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Tips for Going Big with Large Photo Prints

When wall space and budget allows, it’s great to go big with large photo prints. Large prints, which can reach up to 96” wide (that’s eight feet!), allow your clients to preserve their special moments on an epic scale, and they also serve as the ultimate showcase for quality photos. For photographers who’ve made print ... Read more
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4 Effective Communication Skills Photographers Need to Succeed

When we think about jumping into photography as a career, we often focus on our hard skills, or the technical aspects of shooting. It’s the part we fall in love with while learning to use our gear and discovering new techniques to capture incredible images. Knowing how to take beautiful photos, however, does not automatically ... Read more

Midday Photography Lighting Tips for Better Portraits

If you head out unprepared to capture portraits under the midday sun, you might find yourself wrestling with harsh shadows and limited creative opportunities. While this time of day has a reputation for providing less than ideal lighting, we can actually use it to our advantage. In this guide, we will walk through practical tips ... Read more

Ruko U11MINI 4K RC3 Review: A Sub-250g Drone That Actually Makes Sense for Beginners

The bottom line: The Ruko U11MINI 4K RC3 delivers usable 4K video, a 3-axis gimbal, and 96 minutes of flight time across three batteries, all under 249g and under $500. It’s not a DJI killer, but it’s a legitimately good first drone for photographers testing aerial content without the regulatory headaches or financial commitment of ... Read more
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Staircase Photoshoot Tips for Beautiful Images

Staircases can serve photographers not only as functional structures, but also stunning backdrops for photoshoots. A well-executed staircase photoshoot can produce breathtaking images. However, capturing such images requires an eye for detail, the right equipment, and proper preparation. In this article, we’ll provide tips and tricks on how to execute the perfect staircase photoshoot. From ... Read more
Why Everyone Knows You’re Not a Professional Product Photographer And How To Change

How to Do Product Photography for Small Business: Photography Tips to Follow

You can have an amazing product and still lose a sale because the photo feels off: the color looks wrong, the shadows are distracting, or the image just doesn’t look like something a real store would publish. The frustrating part is that most of those problems aren’t about having a better camera, but about getting ... Read more

SEO Link Building For Photographers | A Complete Guide (Updated)

A little while ago SLR Lounge released the Photography SEO And Web Marketing E-Book. Here are 5 SEO tips which I picked up from this book that I thought were particularly relevant to photographers, and rarely mentioned elsewhere.
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Wedding Maps Rolls Out New Features to Help Photographers Build Authority and Book More Clients

Wedding Maps has been quietly building one of the most photographer-friendly directories in the industry. Unlike pay-to-play platforms that charge thousands for basic visibility, Wedding Maps takes a different approach: help photographers build genuine authority through editorial features, backlinks, and awards that actually move the needle on SEO, AI search, and overall credibility. If you’re ... Read more
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How to Take BETTER Photos in Harsh Sunlight (Get CREATIVE Outside)

Follow photographer Murtaza Siraj through a complete photo shoot & learn to find natural light patterns for creative effect under harsh, midday sun!

5 Photographer Biographies That Are Worth A Read

Take a closer look into the life of some of the most influential and notable photographers in history. Here are five photographer biographies that are worth getting your hands on.
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Photo Editing Lightroom

Best Lightroom Export Settings for Web

Pye

In this episode of the Lightroom 4 A to Z DVD Training, we are going to create an Export preset that will export web-size images from Lightroom 4. This preset will help you quickly and easily export one or images for the web.

Photo Editing Lightroom

Presets & This Tool Are What Allow Me to Retouch With Ease & Accuracy In Lightroom

Kishore Sawh

It's the closest thing to a local adjustment opacity layer this side of Photoshop.

Photography Tips

PortraitPro Body Does Automated Body Transformation | Cringeworthy Or Praiseworthy?

Shivani Reddy

Will this software revolutionize your portrait editing capabilities & efficiency?

Photography Tips

New iPad Pro | With Astropad & Camranger, Is It The New Must-Have Tool?

Kishore Sawh

Apple's New iPad Pro may challenge you to think of anything better for your next purchase, a true jack of all trades.

Photo Editing Lightroom

How to Do High Quality Portrait Retouching With Lightroom

Kishore Sawh

Don't let anyone tell you that high quality retouching is the reserve of Photoshop. While Lightroom doesn't have all PS' pixel bending capabilities, it's still a great tool to create brilliant portraits.

Photoshop

Getting The Commercial Editorial Smooth Hair Look Is Easier Than You Think

Kishore Sawh

We take you through step by step, a highly useful method of smoothing coarse, or unruly hair, and showing you should you can achieve it quickly, and with a commercial look.

Photography Tips

Make Photoshop Files Viewable On Almost Any Device & Keep Data

Kishore Sawh

Almost all of us use Photoshop, yet the PSD files can't be read by all devices and programs. Here's a tip so that you can maintain all your layers and image data, for editing in PS, and make those files viewable on any device.

Photography Tips

Use This Info To Make Yourself More Memorable and Beautiful

Kishore Sawh

New research from MIT looks to science on how to make a face more memorable. We look into it and the link to beauty, and what this means to photographers.

Lightroom

Understanding the Navigator Panel and the Catalog Panel in Lightroom 4

Pye

In this episode, we are going to show how to use the Library Module’s Navigator and Catalog Panel in Lightroom 4. The Navigator helps you preview images while browsing through the Filmstrip, as well as quickly set your zoom. The Catalog Panel allows you to quickly organize your images by using the temporary collections.