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How to Create a Beautiful Bokeh Effect with a Smartphone Camera

The quality of the Bokeh effect depends on the quality of the lens you use. Expensive lenses provide large apertures and help you achieve a shallow depth of field. Furthermore, you can choose the focal length of the lens and switch between wide-angle and telephoto lenses whenever you want. They also create round-shaped patterns of out-of-focus highlights that blend smoothly. …

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Remove Unwanted Objects Using Affinity Photo

Although it’s easy to fall into the traps of excessive photo editing, sometimes post-processing is the only way to save an awkward framing or uninspired composition. And the most common example is having unwanted elements in the frame. Outdoor photography is unpredictable, and you can’t always control what happens when you press the shutter release. Street photography is about capturing …

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How to Prepare Your Photos for Printing

While your photos may look amazing on your computer’s screen, chances are they don’t look the same on paper. Printing has its own set of parameters you need to consider such as paper’s characteristics (thickness, size, orientation), printer’s color matching, ICC profiles, and so on. However, if you use a professional printing service, you don’t have to manage all these …

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Four Steps to Photograph Silhouettes

We call a silhouette a dark shape on a bright background. The silhouette is the subject of the photograph but we hide all its characteristics and emphasize its shape. A powerful silhouette effect tells a story and invites the viewer to connect and take part. The shape of the subject is easily recognizable and the background is clear and appealing. …

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Effective Ways to Protect Your Photos Online

When you share your photos online, you reach a broad audience without lifting a finger. You receive valuable feedback and even job proposals. It’s a great way to promote your work and the shortest path to become famous. However, your photos become vulnerable. Anyone can download or copy them and republish them as their own. Copyrights legislation is still confusing …

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Edit Flowers in Photography

Flowers are one of the most popular subject matters for photographers. Although it might be challenging to create unique compositions and find rare wildflowers, photographers are inspired by the delicate strength, beautiful colors, and unique patterns of flowers. From nature and landscape photos to fine-art and black and white prints, flowers find their way in portfolios, exhibitions, and commercial products. …

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4 Steps to Minimalist Photography

We are surrounded by technology and learned to rely on it to create the perfect photograph. We use a lot of gear and edit our photos before publishing them. Lighting equipment accompanies us everywhere, and we don’t have to wait for the sunset: we create the sunset. Traveling has become so easy and affordable that everyone can get to remote …

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Choosing Between the Aperture and Shutter Speed Priority Modes

If you want to make the best of your digital camera, you need to learn all its functionalities. DSLR cameras can work in Auto mode (the camera automatically choose settings based on lighting conditions), Manual mode (you choose all the settings), Aperture priority mode (you choose the aperture and let the camera adjust the other settings to provide the correct …

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How to Photograph Rainbows

Unless you live in Hawaii or other places where rainbows appear frequently, you probably are delighted when you have a chance to photograph rainbows. Everyone stops for a moment to admire the beauty of nature and… take a picture. Unfortunately, rainbows are hard to get not only in nature but also on camera. Because you’re in a hurry, you don’t …

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The Best Focal Lengths for Landscape Photography

The first love of a photographer should be the subject matter. Then, you can focus on getting the gear that will help you take amazing photos of your chosen subject matter. Please don’t do the other way around because each photography genre has its particularities and works better with specific lenses and gear. Landscape photography is among the most permissive …