Huawei P9 Leica camera sample image was actually shot with a $4500 Canon kit

I’m not entirely sure what they thought they were doing when Huawei posted this shot to Google Plus. Did they forget to rip the EXIF data out of it before doing so? Or did they just not realise that Google told the world exactly what camera an image was shot with? There’s been a lot of talk [...]

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Take the golden ratio with you everywhere you go using this wallet sized view finder

The golden ratio isn’t really something I think about much, or at all, when composing a photograph.  But if it’s something you’ve wanted to start applying more to your compositions, then now you can do so with this handy dandy new pocket sized golden ratio view finder from Areaware. Dating back to Euclid’s Elements over 2,300 years ago, [...]

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Portraits are as much about psychology as they are about equipment

As more and more of our clients are becoming familiar with being in front of the camera (Thanks, Facebook!), people today tend to present themselves the way they want the world to see them, rather than as the people they actually are. In this video, photographer Sean Tucker talks about the difference between simply taking somebody’s [...]

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Photographing the President; A look inside Pete Souza’s camera bag

While many will be preparing their own camera bags right now and getting ready to record the evening’s festivities and celebrate American history, one photographer captures American history-in-the-making on an almost daily basis. That photographer is Pete Souza, who has followed President Obama with his cameras since 2005. By the end of Obama’s tenure, Souza believes he will have [...]

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When you’re having your photo taken, don’t be THAT guy

“That guy” has been around since the dawn of photography, but with the ever advancing selfie generation, it just seems to be getting worse and worse.  You try to take a group photo, and one person always seems to want to be the centre of attention, or just doesn’t know how to not screw up [...]

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This is how you take a soft light group shot

Forget Mr.White, today we’re Breaking Clay! I am a long time follower of Clay Cook, and one thing that always amazes me is his softly lit group shots. I mean soft light for one person is easy, but a group is a whole other story. I sat with Clay (well, virtually sat with Clay) and asked [...]

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One flash is all you need to make amazing portraits

If you’ve only got one flash, or you’re about to dive into flash, and aren’t sure how many lights you need, or which lights to get in order to shoot portraits, then you’ll probably want to watch this video from Joe Edelman. In it, you’ll see that it’s really not about how many lights you [...]

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