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How to protect your devices and data from theft

A complete guide on how to safely take, send, and store nudes

I, Photographer: Poet Portraitist

How a Photographer Achieved an Impressive Product Shoot Using Only an iPhone and One Light

How To: Make a Simple Time Lapse Sequence

My Project: Scott Baxter’s Arizona Families

10 Tips For Getting Kids Interested In Photography

How To Light a Car Photoshoot Through Three Feet of Ice

Our guide to starting a vintage Polaroid camera collection

Are You Ready To Shoot Tonight’s Red Lunar Eclipse and Bright Mars Confluence?

This Is How You Install 720 Photographs In One White Cube Gallery

How to shoot epic landscape photos of the night sky

This Clever Software Can Automatically Identify The Birds In Your Photos

How To: Use A Marble To Find Catchlights

How To: Create Dramatic Light Painting Photos

Software Workshop: Six Tips For Editing Raw Photos

Zack Seckler: Slightly Sarcastic Images

Anatomy of a Studio Fashion Shoot

Beyond the snapshots: How to tell a story with your travel photography

Shoot an in-camera double exposure photo

Setting Up a Backboard Camera To Shoot NCAA Basketball Games

How To: Backlighting Portfolio Subjects

Photography Apps for Every Traveling Photographer

Traveling Photographer: Sanibel and Captiva

Photography Travel Guide: Namibia

How Exactly Does Nikon’s RAW Size S NEF Work?

How to safely use smoke bombs in portraits

Travel Photography Guide: Savannah, GA

Software Workshop: Using Anthropic’s PortraitPro For Fast Retouching

Extensive Shortcut Diagrams for Adobe Photoshop and Lightroom

How To Hack 35mm Film Into A Medium Format Camera

Software Workshop: onOne’s Perfect Photo Suite 8

My Project: Laura Glabman Remembers Hurricane Sandy’s Destruction

The 50 Best Places in the World to Photograph

Tips From a Pro: Shoot in the Rain

Tips from a Pro: Action Sports Photographer, Fraser Britton

How photographers take self-portraits

Tips From a Pro: The Enchanting Wave Photography of Ray Collins

Gear Trend: The Gold Standards For Street Photography

How To: Shoot Better Cat Portrait Photos

How-To: Bring Out Freckles In a Portrait Photo Using Photoshop or Lightroom

Tips From a Pro: Damian Strohmeyer On Shooting Better Sports Photos

SPONSORED: 7 Tips for the Aspiring Wedding Photographer

Tips from a Pro: Cristina Mittermeier On Mastering Environmental Portraits

90 Minute Tutorial Shows You How To Make 40s Style Glamor Portraits

Photog Could Face Jailtime, $100,000 Fine For Disturbing Protected Bird Nests

Photography is killing you: Health tips for photographers

Dream Photography Assignment: Annie Leibovitz Shoots the Game of Thrones Cast for Vanity Fair

Nikon Launches Series of Educational Videos With Pro Photographers

Behind the Photo: Dustin Snipes’s Portrait of a Sumo Champion

You Can Do It: Tips for Better Up-Close Flower Photography

How to Clean Your Camera Gear: Tips From the Canon Call Center

How To: High-Speed Action Photos Using Flash

Tips for shooting a wedding when you’re not a wedding photographer

How Time Magazine Shot an Incredible Panorama from the Top of One World Trade Center

Mentor Series Travel Photo Contest: The Finalists

Pick the Keeper Photo: The Five Minute Tattooist Portrait

You Can Do It: Shoot Action Photos With Beautiful Backgrounds

8 Tips For Optimizing Your Eyes and Workspace for Photo Editing

Photography Tips: Shooting Photos of the Stars

My Project: William Rugen’s Classic Roots

Irena Werning’s Time Traveling Portraits
