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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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How To Become A Wedding Videographer – A Step by Step Guide

Dan Kumeiko

Getting started as a wedding videographer can be very overwhelming, especially when you don't have a clue where to start. Thankfully we've got you covered with a quick start guide to help you figure out the steps you need to follow to get your videography career moving in the right direction.

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Photography Tips

How To Use a Photography Reflector to Enhance Your Photos

Jules Ebe

Learn how to choose the right reflector and tricks on how to use it on location or in the studio to enhance your photography.

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How To Photograph The Milky Way With A Portrait Subject

Matthew Saville

Learn how to photograph the Milky Way with a person in the frame. Master lighting, exposure, and techniques to create stunning night portraits under the stars.

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Best Lenses For Milky Way Photography

Matthew Saville

Looking for the best lens for milky way photography? Look no further, we've got you covered for all types of budgets & camera bodies!

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Sunset Photography Tips and Inspiration

Shivani Reddy

You don't want run-of-the-mill sunset photos, you want great ones. These tips on color,exposure, and composition will help you achieve that.

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How To Take Mesmerizing Travel & Landscape Photos With Long Exposure

David Crewe

Think back to the last time you saw a great photograph and consider why you felt awestruck. More than any ...

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How to Cut A Person Out For A YouTube Thumbnail with Photoshop

David Crewe

Learn how to create a popular YouTube thumbnail style in Photoshop! Quickly cut a person from their background, help them stand out by adding a white border around them, and then finish things off with some text and simple design elements.

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Recreating a Cinematic Tech Commercial Like Apple

David Crewe

Over the last few years, the technology used in video and animation has improved by leaps and bounds making it ...

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Plagued by Hotspots? Frequency Separation to the Rescue!

Dennis Dunbar

Glaring hot spots can be like the plague when it comes to shooting portraits. All too often the circumstances of ...

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How To Shoot an Astrophotography Panorama

David Crewe

With Christmas just around the corner and the year drawing to a close, the team at Syrp wanted to release ...

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The 5 Dollar Studio – How To Create Great Portraits Anywhere

Gary Friedman

Capturing an incredible portrait doesn't always mean you have to have thousands of dollars worth of gear in order to "Get it right" for your clients. Follow along as Gary Friedman shows how you can create a properly lit portrait with just a "5 Dollar Studio" that fits in your backpack.

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Stop Motion Animations For Photographers

Justin Ho

Stop motion isn't just for Tim Burton films, they can be a great addition to your photography offerings! Wedding photographer Justin Ho shares how to make cinema-graphs in Photoshop and why he loves incorporating them into his client galleries.

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