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40 Of The Most Powerful Social Issue Ads That’ll Make You Stop And Think

40 Of The Most Powerful Social Issue Ads That’ll Make You Stop And Think

Many people complain about advertisements as an obnoxious way for companies to invade our everyday lives and cram their products down our throats, but that’s not all that advertisements are good for. The advertisements on this list are excellent examples of effective advertising strategies for social issue campaigns that let their voices be heard.

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14 awesome photo accessories that cost less than a pint

14 awesome photo accessories that cost less than a pint

We all know how tempting it can be to spend a whole month’s salary on cool camera accessories, and, correspondingly, how unpopular you become with your bank manager or your better half who expected food on the table.

But it doesn’t have to be that way; a search on Amazon reveals that there are plenty of accessories that cost less than a quick one in the pub, and will be with you for much longer.

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Canon-Lubitel Frankencamera proves old lenses still work wonders

Canon-Lubitel Frankencamera proves old lenses still work wonders

After buying an old Lubitel 2 twin-lens reflex camera for $15 while holidaying in Florida, Washington DC-based freelance photographer J. David Buerk decided that, in spite of their many years together, lens and camera would be better off if they parted company.

His vision was to attach the old Lubitel lens onto his modern Canon DSLR cameras — a goal that came at no easy feat.

In order to do this…

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55 reasons your photos aren’t working (and what you can do about it)

55 reasons your photos aren’t working (and what you can do about it)

We’ve all been there: playing back pictures on a digital camera’s rear screen or checking them over in your photo management software, we notice that all is not well. The composition looks baggy or the exposure’s duff. Maybe the picture isn’t as sharp as a tack, or the colours don’t look quite right. Whatever it is, you can’t quite put your finger on it – but something isn’t right.

Here, we’ve…

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7 days to better photos: transform your images in a week using these camera techniques

7 days to better photos: transform your images in a week using these camera techniques

Change your camera technique for the better in just seven days – here’s a daily regimen of proven tips to power-up your photos!

Some sages have commented that photography is not that hard, really, but they tend to be natural-born image makers.

For most of us, it’s a process of hard work and trial and error, of generating many gigabytes of imagery just to find a few pearls amongst the swine.

Often…

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How one photographer conquered time lapse with his 3D-printed motion control system

How one photographer conquered time lapse with his 3D-printed motion control system

Photographer Doug Urquhart frequently shoots time-lapses with his extensive range of Canon cameras and lenses.

However he felt that his time-lapse motion control rig setup could do with some improving.

Hiking out to remote locations proved more difficult with the heavy time-lapse rig equipment stowed in his backpack, and the battery life of the kit left something to be desired.

His solution was…

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Brilliant Satirical Artwork by Pawel Kuczynski

Brilliant Satirical Artwork by Pawel Kuczynski

Pawel Kuczynski is a Polish artist that specializes in satirical illustration. Born in 1976 in Szczecin, Poland, he graduated with a graphics degree from the Fine Arts Academy in Poznan. Pawel has been focusing on satire since 2004 and has garnered nearly a hundred prizes and distinctions since then.

Much of his artwork deals with serious themes such as poverty, greed, politics and mortality.…

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12 things every photographer must do before pressing the shutter release

12 things every photographer must do before pressing the shutter release

Follow our guide to the most important steps to take before you start shooting to ensure that you leave nothing to chance.

1. Charge the battery

This may seem a no-brainer, but it’s something that many photographers forget to do before heading out with their camera.

If your camera is in frequent use (it is, isn’t it?) then it makes sense

to recharge the battery after every shoot.

However, if…

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New Blurred Cityscapes by Valerio D’Ospina

New Blurred Cityscapes by Valerio D’Ospina

  It’s hard not to get lost in these dramatically blurred architectural renderings and cityscapes of New York and Italy by Italian painter Valerio D’Ospina. The artist transforms the street The Pennsylvania-based artist most recently had a show last year at Mason Murer, and you can now follow him on Facebook and Instagram. (This Isn’t Happiness)

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Instagrammer Varun Thota Becomes an Instant Pilot with a Toy Plane and an iPhone

Instagrammer Varun Thota Becomes an Instant Pilot with a Toy Plane and an iPhone

  Macau-based web designer and developer Varun Thota is the son of a helicopter and a devoted flight enthusiast. His childhood was filled with hours in front flight simulators and even today he carries a small Kinder egg airplane that he likes to photograph against dramatic backgrounds, as if a hand was reaching out of the sky controling each flight. It’s a simple enough idea, but wonderfully…

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F/8 accompli

Whether it’s a DSLR, a compact system or a compact, I always like to carry a camera with me if I can.

