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Black and white photography lives or dies by how well you handle contrast. The right balance of tones separates lifeless gray from depth and emotion. When editing, three tools in Lightroom decide which side your images fall on: clarity, texture, and dehaze.

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Street shooting puts any compact camera to the test, and this one gets pushed in fast-changing light, dense crowds, and constant motion. You’ll see how it actually behaves in the places you use a pocket camera instead of a studio chart.

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One year into a leap from software to full-time creativity, I reveal the unexpected challenges and surprising victories that transformed my journey. What happens when passion meets the harsh realities of freelance life?

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The lens is arguably the most important piece of photography equipment you own. So, make sure you're spending your money wisely.

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Are we making photos to be seen or to be felt? Today, photographers navigate between creating content for attention and creating meaning for expression—a choice that shapes not just our work, but how we experience it.

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Professional work often comes down to speed and flexibility. A fast standard zoom like a 24-70mm f/2.8 is one of the most useful tools you can keep in your kit, and Nikon’s update to their flagship model brings a mix of subtle improvements and some genuinely new features worth paying attention to.

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The Fujifilm GFX100RF challenges the way you think about medium format. A camera like this doesn’t simply compete with interchangeable lens systems. It pushes you to consider portability, design, and shooting style in ways that matter when you’re out in the field.

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A compact 75mm lens with autofocus is a rare find, and when it comes in at under $200, it turns heads quickly. The TTArtisan AF 75mm f/2 promises sharp images, smooth background blur, and enough reach to compress a scene without weighing down your bag.

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Car photography often comes down to balance: placing a strong subject in a compelling setting. A lens that can handle both the environment and the vehicle in front of it can save you from swapping glass constantly and missing the shot.

Coming to you from Peter Fritz, this detailed video takes a close look at the new Hasselblad XCD 35-100mm f/2.8-4 E lens. Fritz explains why the zoom...

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Canon has released a vlog camera based on the popular Canon EOS R50 mirrorless camera. This APS-C camera is aimed at content creators and has an attractive set of video features without making it too complicated. Canon Netherlands provided the Canon EOS R50 V for a review.

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Applying your custom editing style to all of your raw files so every scene looks consistent can be exhausting. Lightroom presets can help, but with changing lighting conditions and variable exposure settings, you often still have to make tons of micro adjustments image by image. With the release of Aftershoot's Instant AI Profiles, you can now automate all of your presets quickly and easily.

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Professional photography isn't just about taking good pictures – it's about delivering consistent, high-quality results under pressure while managing client relationships, business operations, and technical challenges that would overwhelm most hobbyists. Too many aspiring photographers make the costly mistake of transitioning to professional work before they've developed the foundational skills, business acumen, and professional discipline that successful commercial photography demands.

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Adding a little set design to your studio photography can add huge value for your clients and really set your work apart. Today, I’m sharing three DIY sets you can create with simple materials from the hardware store—no power tools required.

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The Sigma 135mm f/1.4 DG Art lens is a unique option if you want razor-sharp portraits with serious background separation. A lens this fast and this long offers something most other telephoto primes can’t: the creamiest blur combined with wide-open sharpness. It’s the kind of glass that makes you stop mid-shoot to review the files on the back of the camera because they just look that good.

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A 20–200mm travel zoom changes how you work in tight rooms and sprawling streets. With this lens, you get framing options a 28–200mm simply can’t reach indoors, plus half-macro close-up tricks without switching lenses.

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Travel pushes you into long-reach situations you can’t plan but want to capture anyway. A compact super telephoto that stabilizes like a gimbal and fits under an airline seat changes what you can bring and what you get.

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Expired film doesn’t just shift colors or create funky tones. Once it’s old enough, it can completely fail, leaving you with nothing but blank frames. That risk is especially real with rolls from the 1940s and 50s, where the materials themselves may have already broken down beyond use. Experimenting with this kind of film can be fascinating, though.

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Hollyland has consistently been at the forefront of wireless audio capture, and their latest flagship, the LARK MAX 2, represents a push to consolidate nearly every desirable modern audio feature into a single comprehensive system. Are all these features important, or is the result overly complicated?

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The photography industry is littered with the corpses of once-mighty brands that dominated their markets for decades before making single, catastrophic decisions that destroyed everything they had built. The worst part isn't that these companies failed. It's that in most cases, they had the technology, resources, and market position to dominate the future they instead chose to ignore.

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I believe great photography is a result of great lighting. As someone who has spent a lot of time traveling and shooting in a variety of conditions, light has always been a top priority. Small portable LED lights started to become popular around 5–6 years ago, when dozens of brands began making a variety of lights in different shapes and sizes. I’ve bought many, keen to try different options out and find the best solutions for when I travel to shoot on location. Recently, I came across a brand that, in a relatively short amount of time, has carved out its own niche and positioned itself at a whole new level in the world of portable lighting for photography and video. They’re called Harlowe.

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