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APS-C vs Full Frame Sensors – Here Is Why It Matters

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  • April 14, 2024
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There is often this idea around the interwebs that an APS-C camera is good enough for many professionals and that the difference between a full-frame and an APS-C sensor is almost negligible. So why would I want a full-frame camera vs an APS-C camera, and what is the difference?
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How To Export From Lightroom To Instagram

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  • December 9, 2024
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This guide will show you how I transfer my photos from Lightroom to Instagram. It’s pretty easy and only requires a few relatively quick steps. This technique works from Photoshop…
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Using your Camera’s Custom Modes

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  • April 14, 2024
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There is one thing I started doing about a year ago that has really helped me with my photography. It allows me to spend less time messing with my camera settings and more time shooting. It's a real lifesaver when you need that split-second reaction time to get the shot. This of course is using my camera's custom modes. (C1, C2, C3) The Canon 5D has three functions you can use. They are labeled C1, C2, C3. The 6D has only two and I think many Nikon cameras have only two as well. But that's ok.
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What does clean HDMI really mean for the 5Dmkiii?

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  • April 8, 2024
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If you're like me you and your reading my site, chances are you're into cameras and read other camera blogs. So you've probably seen everyone blogging about this Canon 5Dmkiii and it's clean HDMI out firmware.
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3 Must Know Tips for Photographers using Smugmug Pro

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  • April 14, 2024
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If you’re a photographer, you’ve probably heard of Smugmug and know how great of a service it is. It’s pricey but pays for itself quickly. Mine did after only a few months. So here are some cool SEO (search engine optimization) tricks you can do with Smugmug to help enhance your blog and increase photography print sales.
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How to Shoot Better Handheld Photography

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  • April 14, 2024
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Shooting handheld photography has many benefits. You can get more angles quickly; it's lighter and more compact, and you can experiment more with various creative angles. The downside is that you can't shoot HDR, long exposures, or night photography. 
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What is the Shutter in Digital Photography?

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  • February 6, 2026
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Back in the old days, with film cameras, the shutter was a mechanical device in front of the film that would open and close for a set time, exposing the film. Even in motion pictures, you can notice the effect the shutter has on the picture. Typically, a film is shot at 24 frames a second with a 1/48-second shutter. But if you remember the fight sequences in Gladiator or even storming the beaches in Saving Private Ryan, they shot with a fast shutter to stop the motion, so everything looked crisp and real versus having that soft motion blur you get with a 1/48 shutter.
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ISO – The Simple Explanation!

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  • April 14, 2024
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In Digital Photography, the ISO is the setting that adjusts how sensitive your camera's sensor is to light. It usually ranges from 100-64,000+ on most cameras. The higher the number, the less sensitive it is to light. This means that if your ISO was set to 64,000, you could expose a candle-lit dinner accurately. However, if you were outside on a sunny day, your ISO must only be set to about 100. So, the ISO is what the camera uses to measure how much light hits the sensor. 
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Lightroom Running Slow? Here’s How You Can Fix It

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  • April 14, 2024
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If you’ve upgraded from Lightroom 4 to Lightroom 5 or even Lightroom CC, you might have noticed things suddenly getting slow at times. It happens to me all the time and under different circumstances. It’s inconsistent. I’ve hit the forums and Google and decided to compile a list of every solution I’ve found related to this issue and solutions emailed to me by readers. 
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How to Shoot Better Photography with a Tripod

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  • June 6, 2024
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I’ve started shooting many more landscapes, long exposures, cityscapes, and ​HDR Photography in the last few years. Using a Tripod has taught me a great deal about why and how to use a tripod and other photography techniques.
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