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Tip: deliberately focus incorrectly for once

Tip: deliberately focus incorrectly for once

| Elvira Smit | 10,211 views | 6 comments

As a photographer, it is tempting to share only your successes. You keep your mistakes to yourself. But what if a mistake accidentally leads to a better photo? You rarely hear about that either. So here is an example of such a mistake, and how it accidentally led to something unexpected.

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10 January partial lunar eclipse

10 January partial lunar eclipse

| Michelle Peeters | 6,746 views | 3 comments

On Friday 10 January, there will be another partial lunar eclipse to see. In the Netherlands too, as long as it isn't cloudy, of course. This article once again contains the best tips to help you capture this lunar eclipse beautifully.

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Landscape photography tip: exposure to the right

Landscape photography tip: exposure to the right

| Nando Harmsen | 5,647 views | 6 comments

Large differences in contrast are not unusual in landscape photography. This can mean that parts of a photo are too light or too dark. By using exposure to the right, you set the exposure as optimally as possible.

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Turn Your Most Successful Landscape Photo into Black and White

Turn Your Most Successful Landscape Photo into Black and White

| Nando Harmsen | 5,594 views | 3 comments

A landscape is photographed in colour nine times out of ten. Probably even more often. For many people, black and white is a kind of last resort when a colour photo disappoints. Yet it can be interesting to convert your most successful or atmospheric photo to black and white. Give it a try.

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Photographing in a trendy city!

Photographing in a trendy city!

| Laura van der Burgt | 5,060 views | 2 comments

City photography is great fun and very varied. What can't you photograph in a city?! A large city is perfect for street photography, for example, but also for capturing beautiful shop windows, cosy alleyways or stunning buildings.

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How do you find a cool perspective?

How do you find a cool perspective?

| Frank Doorhof | 4,691 views | 0 comments

Finding a cool angle or perspective is one of the things I always tell the participants in my workshops. Sometimes you can even exaggerate the effect by using an extreme wide-angle lens.

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Watch: Canon Talks at Home

Watch: Canon Talks at Home

| Michelle Peeters | 4,685 views | 0 comments

If you want to give your photography and video skills a serious boost over the coming weeks, from the comfort of your sofa or kitchen table, you can do so through the new Canon Talks platform: Canon Talks at Home. A different inspiring content creator is featured every week.

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Go for simple props!

Go for simple props!

| Frank Doorhof | 4,592 views | 0 comments

If you have run out of props, go for simple things. Like this old pallet. The only thought that came to mind was putting my foot on it to break it. I put my model behind it and made her scream.

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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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