Celebrities Faces Mashed Up Into Single Portrait With Photoshop Wizardry

Have a good look at the portraits above. Do they look familiar, but maybe not quite on the spot? Or do they actually look twice as familiar? Probably both. The reason is that those portraits are not a simple representation of Hollywood stars (that would take care of the familiar part), but a mesh-up of two […]

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A Metal Ball Bounces off The SIGMA WR Ceramic Filter; Said To Be 1000% Stronger Than Other Filters

A few years ago I broke the filter on my 24-70 2.8 Nikon lens. I felt quite the lucky guy, as that lens is about $1,800. The comments on the usefulness of that filter were mixed. I think the comments on how the new Sigma filter protects a lens will be different. On December Sigma announced that […]

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Interesting: ‘Bokeh’ Searches On Google Peak Every December

Here is a quick glance on how susceptible we are to trends. Redditor CarVac noticed that every year in December the searched on Google for Bokeh are spiking. Now, this could of course be a coincidence, but the spikes have been there every year since 2009 and I think eight years definitely establish a trend. Why […]

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What Would It Look Like If Men Did Boudoir

There is a type of photography called Boudoir. Originally Boudoir refereed to a location in the house, usually the lady’s room, but this term has been borrowed for intimate female photography. “The most common manifestation of contemporary boudoir photography is to take variations of candid and posed photographs of the subject partly clothed or in lingerie. Nudity […]

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What Would It Look Like If Men Did Boudoir

There is a type of photography called Boudoir. Originally Boudoir refereed to a location in the house, usually the lady’s room, but this term has been borrowed for intimate female photography. “The most common manifestation of contemporary boudoir photography is to take variations of candid and posed photographs of the subject partly clothed or in lingerie. Nudity […]

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Use Pre-made Gobo Textures To Give A Film Noir Atmosphere To Any Photo

A great way to give a photo some character is to place it in an interesting location, say a deserted warehouse or an Film Noir detective office. You hint those with light coming in though a fan or some blinds. They act as GOBOs. (Go Betweens). Sadly fans and blinds are not always available. If you […]

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Use Pre-made Gobo Textures To Give A Film Noir Atmosphere To Any Photo

A great way to give a photo some character is to place it in an interesting location, say a deserted warehouse or an Film Noir detective office. You hint those with light coming in though a fan or some blinds. They act as GOBOs. (Go Betweens). Sadly fans and blinds are not always available. If you […]

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Quick Tip: How To Protect A Cyclorama With A Tennis Ball

If you own a cyclorama you know that part of the job of owning such a wonderful thing is that you have to occasionally re-paint it.  (If Amazon does not shut you down first). I was visiting Stefan and Rosi from RawExchange in Germany, and they showed me a great tip. (RawExchange are my partners in the […]

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How to Shoot XX Elements In Under 3 Minutes

If you are looking for a themed shoot idea, shooting the elements is quite a nice theme. One way would be to take it to the extremes and shoot elaborate setups like this one or this one. The other way could be to take it on the light side and make it a…