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My Five Wishes for the Camera Lenses Of The Future

I was privileged to sit on a panel of advisors for one of the lens manufacturers last year. I was allowed to give my input to a design team that was working out the lens of the future. I doubt I’ll live long enough to see most of these recommendations come to life, but I [...]

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Attention Emerging Photographers – Learn From The Masters

I see comments like these in the photo forums – mostly from the younger emerging photographers. “Oh I’ve seen that done to death.” “That’s such a cliche.” “That’s nothing new.” These comments seem to indicate that a photograph which may contain elements they’ve seen before is valueless. Nothing could be further from the truth. Let’s [...]

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Camera Lens Basics – A Newbie Photographer’s Guide To Lenses

We all own a lens or two or five. Not everyone knows how modern camera lenses work. So I thought I’d write a short post going over some of the basics. Some newbies might find this interesting. Even though I am no newbie, I still enjoyed preparing this post. Compared to the best lenses we [...]

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Camera Lens Basics – A Newbie Photographer’s Guide To Lenses

We all own a lens or two or five. Not everyone knows how modern camera lenses work. So I thought I’d write a short post going over some of the basics. Some newbies might find this interesting. Even though I am no newbie, I still enjoyed preparing this post. Compared to the best lenses we [...]

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Five Random Questions & Answers About Photoshop

I get lots of Photoshop questions and because I don’t use Photoshop as often as I used to, I’m much less the Photoshop wiz that I once was. That said, I do occasionally get some Photoshop questions I can answer. Here are five. 1. Do you work with more than one monitor when you use [...]

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Time- and Money-Saving Framing Tips – Part II

A shadowbox frame featuring a hinged inkjet print by photographer James Nicholls. In this case, the edges of the print have been carefully torn to create a deckled edge, and it floats inside the frame, which gives it a very interesting look and feel. Photo (c) Andrew Darlow Post by Andrew Darlow – Follow Andrew [...]

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Giving Up Control of Your Images

NOTE: This was cross – posted at GoingPro2010.com Do you actually read the Terms of Service Agreements and EULAs that you sign or click “OK” on? I bet you don’t – but you should. Especially if you are a photographer who worries about people taking your images and profiting by them without your permission or [...]

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So You Want To Shoot Stock?

You want to shoot stock? Then you better be creative, prepared and a very hard worker. That’s just the beginning. There’s a whole bunch that goes into shooting stock. You have to understand concepts and how they appeal to photo buyers. Once you have that all figured out, you need a great big bunch of [...]

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So You Want To Shoot Stock?

You want to shoot stock? Then you better be creative, prepared and a very hard worker. That’s just the beginning. There’s a whole bunch that goes into shooting stock. You have to understand concepts and how they appeal to photo buyers. Once you have that all figured out, you need a great big bunch of [...]

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Time-and Money-Saving Framing Tips – Part I

Andrew Darlow standing in front of a group of his prints (three printed on canvas and traditionally wrapped, and one printed on fiber semi-gloss inkjet paper and framed) during the opening of a solo show entitled “GRANDmarks NYC.” Photo (c) Jim Roselli Post by Andrew Darlow – Follow Andrew on Twitter The choices you make [...]

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