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10 Things Not To Do As a Street Photographer — Eric Kim Street Photography
Photo by Alex Coghe.
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The whole principle of taking photographs lies in being surprised at finding a certain object and thinking about this discovery in the sense of Surrealism.

Jindrich Styrsky

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Are you new to Photoshop? Have you been trying to teach yourself the basics of Photoshop but have found the amount of educational material available on the net a bit overwhelming? Photoshop Basix, by Adobe Certified Expert and Instructor Martin Perhiniak, is a series of 25 short video tutorials, around 5 – 10 minutes in length that will teach you all the fundamentals of working with Photoshop.

Ultimately photography is about who you are. It’s the seeking of truth in relation to yourself. And seeking truth becomes a habit.
Leonard Freed (via yama-bato)
The single most important component of a camera is the twelve inches behind it
Ansel Adams (via jackdanielmason)
life:

Try this one at home: Henrique Feliciano Silva filled an empty bulb with water to get this amazing refracted image of his hometown.
(via our guest-blogger Photojojo)

life:

Try this one at home: Henrique Feliciano Silva filled an empty bulb with water to get this amazing refracted image of his hometown.

(via our guest-blogger Photojojo)

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Not quite video and not quite photo, Cinemagraphs are still images that move.  
We were inspired by Jamie Beck and Kevin Burg to learn how to make our own.
Here’s our tutorial how: How to Make Cinemagraphs — Still Photos that Move Like Movies 
(via our guest-blogger Photojojo)
** note — Cinemagraphs™ is a trademark of Jamie Beck & Kevin Burg

life:

Not quite video and not quite photo, Cinemagraphs are still images that move.  

We were inspired by Jamie Beck and Kevin Burg to learn how to make our own.

Here’s our tutorial how: How to Make Cinemagraphs — Still Photos that Move Like Movies 

(via our guest-blogger Photojojo)

** note — Cinemagraphs™ is a trademark of Jamie Beck & Kevin Burg

You know what a camera is? A mirror with memory.
Anonymous (via missfolly)

photojojo:

Awesome DIY photo idea of the moment: Use different photos on your computer screen to simulate a giant backdrop for studio shots!

How-To: Use Your Monitor as a Backdrop

(Source: Yanik’s Photo School, Photos by: UrsulaJodie Coston, and Shannon Calvert)

dprblog:

Photographers Scott Martin and Lance Keimig talk about the creative aspects of Night Photography. About long exposures and Light painting. Of creating stunning images with the least available light.

Night Photography: Finding your way in the dark (by Mark & Angela Walley)

The photographic portrait is no longer linked to milestones like graduation ceremonies and weddings, or exceptional moments such as vacations, parties or even crimes. Photography has become part of a daily, if not minute-by-minute, staging of the self. Portraits appear to have been eclipsed by self-portraits: tweeted, posted, shared.
“Who Me? Narcissism is Back in Fashion,” Frieze Magazine (via curator-of-curiosities)