Like most people, I do take the occasional snapshot with my phone, but there have been a few occasions when I have regretted reaching for it instead of a dedicated camera.

The images may look fine on a small screen, but they often don’t stand scrutiny on anything larger than a few inches.

It…

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Alive Without Breath: Three Dimensional Animals Painted in Layers of Resin by Keng Lye

Alive Without Breath: Three Dimensional Animals Painted in Layers of Resin by Keng Lye

  Singapore-based artist Keng Lyecreates near life-like sculptures of animals relying on little but paint, resin and a phenomenal sense of perspective. Lye slowly fills bowls, buckets, and boxes with alternating layers of acrylic paint and resin, creating aquatic animal life that looks so real it could almost pass for a photograph. The artist is using a technique very similar to Japanese painter

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Amazing series of landscapes and cityscapes revealed through an iPhone’s screen

Amazing series of landscapes and cityscapes revealed through an iPhone’s screen

Sam Alive is a NY based photographer who makes a creative use of his iPhone, in order to capture beautiful landscapes and cityscapes. With the use of selective focus and his iPhone, Sam creates really unique landscapes revealed through his mobile device’s screen: what he basically does is keeping the iPhone and his hand in focus, blurring everything that is in the background.

The results are…

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Photographer takes wonderful portraits of models with REAL animals. Almost can’t believe #6 is true!

Photographer takes wonderful portraits of models with REAL animals. Almost can’t believe #6 is true!

Katerina Plotnikova is a Russian photographer based in Moscow, mostly known for her unbelievable photography featuring both models and animals. I mean… Models and animals together… In the same picture!

I know you are probably thinking that there must be some Photoshop magic behind all this, but trust me, what you are going to see in thise set of pictures is 100% real. Certainly some minor…

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Occupy Gezi Illustrations

Gezi Parkı olaylarına illüstratörlerin birbirinden farklı bakış açıları. (Yukarıdaki muhteşem illüstrasyon sanatçı Android Jones‘a ait.)

Different perspectives, different illustrators, Occupy Gezi Park. (The illustration above is by Android Jones.) Not: İşlerin tüm hakları eser sahiplerine aittir.

Gezi Park in Istanbul, Turkey

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Dahili flaşınızı yumuşatarak daha doğal sonuçlar elde edin

Dahili flaşınızı yumuşatarak daha doğal sonuçlar elde edin

Işığın yetersiz olduğu ya da ışığın olmadığı ortamlarda fotoğraf çekerken kullanmak zorunda kaldığımız flaşlar çoğu zaman bölgesel ışık patlamalarına, arka planın yok olduğu aşırı beyaz ciltli portrelere, gözlük camı parlamalarına sebep olmaktadır. Profesyoneller bu sorunu gidermek için ‘Soft Box’ isimli büyük yumuşatıcalar kullanıyorlar.

Bu problemi çok basit yöntemlerle çözebilirsiniz. Önemli…

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Yıldız fotoğrafı nasıl çekilir?

Yıldız fotoğrafı nasıl çekilir?

Hemen hepimiz gece çekilmiş güzel bir gökyüzü fotoğrafı görüp beğenmişizdir.  Fotoğraf makinesi olan herkes de böyle bir fotoğraf çekebilmeyi ister. Bu yazımızda sizlere gece gökyüzü fotoğrafı nasıl çekilir anlatmaya çalışacağız.

Gece yıldız fotoğrafı çekmenin en büyük zorluğu, gündüz fotoğraf çeker gibi fotoğraf makinesini gökyüzüne doğrultup deklanşöre basarak fotoğraf çekemiyor…

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