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Why You Need to Know How to Shoot With a Phone Camera

Rob Wood (Admin) — Sat, 20 May 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Sometimes you have no choice but to shoot with a Phone camera. Maybe it's all that's available. Maybe it's all that is suitable. But the skills to take a phone camera and get some usable images is something that every photographer should strive to build. I’ll give you an example. A while back I was on […]

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Will Copyright Claims Companies Be The Saviour Of The Stock Industry?

Jason Row — Tue, 25 Apr 2023 09:45:20 +0000

Copyright is a thorny issue among photographers. Some of us are happy to let people use our images for free or for credit, and that’s fine. It’s your prerogative to do so. Others who work professionally need to charge or license our work. I have never really bought into the concept that people giving away […]

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Why You Need To Be Confident In Your Photography Abilities

Jason Row — Tue, 11 Apr 2023 14:56:33 +0000

Photography can be brutal. So brutal that it can sometimes force you to take a pause or stop altogether. This brutality can come in several forms. Toxic comments, lack of appreciation, or just not getting the shots you hoped for. All of these can put a serious dent in your photographic confidence, making you doubt […]

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Losing An Old Friend – The Closing Of DPReview

Jason Row — Tue, 04 Apr 2023 14:03:27 +0000

I will be quite honest with you, I am feeling a bit melancholy. Many of you may have heard that one of the biggest photography sites on the planet, DPReview, is closing. Sadly, this massive photographic resource and community are deemed not to make enough money for Jeff Bezos and his Amazon behemoth. Rather than […]

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How Many People Use Instagram? Wild User Statistics

Dahlia Ambrose — Fri, 31 Mar 2023 10:41:17 +0000

The instagram app gained popularity quite quickly soon after its release, because of the instant photo sharing feature and had over one million registered users on the app in the first two months, ten million users in a year and a billion users by 2018. Here are some wild user statistics!

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Should We Photographers Fear The Rise Of The A.I. Image?

Jason Row — Tue, 07 Mar 2023 13:00:00 +0000

Unless you have been living under a bush these last few months, you cannot fail to have heard of the rise AI imaging. It’s everywhere we look, articles pronouncing how amazing it is, videos announcing the death of photography, and even lawsuits over the validity of an AI image’s copyright. Like all new technologies, AI […]

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