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What Is Dual-Pixel RAW in the Canon 5D Mark IV?

August 25, 2016 By Spencer Cox 9 Comments

Canon 5D Mark IV

Canon’s newest 5D Mark IV camera has a lot of exciting specifications — the fast frame rate and 4K video capabilities, for example — but there is more to this camera than what first meets the eye. One new feature buried in Canon’s promotional material is a technology called Dual Pixel...

Using Extension Tubes in Strong Wind

August 22, 2016 By Thomas Stirr 32 Comments

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As photographers we often try to anticipate the weather when planning to capture specific images. Sometimes Mother Nature cooperates, and sometimes not. I was out today using some extension tubes to capture a few images of insects and flowers. Ideally I would have preferred a nice calm day, rather than...

A Tribute to the Beauty of Bohemian Paradise

August 20, 2016 By Václav Bacovský 38 Comments

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I am very fortunate to be living in a highly photogenic area of the Czech Republic. It is called Bohemian Paradise (Bohemia is the historical name of one of the regions in the Czech Republic). The dominant feature of the Bohemian Paradise landscape is its sandstone rock formations. But since...

Why Good Photographers Take Bad Photos

August 18, 2016 By Guest Poster 77 Comments

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Have you ever seen a spectacular image and been flabbergasted when you saw that the photographer was an amateur - and they used their phone? Or looked at the website of a pro only to be disappointed by a slew of boring photos? Maybe you know someone who knows everything...

Wildlife Photography at Your Doorstep

August 15, 2016 By Guest Poster 12 Comments

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I am an amateur photographer and have had a DSLR for approximately 10 years. It is only in the last 2 years that I have started to get seriously interested in wildlife photography. I feel like I am in the early days of building a portfolio of images. Living in...

How Was This Picture Made #10: The Answer

August 14, 2016 By Spencer Cox 2 Comments

The Great Sand Dunes

We had a lot of good guesses on our tenth “How Was This Picture Made” article, including a couple that were almost entirely spot-on. Congratulations to Photography Life reader Goh Wei Jun for his guess — he will receive a copy of our upcoming eBook, Creative Landscape Photography, as a prize....

Street Photography With A Telephoto Lens

August 13, 2016 By Alpha Whiskey 27 Comments

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Or at least a longer focal length than conventional wisdom suggests. I’m always reading that so-called street photography is best undertaken with a prime lens within the 35mm to 50mm range and I understand the merits of this range for reasons I will elaborate on further down. But convention is...

Aliens Among Us

August 12, 2016 By Thomas Stirr 22 Comments

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Photographers have the power to reveal the origins of alien life on earth. All we need do is grab a camera, lens and some extension tubes (or a macro lens or close focusing filter) and 'the truth' will be revealed! From what part of the solar system did this creature evolve? Perhaps those...

What to Photograph in Florianópolis, Brazil

August 10, 2016 By André Berlinck 29 Comments

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It was the year 1987, living in São Paulo, three friends and I decided to undertake a trip to the south of Brazil. We took our surfboards and cheerful for the information we had collected in the region, we boarded the bus to face an 11-hour trip. I had a...

On the Road: Traveling Through Yellowstone

August 9, 2016 By Spencer Cox 11 Comments

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Our landscape photography tutorial has taken us from Colorado to Wyoming to Montana, and we have filmed in some amazing locations along the way. Cell coverage is hard to find in this area of the country, but there is no shortage of beautiful landscapes to photograph. After packing up and...

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