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7 Pro Tips From a Fashion Photographer

September 22, 2024November 12, 2024

Anna-Alexia Basile is living her best creative life. From Banana Republic to J. Crew, the San Francisco-based fashion photographer has accumulated an impressive roster of clients and a large Instagram following since starting her career with Refinery29.

Basile recently taught a class on how to create “Pop Portraits” with your iPhone as part of the return of Apple’s Today at Apple in-store workshop series on creative topics such as coding or design.

Basile gave The Standard some tips on how to make your smartphone photos pop anytime and in any setting. As the saying goes, the best camera is often

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Three Wedding Photography Tips I Wish I Knew Sooner

August 28, 2024

I’ve spent years picking up odd tips, completing online courses, researching techniques, and now, I’m confident in sharing some of that knowledge with the world. Of course, I’m still learning and will continue to pick up tips for the rest of my career. For now though, I’ll share some I wish I had known sooner.

These tips are more personal than technical. Other articles out there will give you advice about off-camera flash exposure or some marketing tips. But, my three are things that I’ve learned on my personal journey in wedding photography, which could have saved me money or

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Hacked Off

August 27, 2024

If you’ve visited this site during the past month or so, you’ll have noticed the lack of updates and the absence of featured pictures at the top of the posts.

Sorry! The site got hit by the dreaded “Japanese Keyword Virus,” one of the most difficult computer viruses to eradicate, even given the many helpful “10 step” processes that security bloggers have posted.

The Japanese Keyword Virus turns your keywords on Google into links to Japanese sites selling clothes and accessories. It’s a kind of SEO spam that hijacks legitimate sites (like this one!) and ruins your reputation on Google.…

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9 Creative Self Portrait Photography Ideas

August 9, 2024

Taking a creative self portrait is one way to express who you are online. You can use it to update your social media profile or add a fresh headshot to your personal website, replacing outdated images of yourself from the past.

Whether the setting is casual or formal, finding a way to make your self portrait unique will help you stand out from the crowd.

Here is our list of creative self portrait ideas that you can try.

1. Reflections

Three self portraits viewed through a mirror, car mirror, and in the reflection of a shop.

Reflections are all around us, but very few people stop to notice them. In self portrait photography, they are ideal

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‘You can chart the change in the nation through its photographs’

August 8, 2024

Children playing in front of a corner shop, Barnwell, Newcastle upon Tyne, 1963 (Colin Jones)

Just over the road from the Royal Academy, Margaret Thatcher’s Spitting Image puppet leers out of an arresting window display. The former prime minister is there to welcome visitors to the Center for British Photography, an intriguing new art space that has just opened up on Jermyn Street alongside quintessentially British brands like Paxton & Whitfield (cheese) and Hawes & Curtis (suits).

Across the doorway from Peter Fluck and Roger Law’s creation of foam, another display shows Thatcher joined by members of her cabinet, also

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Darley Dale’s Dazzling Shift: Lab Grown Diamonds Changing the Game

January 25, 2024January 31, 2024

In the ever evolving landscape of engagement rings, a dazzling shift is underway, and at the forefront of this transformative movement is Darley Dale. lab grown diamonds, once a novel concept, are now revolutionizing the way couples approach the symbol of eternal love, and Darley Dale is spearheading this change. The allure of lab grown diamonds lies not just in their captivating brilliance but also in the game changing commitment to sustainability and ethics that Darley Dale brings to the forefront.

Lab grown diamonds, also known as synthetic diamonds, are meticulously crafted through advanced technological processes that simulate the …

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Working With Layers in Street Photography, Part One – John Lewell Photography

September 13, 2023

In street photography, layers are successive planes of interest and action, occupying the foreground, middle ground and background, each one holding information that captures the viewer’s attention.

Together, these layers form a complete, “symphonic” image, taken in a single capture.

I use the term symphonic in much the same way as EM Forster used it in Aspects of the Novell. The symphonic novel represents the pinnacle of a writer’s achievement, being the most difficult form to create successfully but also the most rewarding for the reader.

For example, the symphonic novel will have multiple themes, each of which brings

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Five travel photography tips from a professional

July 18, 2023

Before you leave for summer vacation, take in professional photographer Pat Kane’s wisdom on how to capture the best shots possible.

Around the world in eight photos with photographer Pat Kane

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It can be tempting to bring several lenses, tripods and gear when you’re traveling, but I find that using one camera and one lens can be creative freeing. I used a Fuji XT-4 and a 35-mm lens on my international travels this year. A fixed focal-length lens forces me to move around a scene and challenges me to think more carefully about how I frame my shots.

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