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Aiarty Video Enhancer: Clean Up Noisy, Low-Light Footage and Upscale to 4K (New Year Deal)

With 2026 underway, creators looking to bring new life to their old, noisy, or low-resolution videos should take note of a compelling promotion from Aiarty. The company’s AI Video Enhancer, a desktop application designed to upscale, denoise, and restore footage, is now available at its lowest price ever as part of a New Year special. ... Read more
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High Angle Photography – Ideas to Try Some “From Above” Photos

High angle photography is a technique used by photographers to capture stunning aerial shots that reveal scenes from perspectives impossible to achieve at eye level. This approach involves taking photographs from an elevated vantage point, whether from the top of a building, a balcony, a hill, or even a drone hovering overhead. High angle photography ... Read more
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Black and White Landscape Photos and Tips to Inspire Your Adventures

Looking for inspiration for photographing your next road trip (or walk around the block)? Check out our curated list of black and white landscape photos!
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Sitting Pose Tips, Ideas and Common Mistakes

You can have the best, most perfectly prepared subject with phenomenal hair, makeup and styling and have gorgeous light at your disposal, but bad or mediocre posing will make it all moot. Even an experienced model who knows how to work the camera can use a little coaching to look best from the camera’s perspective ... Read more

How to Shoot a Basic Model Test | Gear, Shot List, Agency Requirements & More

With the shifting requirements for model tests, there is a misconception that all test shoots must be grandiose productions and equipped with a full team. In fact, when first approaching a modeling agency to test you will almost always be asked if you have your own team.  In this article, I’ll walk you through how ... Read more

Dynamic 3-Light Sports Portrait Setup

When it comes to taking sports photography portraits, capturing dynamic energy is the name of the game. Sports portraits often convey a sense of action and energy with dramatic poses and lighting, the latter of which often relies on using off-camera flash. While some photographers try their best to avoid using flash, it’s really not ... Read more

3 Ways To Photograph Family Group Photos With Flash

Setting up one directional off-camera flash with a shoot-through umbrella may be your go-to lighting setup for family formals, but what other ways can you light a group of people to create more drama or visual interest? Light alters the mood of a scene through modifiers, quantity, and color. Even with family photos, you should ... Read more
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Easiest One Light Portrait Setup for Professional Headshots

How many lights does it take to create a great, pro quality image? In my early career, my answer was “as many as I can get.” But over time, I learned that some of the most beautiful portraits are captured using simple setups. No need for multiple lights, sets, and gear to get gorgeous results. ... Read more

5 Creative Accessories to Conceal Distracting Backgrounds

We’ve all been there: you have great clients but a less-than-superb background. How do you deliver the high-quality, creative imagery that your clients have come to expect? Creative accessories are perfect when you need a spark of creativity or need to block distracting elements in your scene. These simple tools can transform an ordinary shot ... Read more

DIY Reflector | 3 Ways to Make Your Own Reflector

It's a long holiday weekend which means the beach, BBQ, and DIY projects! If you're going out to Home Depot to pick up a few tools to fix something around the house, make sure you add bead foam to your shopping list.
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Sony Unveils The Airpeak Drone at CES 2021 – The Smallest Drone Capable Of Carrying An Alpha Camera System

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The Airpeak Drone from Sony transforms the sky into an infinite creative playground!

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Registration Opens for Sony’s Digital “Kando Everywhere,” a Free Online Event for Content Creators

Matthew Saville

This morning, Sony has opened up registration for Kando Everywhere - a free online event where content creators can take classes and workshops, have online portfolio reviews, watch keynote presentations from SeaLegacy and Art of Visuals, and enter to win giveaways—including a Sony Alpha7S III camera!

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Sony Announced the New Xperia 1 Mark ii – The Power of a Sony Mirrorless Camera in a Smartphone!

David Crewe

Sony’s New Flagship Xperia 1 II Smartphone Delivers the Complete Creative Entertainment Experience, Offering the World’s First Smartphone with up to 20 fps Continuous Shooting Capability

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Sony Trade-In Savings Event | Instant Rebates + Trade-In Bonus + Trade In Value

Kishore Sawh

Some of you may recall a while back when Sony was doing a trade-in program where you would essentially trade ...

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Sony A9 Review / Overview | The Affirmation Of Mirrorless & Wish Fulfillment

Kishore Sawh

So, this, is the Sony A9. It costs twice as much as most people’s mortgage, looks very much like the ...

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Sony’s Sensors Are So Good They Are Getting A Company Of Their Own

Kishore Sawh

Sony has revealed today that they are separating their sensor business from their device business ilke the separation of church and state. What does this mean for our industry?

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There’s Zeiss Lenses & Sony/Zeiss Lenses, So What’s The Difference?

Kishore Sawh

Zeiss is known for amazing optics and Sony for amazing electronics, their union has proved a huge success in photography but here are how the pure Zeiss lenses differ from the Sony/Zeiss lenses.

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Sony’s New Release Is A Zeiss 16-35mm F4 For The A7 & It’s Flying Off ‘Shelves’

Kishore Sawh

Sony has released a Zeiss 16-35mm F4 FE lens for the A7 series, essentially completing a nice stable of zooms. This one is ready for pre-order and it seems the world is buying.

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Extensive Hands-On Field Review of the Sony A99

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In this extensive hands-on review, I take a look at the Sony A99 full-frame DSLT camera. It is a very competitive, full-featured camera that has the sensor performance, noise control, color rendition, and more. This is the strongest camera yet from Sony.