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How Instagram and Trend Following generates Cliché Photography

How Instagram and Trend Following generates Cliché Photography

I remember a time when Instagram was just a simple and pure photo sharing app for people to share content with friends and other users. With each passing update, Instagram gets further and further away from that distant past. The ‘gram is a marketing behemoth now, using sponsored posts, ads and recommended content to guide and shape user trends and grow revenue. Social media trends are the…

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On Drones and Disruption

I’ve been passionate about photography since I could first hold a camera in my hands. But the array of technology we can take advantage of now to take photos from new angles with better results constantly amazes me, sooner or later, we might not need to hold a camera in my hands at all. All of this new equipment has opened up all sorts of opportunities to re-invent and disrupt photography as an…

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The Best Entry-Level DSLR Camera for Beginners

The best entry-level camera for beginners is the one that you bought. There are some clear differences between the different entry-level cameras and certain combinations of features and price that make them ideal for beginners but the most important part of starting off as a beginner is learning to use the tool that you’re given. Whichever camera you own will be good enough for you to learn and…

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An Ode to Professionalism

I hope it’s not bad form to write this post. On December 19th, 2016, the Russian ambassador to Turkey, Andrey Karlov was assassinated while attending an exhibition called “Russia as seen by the Turks” at an art gallery in Ankara, Turkey. Burhan Ozbilici who works for the Associated Press in Turkey was attending the event by chance after hearing about it and going to see a friend. As he says in an…

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Using Lighting and Editing to Recover Bad Locations - Case Study

Using Lighting and Editing to Recover Bad Locations – Case Study

This piece is a look at a post I found on Reddit, r/photography, by Jenna Martin titled “Ugly Shots, Pretty Shots: Lowe’s Photoshoot”. You can find the actual post on her website here: http://jennamartinphotoblog.com/2017/11/19/lowes-photoshoot-2/.

Jenna takes her model friend, Rachelle Kathleen, to Lowe’s for a photoshoot to challenge themselves to use a terrible shooting location and produce a…

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