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I’ve had a good number of requests asking about specific night photography techniques, and although I cover Photographing Scenes at Night and Handheld Photographs at Night, neither of those cover capturing intense, quick motion.
It’s difficult enough during broad daylight to capture fast-paced sports action, but oh my, come nightfall the problems are compounded. The two […]

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The photographer’s trick bag can run pretty deep with gizmos and optical sorcery, but this one is downright intuitive. You may not be throwing away your VR lens in favor of the “$1 Image Stabilizer”, but perhaps it’s a good thing to throw in your gear bag for emergencies. From experience, I’m thinking something like: […]

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So, your clubbing pictures turned out muddy and blurry, your friends are blasting caustic text-messages across your bow about how “great” they look, even though they can not really see their faces.
Even if the above doesn’t describe you, if you’re attempting any type of handheld shots at night, here are some recommendations for blur-free pictures:
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A friend of mine, who happens to be a chef, has a favorite pastime; she sits down at a dish of food and then proceeds to tell me every amount of every ingredient that makes up said dish of food. It keeps her on her toes, so she says. She also says she had to […]

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Article 3 of 4 in the Film Vs. Digital Series 
Apertures are relatively standard across all lenses and measurements transfer from film to digital all the same. The aperture number correlates with the size of a lens “opening” and is often called the “f-stop”, or just “f” followed by a number as in “f2.8 or f3.5”. Essentially, the […]

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