National Geographic travel photographer of the year 2016 winners

National Geographic travel photographer of the year 2016 winners 1

The National Geographic travel photography contest is finished and below are the best of the best. Source National Geographic #1 Winter Horseman (Grand prize) The winter in Inner Mongolia is very unforgiving. At a freezing temperature of minus 20 and lower, with a constant breeze of snow from all directions, it was pretty hard to

Why photography business is not for everyone

why-photography-business-not-for-everyone

When do you think is the best time to start a professional photography business So, you are so good at photography, you want to start your own photography business? Wait until you read this, to better understand: how it may change your life. I have made short pros and cons what may happen… Pros You

Macro photography ideas

Water-drop-macro-photography-ideas

Photography is an art. Photographer uses art as one of the ways of expressing themselves. Therefore to be at least a decent photographer one must move several notches higher from the common photographs such as flowers, plants, bugs just to mention a few common examples. Anyone can do this including amateurs. To be a distinguished

How to use Lightroom to speed up workflow

Ligtroom keyboard shortcuts cheat sheet

Every photographer’s dream when retouching images is to make it quickly as possible and as good as possible. So here is:

How to use Lightroom to speed up workflow

Want to speed up your workflow using Lightroom?- use your keyboard. The shortcuts will dramatically increase your speed of retouching pictures.

Ligtroom keyboard shortcuts cheat sheet
Ligtroom keyboard shortcuts cheat sheet

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Want to download a cheat sheet to your computer that contains your version of Lightroom? Press on the link below…
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How to use Photoshop to speed up workflow

photoshop shortcuts cheat sheet

Every photographer’s dream when retouching images is to make it quickly as possible and as good as possible. So here is:

How to use Photoshop to speed up workflow

Want to speed up your workflow using Photoshop?- use your keyboard.

photoshop shortcuts cheat sheet
photoshop shortcuts cheat sheet

YouTube video

YouTube video

Want to download a cheat sheet to your computer that contains your version of Photoshop? Press on the link below…
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How Canon lenses are made

Canon 500mm f4 L

This short video explains all processes: How Canon lenses are made. In this particular example Canon 500mm f/4L

Canon 500mm f4 L
Canon 500mm f4 L

Canon’s series of L lenses are a professional line of SLR photography lenses made by Canon. Canon produces both L-series zoom and prime lenses for their past FD lens mount and for their current EF lens mount used on all Canon EOS cameras (digital and film). They are notable for their superior image quality and robust design.

I think every photographer should know a bit of process,- how photography equipment is made.
The first letter in the date code on L lenses denotes where the lens was manufactured.

  • U = Utsunomiya, Japan
  • O = Oita, Japan
  • F = Fukushima, Japan

How Canon lenses are made in action

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Photography quotes

photography quotes

Why people use quotes? Quotations are used for a variety of reasons: to illuminate the meaning or to support the arguments of the work in which it is being quoted, to provide direct information about the work being quoted (whether in order to discuss it, positively or negatively), to pay homage to the original work