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How to Use Butterfly Lighting for Beautiful Portraits

When it comes to portrait lighting, the options for gear and setup can be overwhelming. There are many ways you can go about portraits. Do you want to shoot indoor or outdoor? What features do you want to highlight? What is the best lighting for portrait photography? All these questions…

By Natalia Robert

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21 DIY Photo Backdrop Ideas for Your Next Shoot

Make a DIY photo backdrop with sheets, streamers, paper, flowers, and more. Choose from 20 physical backdrops and one editing option, with tips for planning and photographing your setup.

By Taya Ivanova

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10 Details Your Photography Contract Must Include

As a photographer, you should know your rights and set the terms of any photography job in writing. This is where your photography contract comes in. We want to trust all our clients. But sometimes, misunderstandings happen, and things can get messy. Here at ExpertPhotography, we can’t stress enough how important…

By Natalia Robert

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How to Take Long Exposures Without an ND Filter

Learn how to create long exposures without an ND filter using camera settings, image stacking, and Photoshop techniques.…

By Taya Ivanova

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How to Understand and Use High Key vs Low Key Lighting

High key lighting and low key lighting are often used in photography to create very different emotions. You can use them to take bright, dramatic, and eye-catching pictures of your own. The Differences Between High Key vs Low Key Lighting There’s an easy way to determine whether something is high…

By Taya Ivanova

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8 Tips for Perfect Tungsten Light Photography

Tungsten light is a type of artificial light that is very popular in photography. It has a yellow-orange color and is often used to create warm and cozy images. Here are eight tips for great tungsten light photography. Tungsten Light Photography: What Is It? Tungsten light is warm artificial light.…

By Taya Ivanova

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How to Shoot Fitness Photography for Social Media & Magazines

Fitness photography is all about strength and healthy living. As a fitness photographer, your job is to capture that and make your pictures look like they belong in a wellness magazine. Here are tips on how you can achieve that. What You’ll Need for Fitness Photography Camera Lens Editing program…

By Taya Ivanova

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Photzy Powerful Imagery Photography eBook Review

When does a “good photo” become “powerful imagery?” Mitchell Kanashkevich knows a thing or two about this. The award-winning photographer and Panasonic LUMIX ambassador has written an e-book, Powerful Imagery, for Photzy. In it, he guides us through case studies to help us improve our creative output. How successful is…

By Gabor Holtzer

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SLR Lounge Lighting 4 Photography Course Review

Lighting 4 is part of a series of courses from SLR Lounge. Having explored off-camera lighting in the previous course, they now look at how to create natural-looking lighting with artificial sources. If you want to know how successful they have been with this six-hour course, then…

By Gabor Holtzer

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35 Best Lightroom Landscape Presets in 2026 (Updated)

There are hundreds of Lightroom landscape presets available for download. Some are part of paid packages. Others are free. What are Lightroom presets? Lightroom presets are easy “recipes” for post-processing. With one click, you can completely change the style of your landscape images. I’ve chosen 35 free Lightroom presets to…

By Jenn Mishra

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How to Shoot Beautiful Soap Bubble Photography (9 Steps)

Soap bubbles aren’t just fun to play with. They’re also quite visually engaging. Have you always wanted to photograph their soapy psychedelic swirls? We’ll show you how to achieve awesome soap bubble photography results. So how do you photograph soap bubbles? Don’t worry, taking pictures of bubbles is surprisingly easy.…

By Chad Verzosa

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How to Take 360 Panoramas with Your Phone

Taking 360 panoramas is a great way to share an immersive view with friends and family. All you need is the right software and a little bit of practice. In this article, we’ll show you how to create a 360-degree photo using your phone. We’ll…

By Sarah Rodriguez-Martinez

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