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Wedding Ring Photography Tips and Inspiration For You To Try

Here are 10 creative shots to help you think outside the ring box!

What Is a Fixed Focal Length Lens? Benefits of Shooting with Primes

As a portrait photographer, your lens choice is extremely important when it comes to your growth as a photographer. There’s a misconception among new photographers that zoom lenses are the way to go. Take a look at 3 reasons why you may want to go with a prime lens instead.
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How to Photograph a Meteor Shower: The Complete Guide

If you're looking for something exciting to do this weekend, then you should check out this year's Perseid Meteor Shower! One of the strongest, most impressive meteor showers every year, the Perseids always deliver at least a handful of truly stunning, giant meteors streaking across the sky.

10 Creative Ways to Use Windows in Wedding Photography

Windows aren’t just a source of natural light. They can be powerful storytelling tools in wedding photography. When used intentionally, they offer opportunities to frame emotion, layer reflections, and create visual tension or intimacy in a scene. In this guide, we’ll explore 10 creative ways to use windows during a wedding day to help you ... Read more
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Best Lightroom Presets for Incredible Results

Who among us hasn’t heard of Lightroom? Professional photographers and enthusiasts around the world use this popular (and powerful) photo editing software. Because of its popularity, several companies have designed Lightroom-compatible presets to further simplify the editing process. With presets, photographers can apply pre-made adjustments to photos and get to a final image more quickly, ... Read more

DxO PhotoLab 9 Review | Precision RAW Editing, Refined by AI

DxO PhotoLab has always occupied a slightly different lane than Lightroom or Capture One. Instead of focusing first on catalog management or creative presets, DxO’s reputation has been built on something more fundamental: getting the best possible image quality out of every camera and lens you own. Specifically, noise reduction, demosaicing, and lens correction have ... Read more

Impossible Things Now Learns Your Editing Style | Here’s How It Works

If you’ve ever wished your AI editing tool could just get your style without endless tweaking, Impossible Things’ latest update might be worth checking out. The Lightroom plugin, from the same team behind DVLOP, just added a feature called “Learn From My Edits” (currently in beta), which you can find and test here. The concept ... Read more

Photography Studio Management Software Guide (Updated)

Finding the right Studio Management Software is critical for photography and videography businesses of all sizes and genres. The right software will help you do the following: Keep your leads organized Automate critical tasks, reminders and emails Avoid double bookings Provide payment options Generate invoices and useful reports for performance tracking and taxes Much more ... Read more

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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DIY Diffusion Panels: How To Make A Good One For $30

Kishore Sawh

One of the best DIY diffusion panels I've seen, and all the materials required are inexpensive but good, and the time requirement is small. It's a great idea for those who need spares, or anyone starting out.

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DIY Filmmaking: Lens Filters Using Stockings, Also Some Inexpensive Lights To Check Out

Hanssie

How to use fishnet stockings to replicate a $100 lens filter and two inexpensive lights you should think about adding to your kit.

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DIY: Make Your Own Anti-Vibration Drone Mount for $10

Hanssie

Why spend $500 on a gimbal when you can DIY and make a $10 one for your drone?

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‘Hackintosh’ vs MacPro – Is it Worth Trying To DIY Your Own Mac for Photo/Video Work?

Anthony Thurston

I think just about every creative professional out there has looked at those new MacPro machines and after deciding they look like a trash can, have lusted after them, even a mainly pro PC guy like myself.

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8 Fashionable Camera Accessories You Can Make Yourself (or Buy, If You’re Not Crafty)

Tanya Goodall Smith

Tanya's 8 Favorite Fashionable Camera Accessories You Can Make Yourself (or Buy, If You're Not Crafty)

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DIY Wireless Control of Your Canon DSLR for under $50

Anthony Thurston

We recently reviewed the CamRanger, an awesome device that allows you to control your DSLR wirelessly. The biggest complaint that most of you, and I to be honest, have with the CamRanger system is its relatively high price tag. For those of you who like me do not have the $$$ to grab a CamRanger I recently found this system that is cheaper and surprisingly offers most of the same features, all for under $50.

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DIY $10 Smartphone Macro Photo Stand

Jules Ebe

Have about $10 and 20 minutes? You could be photographing cells with your smartphone the same day, as well as be the hero of young children and your geeky friends alike!

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Build Your Own ‘Still Life’ Folding Table for around $30

Anthony Thurston

I love still life photography, it’s one of my favorite things to do when I’m bored and don’t have a person to shoot. I was recently searching for a good table for shooting my still life work, but as you can imagine the commercially available tables are rather expensive. Since my budget is rather low I decided to look into DIY alternatives, and that was when I came across this great DIY build over on DIY Photography.

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Go Behind the Scenes of This 1960s Photoshoot

Lauri L.

This week I thought I’d give you guys an inside look into a 60‘s inspired fashion photoshoot we organized last Sunday, in a small living room. Yes, you read it right, we really did shoot all the photos in a small 8 square-meter room!

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