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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 Design a Photo Album | A Step by Step Guide

Whether you’re a professional or a hobbyist, printing is an important aspect of photography. Instead of images lost in clouds, hard drives, or social media, printing your photography into wall art or albums makes your photography tangible. Selecting your favorite images for print and laying them out in a story gives them more value and ... Read more

An Introduction to Posing Female Models

Working with agency models is a highly coveted and sought after goal for many aspiring fashion and beauty photographers. While there are many models who know their angles, the reality is that many of the agency models you are likely to test with in the beginning are new faces in the fashion industry. These new ... Read more
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Photographer Insurance Guide

Let’s face it, photography is not a cheap venture to get into. Regardless of whether you’re a professional or a hobbyist, buying and keeping your gear up-to-date can be very expensive. Because of this, it’s incredibly important to keep your equipment safe from theft and damage. Having your gear stolen or broken somehow can be ... Read more
Best Apps to Fix Blurry Photos in 2021 SLR Lounge
Photography AI Tools and Apps Best Of

Best Apps and Software to Fix Blurry Photos (updated)

Alice Houstons

In this post, we'll share some of the best sharpening software that will help you fix blurry images and rescue some of your previously unusable photos.

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Camera Reviews and News

Loupedeck CT – A Hands On Review Of The New Creative Tool

Matthew Saville

In creative editing, we have many different stages of the creative process, and with the Loupedeck CT we can apply a workspace to each stage of this creative process making editing a breeze!

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Tools and Apps Photography Careers and Business

Bloom.io Review – Could This Be the CRM We’ve All Been Waiting For?

David Crewe

The great thing about Bloom.io from my research in the CRM world, is it's easy to get rolling if you're just a beginner starting on your own, and it's an incredible asset to automate your existing business if you're an established professional.

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Photo Editing Best Of

Best Photo Editing Software and Apps

David Crewe

In this article, we list the best photo editing software available in 2020

Nikon Launches NX Studio SLR Lounge
Photo Editing Photography News Nikon Cameras and Lenses

Nikon Releases NX Studio – Their New FREE Photo & Video Editing Software

David Crewe

NIKON RELEASES FREE NEW NX STUDIO SOFTWARE TO VIEW, PROCESS AND EDIT STILL IMAGES AND VIDEO NX STUDIO Merges the Capabilities of ViewNX-I and Capture NX-D into a Single Software Solution

Luminar AI update 1.01 Released SLR Lounge
Photography AI Luminar Photo Editing

Skylum Updates Luminar AI – Fixing Several Bugs and Enhancing the Workflow Experience

David Crewe

Skylum has just released an update to Luminar AI that delivers a more refined version of Luminar and addresses several bugs for both Windows and Mac users.

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Capture One Pro Photography News

Capture One 21 Officially Released Today Adding Massive Workflow Speed Improvements

David Crewe

This morning Capture One 21 was officially released adding some speed improvements to the user’s workflow as well as many ...

autoRetouch Releases GHOST Mannequin AI Software SLR Lounge
Photography AI Photo Editing Photography News

autoRetouch Launches “Ghost Mannequin” AI – Promises to Streamline Clothing Photography

David Crewe

It seems 2020 is truly the year that Machine Learning AI-powered image editing applications head into the mainstream. With Adobe’s ...

Fujifilm Releases Pixel Shift Firmware SLR Lounge
Photography News Fujifilm Cameras and Lenses

Fujifilm’s Pixel Shift Combiner Software Lets You Create 400MP Images!

David Crewe

Fujifilm's new Pixel Shift Firmware (3.0) allows GFX 100 users to create 400Megapixel images!

JPEGmini Pro 3 Announced SLR Lounge
Tools and Apps Photography News

Beamr Officially Announces the Release of JPEGmini Pro 3

David Crewe

JPEGmini Pro has just announced the official release of their 3rd new upgrade bringing better support for jpeg compression, support ...

Imerge Pro 8 Officially Launched SLR Lounge
Tools and Apps General Processing Photo Editing

Imerge Pro Announces Major Upgrade With Powerful New Retouching and Color Grading Tools, CR3 Support, And More.

David Crewe

Imerge Pro is still a relatively new product on the scene but is already making waves amongst photographers and composite ...

Disk Drill 4 Released SLR Lounge
Tools and Apps Photography News

Disk Drill 4 Data Recovery Software Now Supports Mac As Well As PC

David Crewe

Disk Drill 4 improves recovery efficiency, introduces new image, video and audio file formats recovery, a new streamlined user interface, and other improvements including up to a 200% recovery efficiency increase!

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