How to Geo-Tag your Photographs with Google Maps

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A Guest Post by Robin Ryan
I’d like to talk today about the potential offered by Neutral Density filters, and how they can make your photos more unique.
Ruined Harbour II by Duncan_Smith (used with permission)
The smooth watercolour feel in the above photo is due to a Neutral Density 64 Filter. This filter has interested me lately [...]

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Neutral Density Filters

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The northern and southern polar lights have fascinated and hypnotised man for as long as we have graced the planet. The unearthly flame-like lights have been the inspiration of folk tale and legend for generations and since the invention of the camera a holy grail-like conquest for many enthusiast photographers.
Image by Orvaratli
Named after the [...]

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An Introduction to Photographing the Northern/Southern Lights

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A Guest post by Eva Polak  
“Inspiration does not come like a bolt. Nor is it kinetic, energetic striving. It comes into us slowly and quietly all the time, though we must regularly and every day give it a little chance to start flowing, prime it with a little solitude and idleness.” – Brenda Ueland
Whether you [...]

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How To Be Inspired Every Day

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In this post, Steve Berardi from PhotoNaturalist talks about three ways to get better control of autofocus.
Sometimes autofocus can be really annoying. For some shots it’ll focus on the right part of your subject, but then the very next shot it may choose to focus on something far and away into the background.
Sure, you could [...]

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3 Ways to get Better Control of Autofocus

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