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Peter and David Turnley on 60 Minutes

Tutorial • Beginner

Just because you didn’t get to go to that awesome photography conference doesn’t mean that you can’t learn something from the pros! Occasionally, we’ll be...

Cameron Knight • 10 Feb 2013
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Ian Plant: From Lawyer to "Starving" Artist

Tutorial • Beginner

Ian Plant left a career as a lawyer to follow the light and build Dreamscapes. And he never looked back. A believer in the "if you can see it, you can do it"...

Jose Antunes • 5 Feb 2013
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10 Things I Wish I Knew When Starting Photography

Tutorial • Beginner

When you're first starting out with photography, growth seems to happen in leaps and bounds. You'll measure your growth by the changes that you see in your...

Andrew Childress • 30 Jan 2013
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Terry McNamara: Delicious Food Photography

Tutorial • Beginner

Terry McNamara is a freelance photographer based in Manchester, UK. Having started as an enthusiast, he's gone from photography student to photography tutor,...

Simon Bray • 29 Jan 2013
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Learning Fundamentals By Practicing Other Media, Part 2: Painting

Tutorial • Beginner

Welcome to the second installment of the series. We're looking at alternative art forms to pursue or peruse in the pursuit of broadened horizons. Moving on...

Rob Taylor • 28 Jan 2013
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Learning Fundamentals By Practicing Other Media, Part 1: Drawing

Tutorial • Beginner

By practicing other media? What? The title may sound counter-intuitive, but there's a lot to learn that is actually easier to focus on by putting the camera...

Rob Taylor • 15 Jan 2013
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Chris Rainier on Cultures Under Threat

Tutorial • Beginner

Just because you didn’t get to go to that awesome photography conference doesn’t mean that you can’t learn something from the pros! Occasionally, we’ll be...

Cameron Knight • 13 Jan 2013
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Veronica von Allwörden: Take To The Skies With Camera In Hand

Tutorial • Beginner

Veronica von Allwörden let's us into the world of shooting aerial photography and the real life ups and downs of a freelance photographer. Von Allwörden...

Peter West Carey • 8 Jan 2013
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How to Protect Your Photography from Theft

Tutorial • Beginner

As a photographer, one of your biggest concerns with putting your work online is probably that it can be stolen so easily. No matter how well you try to...

Tara Hornor • 2 Jan 2013
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Denis Palanque: Photography, Biology and Passion

Tutorial • Beginner

Denis Palanque won the Best Story prize from National Geographic magazine in 2010 and is actually the Special Advisor in Europe for the Meet Your Neighbours...

Jose Antunes • 1 Jan 2013
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R. Umar Abbasi on Subway Death Photo

Tutorial • Beginner

Just because you didn’t get to go to that awesome photography conference doesn’t mean that you can’t learn something from the pros! Occasionally, we’ll be...

Cameron Knight • 10 Dec 2012
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Guy TaI: My Landscapes Are Intimately Familiar

Tutorial • Beginner

The label "landscape photographer" is easily what most people use when faced with Guy Tal photographs. But the author is not a "landscape photographer," more...

Jose Antunes • 4 Dec 2012