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11 Tips to Achieve Better Street Photos

Street photography is one of my favorite ways to create photos because it affords so much variety and opportunities for different types of photos. Before we get to the 11 tips for street photography, I’d like to share a bit of an overview of street photography, including a loose definition, some inspirational photographers, and a bit about the law and ethics. There are many definitions of…
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Get Started Using Vintage Lenses with These Five Tips

The world of vintage lenses can provide a whole new experience to photographers but not everyone knows how to get started. To help others explore the unique characteristics of these decades-old lenses, a filmmaker has shared his best tips. Mark Holtze is a cinematographer…
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Nikon NIKKOR Z MC 50mm F2.8 sample gallery

The Nikon NIKKOR Z MC 50mm F2.8 is a standard prime lens for Nikon’s Z-system, offering true macro reproduction of 1:1 at its shortest focus distance. As well as being a capable macro tool, given its focal length and light weight (260g or 9.2oz), the Z 50mm F2.8 also…
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Artist Uses Photos, Motion Capture to Explore Military History in San Diego

An artist has integrated facial motion capture in an online exhibition that explores the military industry’s “disfigurement” of San Diego, California in an attempt to share a largely untold part of the region’s history. “Monumental Interventions: Secret City” is a multimedia online exhibition created by Evan Apodaca, a media artist, also from San Diego, whose past films have been…
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Google Overhauls Drive Desktop App, Will Connect it to Google Photos

Google says that since more photos are being made every year, it has decided to roll out a number of new features for Drive for desktop and replace the current Backup and Sync with a unified sync client that connects content from across devices and Google Photos. As noted by Engadget, Drive for desktop was supplanted by the Backup and Sync app in 2018, but this new version of the desktop…
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US Intelligence Agency Photoshops Cover Photo of Diversity Report

A US intelligence agency is being mocked on social media for obviously “Photoshopping” the cover photo of its latest annual demographic report, which presents “efforts addressing diversity and inclusion.” The Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) was established by the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004, and it’s an independent intelligence agency…
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