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Five Tips to Make Better Beverages Photos

Here are a few tips to help you improve, or maybe get started with, drink photography. Drinks can be quite tricky: you have unpredictable liquids and glasses with reflections, so these tips may come in handy. Just remember, like all of my advice, these aren’t die-hard rules, but instead they are just a few things that you can choose to consider with your photography. Tip 1: Have a Plan My first…
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Updated: Sigma 24mm F2 DG DN sample gallery

Sigma’s ‘I’ line of metal-bodied compact primes continues to expand with the 24mm F2 DG DN ‘Contemporary’, and we continue to be impressed with the sharpness this lens is capable of. From the midwest to the west coast, have a look at what it can…
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Tamron Reveals Final Details of 35-150mm f/2-2.8 and 28-75mm f/2.8

Tamron has announced final pricing and availability details for the 35-150mm f/2-2.8 Di III VXD and the 28-75mm f/2.8 Di III VXD G2. Both lenses are coming this fall for Sony E-mount. 35-150mm f/2-2.8 Di III VXD The 35-150mm f/2-2.8 Di III VXD lens is constructed of 21 elements in 15 groups which includes four low dispersion and three glass-molded aspherical elements that are designed to…
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How to Make a DIY Photo Enlarger from an Afghan Box Camera

I previously shared how I converted my Afghan Box Camera into a slide projector. The principle of the slide projector involves putting a light source at the back whose light passes through some condenser lens. The light then goes through the slide, passes through the projector lens, and is projected at a larger size on the projector screen. A typical enlarger design. Illustration by きたし and…
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Exposure Software Launches Exposure X7, Its Complete Photo Editor

Exposure Software, which was previously known as Alien Skin, has announced Exposure X7. The latest version of the RAW photo editor, the company says it can handle every step in a photo editing workflow. The new software is available as a stand-alone application as well as a plugin for either Adobe Photoshop or Lightroom and features what Exposure promises is intelligent masking, selectable…
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