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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 Sports Photographer

Alice Houstons

Sports photography is an exciting and fast-paced field that offers many opportunities for photographers to capture dynamic images of athletes ...

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Capturing Incredible Football Photos with AFL Sports Photographer Michael Wilson

Sean Lewis

Being a sports photographer for an AFL match is something that requires incredibly intense concentration for at least two hours. If you let your attention drift away for just a second, you run the risk of losing the perfect shot.

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5 Tips for Getting in Started in Surf Photography

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Surf photography offers a feast of opportunity for shot-makers with a taste for action and saltwater. Here are five tips from the team at CameraPro for those wanting to dip a toe into surf photography.

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Sony A7iii Scores 96 on DXO Mark | ‘Low-light score is the highest of any full-frame 35mm sensor we’ve tested’

Kishore Sawh

This goes a way in showing how useful this 'intro' model will be for many people

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UPDATE: Vello Battery Grip for Nikon D850 Will NOT Do 9FPS Even With B-5 Cover Kit

Kishore Sawh

If you want 9fps, looks like you will actually have to go the Nikon route.

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Sony A9 vs Adapted Long Lenses | Reality Vs Expectations

Kishore Sawh

If there’s one primary, recurring, and pervasive criticism when discussing the Sony A9, it is, without question, the Sony E-Mount ...

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DxOMark Sony A9 Review Finally Clarifies Where The A9’s Sensor Ranks, & It’s Important

Kishore Sawh

DxOMark has released their Sony A9 sensor review, and what this effectively does is remove any doubt that the A9 ...

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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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Review | Sports Photography & Retouching With Tim Tadder

Holly Roa

Who is Tim Tadder? The son of a commercial photographer, this job is in Tim Tadder’s blood. After getting his ...

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Sony A99II Hands On | The A99II AF Could Be In The Same League As The Nikon D5 & Canon 1DX Mark II

Marlon Richardson

At the 2016 PhotoPlus Expo, we got our hands on the new Sony A99II, and as part of this trade ...

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70-200 f/2.8 & 2x Teleconverter VS. 100-400mm

Kishore Sawh

Teleconverters have never been my favorite things, but it's hard to argue with the hard evidence at how great they can be when you see what's presented here.

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Rugby Player Signs (and Ruins?) $94,000 Lens In Celebration of 200th Try

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Rugby player Collins Injera celebrates his achievement in a very expensive manner.

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