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Think you know everything about photography? From the hidden math behind your files to bizarre legal battles over monkey selfies, these facts reveal the fascinating technical quirks and strange history that most photographers never learn.

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An f/1.2 prime that is small, light, and relatively affordable changes how you think about portrait and video work. Instead of saving that look for rare jobs with heavy, expensive glass, you can consider shooting with it on long walks, travel days, or full wedding schedules.

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Most photographers and videographers spend as much (if not more) time editing as they do shooting. This is simply how the digital workflow is. It is nearly impossible to work from a laptop, so many of us end up buying monitors. Having a monitor that can do it all is hard to find, but the Dell UltraSharp U3224KB comes close. It’s a jack of all trades, but is it a master of any?

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You probably make at least a few of the same mistakes over and over without realizing it. Small habits like staying at eye level or avoiding bad weather quietly flatten your images and make your work feel more generic than it needs to be.

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For decades, I have struggled with retouching my headshot images. I deal with a variety of problems, ranging from fixing crooked neckties to removing flyaways. The biggest problem for me, however, is evening out skin tones, or more specifically, reducing redness in the skin. A new Color Variance slider in Lightroom may help anyone dealing with this issue.

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AI models in Photoshop are starting to do something that used to take hours of careful cloning and healing: bring cracked, faded family photos back to life while still looking real. Those images are often the only visual record of parents, grandparents, and whole branches of a family, and AI is starting to emerge as a legitimate option.

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Fujifilm’s X-T30 III takes a body a lot of people already know and pushes it with smarter autofocus, better film simulations, and upgraded video options. If you spend a lot of time juggling stills, clips, and travel, this kind of small camera can change what you carry and when you leave bigger gear at home.

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This is not a guide, but a way to think about abstraction as one way for photographers to regain control and meaning when technology learns every technique.

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Smartphone photography is miraculous, but it isn't for everyone. There is no shutter click and no mechanical dial. If you miss the feeling of making a photograph rather than tapping a screen, these 10 cameras are your antidote.

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Film photography has quiet weeks where the news feels like a half-used roll you forgot in a drawer. This wasn’t one of those weeks.

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Instant cameras live or die on small design choices, and the instax mini Evo and instax mini LiPlay+ put almost all of those decisions in different places. You get the same prints and similar prices, so the real question is how you want to shoot, share, and handle your camera.

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Brutal little mistakes creep into your shooting routine and quietly wreck images that should have been keepers. This video walks through specific slip-ups that cost real photos, from motion blur in windy woods to storage choices that decide whether your work is actually safe.

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AI masking gives you a fast way to separate subjects, backgrounds, skies, and landscapes without fighting with manual selections. If you care about controlled lighting, clean focus on a subject, and efficient editing inside Photoshop, this is one of the tools that changes how you work.

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Limiting yourself on a photo session sounds backward when you want as many options as possible, yet it can change how you see, shoot, and learn. The tension between going in with every option open or locking yourself into a strict plan forces you to choose what kind of images you actually want to make.

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They say nothing good happens after midnight—clearly, they’ve never tried photographing it. When the world goes quiet and city lights hum against the dark, something magical awakens. The night becomes your studio, the stars your light source, and the silence your companion. While others sleep, photographers step into an open world alive with mystery, color, and adventure.

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You paid for 100% of the camera, so why are you only using 20% of it? Most photographers ignore the deep menu settings, but these five hidden tools will instantly make your shooting faster, sharper, and safer.

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At a certain point in your career, you inevitably decide that it’s time to show your portfolio online. An Instagram grid simply does not cut it. What you need is a professional website builder that can showcase your work in the best way possible. A website is one of the things that clients expect you to have when they look for a photographer. Bonus points go to those whose websites load quickly, have clean navigation, and a dedicated domain.

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Every year, holiday gift guides for creators, especially photographers, tend to circle around the same checklist: the latest camera body, new lenses, or even faster cards. But with how expensive and increasingly complex camera gear has become, it is now harder than ever for someone with little technical knowledge to pick the “right” piece. The risk is real, as you might end up spending a significant amount on something that doesn’t fit the creator’s needs, ends up underused, or quietly collects dust on a shelf.

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85mm is one of those focal lengths that quietly shapes how portrait photographers work. A compact 85mm that stays affordable while still promising clean files and solid handling can change how often you actually bring that focal length out of the house.

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Distracting stuff sneaks into almost every frame, whether it is strangers in the background, power lines, or weird signs behind your subject. Learning to remove those problems cleanly in Photoshop lets you keep the shots you like instead of tossing them out over small details.

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