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While on a four-day road trip through the Scottish Highlands, on what began as a rainy day, Your Shot member Joana Bochecha took advantage of a break in the weather and snapped this image of a shaft of sunlight illuminating the hollow between peaks in the Glencoe Mountains. “It had rained all morning, and just before reaching this spot the sun had broken through the clouds,” she writes, “highlighting not only the vibrant green of the grass … but also creating a mist between the top of the mountains that gives a mystical appearance to this photo.”

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Ringo Starr is best known as the rock star drummer of the Beatles, but he was also a passionate photographer who documented the life of one of history’s biggest bands first hand. The video above is a 9-minute short film titled “Ringo Starr: Photographer.” Made by portrait photographer Mark Seliger for Rolling Stone, it sheds […] from PetaPixel

Want to make some realistic fake blood for a creepy Halloween photo shoot? Here’s a short video tutorial by HouseholdHacker on how you can do so with household things in just a minute. You’ll need some flour, red and blue food coloring, and corn syrup. “Stir up your mixture like crazy and in no time […] from PetaPixel

I’m going to ask you to put your camera down for now. I know it’s a lot to ask, but the secret I’ve discovered to better portrait photography has, in fact, very little to do with your camera. One of the most common mistakes budding portrait photographers make is to be so focused on getting […]

The post 3 Body Language Hacks to Improve Your Portrait Photography by Dee Libine appeared first on Digital Photography School.

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Note: This comic contains some strong language. Cartoonist Matthew Inman of The Oatmeal struck a chord with photographers and other creatives a couple of days ago by published a new comic titled “You’re Doing it for the Exposure.” Here’s the comic (as you can see from the Likes and Shares, it has been quite popular): […] from PetaPixel

We all know Uncle Bob: the man, the myth, the photobombing, shot-blocking, wedding-wrecking legend! Turns out, when he purchased his first digital camera back in 2001, he also launched a blog! For your enjoyment and inspiration, here are a few excerpts from the personal blog of Uncle Bob, Uncle Bob’s Camera. March 2001: Retirement and […] from PetaPixel

I’ve generally been a natural light photographer. I understand natural light and love its variability. Normally it’s enough to get some beautiful photographs; many photographers stop here and go no further. Constantly critical of my own photographs, I realized that I was at the mercy of natural light, searching and modifying, but rarely creating or […]

The post Supporting Your Off-Camera Flash – Tripods, Monopods or Light Stands? by Ben Evans appeared first on Digital Photography School.

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The Halloween season is upon us once again. Scary movies with blood curdling screams are just about on every movie channel. Chocolates and other sweet treats line kitchen cabinets waiting to be stashed into trick or treat bags. Photographers can also get in on the spooky, festive action. We can photograph the events as well […] from Light Stalking

We've already introduced you to David FitzSimmons, so the topic of his PIX 2015 talk shouldn't be a big surprise. The author of three photography-based children's books about creatures of the natural world spoke on the importance of introducing children to the natural world. Read more

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Let the fun begin, DXOMark has completed their review of the Canon EF 35mm f/1.4L II along with a bunch of numbers. With the introduction of high-resolution bodies such as the Canon EOS 5Ds and 5DsR, with their ability to highlight lens flaws, it comes as little surprise to see Canon roll out new versions Read more... from Canon Rumors

The Canon Store has a sale on refurbished products for a limited time. You can save 15% by using the coupon code JACKOLANTERN while checking out. Quantity is limited so act fast. Canon EOS-1D X $3603 Canon EOS 5D Mark III $1903 Canon EF 24-70 f/4L IS $693 | Review Canon EF 70-300 f/4.5-6L IS $913 | Review Read more... from Canon Rumors

Nobody likes having their creative content stolen, and everybody wants to be paid for their work. While file sharing has altered the power dynamic of the music industry – the music industry did successfully blow up Napster (if you’re under 30 you probably don’t recognize the name Napster – but its rise and fall was [...]

The post Could YouTube Style “Matched Content” Be The Solution For Licensing Journalism and Photography? appeared first on DIY Photography.

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Both a young Himba woman and the Namibian landscape are bathed in golden light. Her expression seems to be one of contentment—at least in this moment—inspired by the sight of her homeland awash in the sun’s glow.

This photograph was submitted to the 2015 National Geographic Photo Contest. Submit your best photo for a chance to win.

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This past May, photographer Grant Mallory and his girlfriend Maria celebrated Maria’s college graduation by embarking on an epic road trip around the United States. Mallory wanted to capture each National Park’s scenic locations in a unique way, so he brought along an LED hula hoop and had Maria pose for light painting portraits. “Although […] from PetaPixel

picsbuffet is a new visual image browsing system that lets you explore and search millions of photographs through an interface that feels like Google Maps. Developed by researchers HTW Berlin, the service groups photo search results into multiple layers. The highest level is least specific, and it contains all kinds of photos about all kinds […] from PetaPixel

Want to see a super early example of a photo being faked through compositing? Look no further than this circa 1902 photo, titled “General Grant at City Point.” It appears to show General Ulysses S. Grant posing on a horse with a large number of soldiers in the background, but it’s actually the combination of […] from PetaPixel

If you want to view the color spectrum of a light source in your studio, there’s actually a super cheap and easy way to do so: an ordinary CD or DVD can do the trick. Simply allow the light to reflect from the surface of the disc into your eye — it acts as a […] from PetaPixel

As the year cycles, each month has some flora that reaches its peak. It would be interesting to looks at a year as a sum of each month’s ripened fruits and vegetables. And this is  what photographers Caitlin Levin and Henry Hargreaves did. They scanned the ripe fruits of each month an created a kaleidoscopic image out [...]

The post Portraying The Passing Months As Sliced Vegetables Scans appeared first on DIY Photography.

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Animated GIFs are more popular than ever and there are a number of apps available to help with their creation. Now VSCO, the company behind the successful VSCOCam app, has launched its contribution to GIF-making. Read more

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LumoPro surprised the photographic community in 2013 with the release of the LP180 speedlight. This successor to the LP160 offers amazing performance for a relatively low price compared to competitors. With a guide number of 110, the LP180 is powerful enough to use outdoors for portraiture, and even automotive photography. If the LP180 was a […] from PetaPixel