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Lessons from the Shop: Building Depth with Extreme Contrast

By Steve Terlizzi
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One of the major tasks for a photographer is to take what is a 2D mechanism, a photograph, and provide a third dimension to it, depth.  In fact, the task is also complicated because the photographer needs to do it in the context of a fourth dimension, time.  However, we won't discuss that within this article.

 

Learning to Shoot an Ultrawide Lens

 

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Lessons from the Shot: Psychology of the Telephoto Lens by Stanley Leary

by Stanley Leary

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To understand telephoto lenses, is to appreciate its operational characteristics on both sides of the aperture ring.

Blog: Sometimes Inspiration Comes in a Polarizer by Luanne Dietz

Fri, 07/09/2010 - 08:53

by Luanne Dietz, www.luannedietz.com/blog

 

Editor’s Note:  Luanne Dietz, a photojournalist developing stories in Israel, shares a moment of self-motivational inspiration, after a long hard day in the middle of her international coverage.
 

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As I was on the bus back to Jerusalem from Tiberias, frustrated, lonely, and worn out, I was trying everything in my “Bag O Tricks” hoping to inspire myself. Heck, I even busted out my fisheye lens. After I made one image with it, and was reminded that I should only keep that for “special” occasions, I reached for another one of my back pocket go-tos…my polarizing filter. 

Gauntlet: Rocks and Flowers, Again?

Tue, 07/06/2010 - 07:18

by Gary Fong
Photographer: Zoe Caras
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Young photographers getting their feet wet in the craft often dive into a world of imagery that can be explored for a lifetime.  Many start out with “rocks and flowers”…which are forgiving in terms of conventional composition and boldness of colors.