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10 Lightroom Plugins You Should Use

Lightroom is one of Adobes most useful tools in its photography bag. It’s the companion to Photoshop, and it’s built more for image processing and visual editing, rather than the manipulation abilities that makes Photoshop so popular.

lightroom plugins-mainLightroom is one of the key tools any photographer should have in their tool belt.

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Fotophire Photo Editing Toolkit

If you’re looking for a good and reliable photo editing tool, Fotophire  has you covered. It provides you with a host of interesting features that help you turn your photos into beautiful works of art.

Fotophire is simple and easy to use. It has an intuitive user interface packed with functionalities both beginner and pro users can draw on to start editing their photos.

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Working with Overlays and Actions

Since my childhood, I’ve been dreaming about inventing two things.  The first is a teleporter.  Yes, you read it right, but please imagine teleporting from the ‘Star Trek’ movie not from the horror movie ‘The Fly’!   With teleport, people could forget about long queues, tedious trips and expensive taxis.  The second thing I have been dreaming about is a photo camera in my eye!  But the key feature of this camera would be that it would show not just things and facts, but convey the feelings of the photographer.

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It’s unfortunate that there is no such useful gadget yet, but its a good thing we have photoshop overlays and actions.

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How To Take Good Photos If You Wear Glasses

Taking beautiful photos should not be a problem for those who wear eyeglasses. When you take pictures, it’s obvious that the photographer gets as close as possible to the viewfinder to get the best view as possible. However, people with eyeglasses have a problem in doing so.

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If you are using eyeglasses,  this problem can be solved if you follow a series of instructions.

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Product Photography: The Ultimate Guide

Product photography is one of the more technical types of photography. Whether I decide to shoot natural light or create in my studio, I need to be aware of and control everything in the area. Lighting, product position, depth of field, image stabilization, and the brand itself all come together in a product shoot.

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So what are the first things to consider if I decide to try a DIY product shoot? My tools, of course.

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Real Estate Photography Tips For Beginners

Some amateurs think that photographing real estate is as easy as walking into a room and taking a photo. Unfortunately, that’s not how it works. It’s a skill you must practice so you can master it. That is if you want to succeed in this competitive field.  In real estate photography, one of the questions asked by amateurs is the kind of equipment used and the settings of the camera. They also wonder how to put everything together correctly.

realestate-mainIn this real estate photography guide, we provide equipment and camera settings tips when shooting real estate.

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Best 6 Cameras to Buy Under $300

With the global digital camera market expected to surpass $2 billion by 2021 (study by Technavio), no wonder the market is crowded with different digital cameras at different price points. Big market players such as Panasonic, Canon, Sony, FujiFilm, Casio, Kodak or Olympus are consistently launching new products and banking upon advanced photography trends such as large optical zooms, bigger sensors, more megapixels, 4K video, improved 360-degree video capturing, and Wi-Fi connectivity.

title cameras to buySo which one do you choose and how – by brand, features, price or trend?

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The Best Promotional Alternatives To Social Media For Photographers

There is a love/hate relationship the majority of us have with social media. We promote our work there, but we also waste a huge amount of time on it.  What are the best alternative to social media then? Where can we publish our work in order to gain visibility and, why not, some paid projects?

Let’s step back for a moment and try to understand what we are dealing with here.

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Useful Software For Photo Enthusiasts

Nowadays you can call anyone with an Instagram account a “photography enthusiast”. However, what I meant was “newbie photographers”. Those, who instead of cropping their snaps muse over the best composition before the picture is taken. Those, who instead of applying filters fiddle with curves and white balance. Those, who feel like the Wizard of Oz behind their shutter – altering reality to make wonders. Those, for whom a photo has an expressive value instead of being a trendy way to communicate what they’ve been up to this weekend.

useful softwareIf you are making your first steps in the art of photography, you could use some nice versatile tools – preferably on a budget, or even free.

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