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Using small lights with mushrooms

Using small lights with mushrooms

| Nando Harmsen | 170 views | 1 comment

Using the existing light with mushrooms can produce fantastic results. Sometimes your own light gives the image just that little bit more character. Is the light not quite right? Put the mushroom in the light yourself.

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Review: StackLab for focus stacking

Review: StackLab for focus stacking

| Nando Harmsen | 222 views | 0 comments

Want a large depth of field? Choose a combination of a small aperture and a short focal length. If you get extremely close to your foreground, you still won't get everything sharp. The solution is focus stacking. Take a look at StackLab.

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Nikon introduces the Z 120-300mm f/2.8 TC VR S

Nikon introduces the Z 120-300mm f/2.8 TC VR S

| Nando Harmsen | 173 views | 0 comments

The NIKKOR Z 120-300mm f/2.8 TC VR S is the first zoom lens with a constant aperture of f/2.8 and a built-in teleconverter. It is aimed, among others, at professional sports photographers.

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Cinematic portrait with three flashguns and a plastic bag

Cinematic portrait with three flashguns and a plastic bag

| Elja Trum | 182 views | 0 comments

You don't need a large studio, spectacular location or complicated editing for an impressive cinematic portrait. In this video, photographer Gavin Hoey shows how he creates an atmospheric cyberpunk portrait in his small home studio.

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From Course to Practice: My First Experience with Flash Compositing

From Course to Practice: My First Experience with Flash Compositing

| Rob Zwart | 194 views | 0 comments

Anyone who has seen Frederik Herregods' car photography course on Photofacts Academy knows the magic: perfectly lighting a car by walking around it with a flash and combining the photos later in Photoshop.

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10 Tips for Long Exposures

10 Tips for Long Exposures

| Nando Harmsen | 1,088 views | 1 comment

Photographing with long exposures gives your photo a different look. Simply using a long exposure because you can is pointless. It needs to serve a purpose. Are you going to use long exposures? I have 10 tips for you.

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Inspiration for Multiple Exposures

Inspiration for Multiple Exposures

| Nando Harmsen | 929 views | 0 comments

Taking multiple photos over one another is as old as photography itself. The digital world has only made it easier. Here is a selection of photos for inspiration.

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Sigma FP2 camera and new lenses with vintage character announced

Sigma FP2 camera and new lenses with vintage character announced

| Elja Trum | 547 views | 1 comment

Sigma has announced the new FP2, a compact full-frame mirrorless camera aimed at both photographers and filmmakers. The manufacturer is also introducing a new series of lenses that focuses on character rather than maximum sharpness.

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Would you like to take better photos and keep up with what is happening in photography? Photofacts publishes articles that teach you something about photography — from a product announcement to a practical shooting tip or a look at a website. Photofacts covers photography every day and is a hobby project of Elja Trum's that got out of hand. The articles are written by a team of volunteer authors. If you would enjoy writing one or more articles for Photofacts, do get in touch.More about Photofacts

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