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Image of a photographer holding a camera
How to Tell When an Actor Who's Playing a Photographer Hasn't Researched the Role
A fruit vendor makes a sale at Pike Place Market in Seattle.
Fruit, Flowers, and Flying Fish
A close-up of a long telephoto lens on a DSLR camera
6 Easy Ways to Look and Sound Like a "Real" Photographer
A bunch of wine grapes hang from a vine.
Use a Camera to Help Open Your Eyes to the World Around You
Close-up of the mode dial on a camera
3 Photography Tips That Are Just Plain Wrong
A Hosta plant grows in a crack between two rocks.
Mother Nature Makes the Most of a Difficult Situation
The sun rises over a lake, illuminating the sky with orange and yellow hues.
How to Welcome (and Watch) the Arrival of a New Day
A red hibiscus shot from a low angle, with a background of blurred green tree leaves.
How the Right Colors Can Make Your Flower Photos Pop
An image of a line of dominoes standing on end, with the first one about to fall.
Capturing the Passage of Time in a Photograph
Bare branches covered with snow, with a background of pure white.
Taking Great Photographs in a Blanket of Snow
Boston's Acorn Street, rendered as an oil painting.
Can You Turn a Bad Photograph Into Art?
Purple flowers in front of a background of green leaves.
Can You Be a Nature Photographer Without Being a Nature Expert?
A yellow daffodil, facing the camera.
Looking Forward to Moody Daffodils
A French horn ornament hangs from a Christmas tree.
The Christmas Still Life Challenge
A close-up of a laptop keyboard
Are Online Photography Forums Helpful? Or Toxic?
A bowl of fruit, with a green lime on the side.
Resolutions to Some Great Photography Debates
The sign at Pike Place Market in Seattle
Travel Photography: Learning to See the Signs
The sun rises over a lake.
5 Essential Photography Quotations You Need to Embrace
A leaf with a hole in it is illuminated by the sun.
Grab Your Camera, Turn Around, and Follow the Light
A seagull flies by, against a sepia background.
Waiting for a Gull Like You
An image of a photographer.
Should You Call Yourself a Photographer?
Autumn leaves partially red, and lit up by the sun
Welcome the First Signs of Autumn
Three blooms of a red orchid.
Should You Bother to Enter Photo Contests?
A bright red flower, with jagged petals, in front of a field of green and blue.
Photo Critiques Can Lead to Hurt Feelings
A close-up of a statue of General George Washington
Stone Faces With Stories to Tell
Looking down a long pergola at a winery, with long parallel shadow lines.
Is Photography Still a Worthwhile Hobby?
A lone bird flies over a lake and across an early morning sky.
5 Nature Photography Projects to Get Your Creative Juices Flowing
A rabbit sitting in the grass.
Learn the Most Important Rule of Nature Photography
A long wedding banquet table.
Will You Photograph My Wedding?
Close-up of a camera's mode dial
3 Photography Tips That Are Just a Little Annoying
Looking up at a tall Manhattan building and flag poles.
Use Diagonals in your Photographs
Vibrant spring tulips, shot from a low angle looking up at the sky.
Flower Photography from a Low Angle
Buttes near Sedona, AZ, with out-of-focus branches in the foreground.
Use Fuzziness in Your Landscape Shots
Yellow daffodils
Can Nature Photography Be Artistic?
A camera's ISO settings screen
How to Take Advantage of Auto ISO
A sepia image of the conservatory at Casa Loma near Toronto.
Sepia, What Is It Good For?
Leaves, lit up by the sun.
Sunlight in the Shade
Fish mongers at Pike Place Market
Pike Place Market
A beautiful woman walks down a street in a small town in Italy.
A Tuscan Street Scene
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