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Digital camera pictures of close ups too bright? Try using this free easy white card trick with any white piece of paper you have in the house.

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Strobox is a great free iPhone or iPod Touch App for photographers, allowing you to create lighting diagrams quickly and easily. And Strobox has more than 25 objects to use in your lighting diagram and the ability to share diagrams via email.

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Top 6 Lens and Photo Equipment Rental

Photography gear can be expensive – sometime rental for a special project or rental o try before you buy is the best solution. These 6 awesome rental websites are located across the country and can provide you with just about any of the portable gear you want to rent!

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Teya Rutherford, Oxford MA / Orange County CA photographer shares some of her wisdom in a new article about flattering your subjects. I also strongly suggest you check out her Photoshop actions to really improve your Photoshop work flow.

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Fried Hard Drives can Kill Your Workflow

Photographers who have gone digital take the calculated risk of technology flaking on you. Well let me remind you in the wake of my own personal disaster: BACKUP NOW!

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Location is Everything in Real Estate and Photography!

Finding a great outdoor location can be a challenge – between picking a location convenient for all members of the team shooting and having a back up plan if Mother Nature’s elements don’t cooperate.

I’m sharing three of my best ways to find and scout excellent, and mostly legal, photography shoot locations. Some of them don’t even require you to leave your computer!

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Model Shannon on a Shoot

Working with people or models is often a challenge when a ‘for fun’ photographer tries to switch gears from landscape photography or still life photography to portrait, fashion or lifestyle photography.

I’ve got 6 golden rules I follow whenever I work with a model. If the model is my best friend or a complete stranger I am always careful to follow these six rules because they have become habit and I think following them has helped lead to my success with shooting people!

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