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If you want to get started in photography, learning the lingo is probably one of the first hurdles that most[…]

Photo editing is an important part of professional-looking photos. It’s the complicated process of balancing colors, shadows, contrast and[…]

The milky, fluid waterfall cascades over Niagara Falls in the majestic nature photography of George Barker. Affectionately referred to[…]

If you’re in the market for a photographer, you’ve never had more options. Everything from the cameras[…]

By: Thomas Harrop There are myriad ways to test film speed. Many require a densitometer and because most photographers don’t[…]

By: Thomas Harrop This test will create a reference for the darkest black your chosen photographic paper will produce, and[…]

By: Thomas Harrop There are as many approaches to dealing with the challenges of photography as there are photographers. I[…]

Anyone who has spent any time in the creative industry has head of a term called the “rule of thirds.”[…]

We’re often presented with high-speed photography as though it were an art, but it’s considered to be a science in[…]

Regardless of what type of event you are shooting, be it an auto race, or a child’s baseball game, action[…]

Metal powder. While it might not seem like much to civilians, there are several industries, such as the photocopy, chemical,[…]

Celluloid is a transparent flammable plastic made in sheets from camphor and nitrocellulose, formerly used for cinematographic film. Some of[…]