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Here in most parts of the Lehigh Valley, you can only see 50-200 stars in the sky and the view of our Milky Way galaxy’s galactic center is only faintly visible if...
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Gear Spotlight: the 5-in-1 Reflector
If you're taking portraits, formal or candid, and you think of yourself as a "natural light" photographer, the first tool we always recommend to start to take control of that light is the...
Quick tips: Product Photography
We get this question all the time. People want to sell their stuff on eBay or Etsy, or they've got a collection they want to document, and they run into problems getting...
The Conowingo Hydroelectric Station on the Susquehanna River is the site of a hydroelectric generation plant that has areas open to the public. As a result of the dam stunning fish as it operates,...
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This is the story of a photo from an ugly location. Well not really ugly... let's just say it has "character". Because when the light is just right, a plain looking spot...
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We’re always telling people you don’t need a lot of special equipment to start working with studio lighting. But the proof is in the pudding right? So let’s take a look at how...
There's a lot of things we know we should do, or that we'd like to do, but life always seems to get in the way. Somehow we just never seem to get...
The younger readers out there may not recognize this thing. It’s a 5.25” floppy disk, the way most of us saved computer files back in the 80s. Today you’d be hard pressed to...
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Setting up your new interchangeable-lens camera
Congratulations on your new camera! Whether it’s a DSLR or a mirrorless compact system camera, I’m sure you chose an interchangeable lens camera to get better quality photos, and hopefully to have a...
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Some people think that you need an expensive camera or an elaborate setup to photograph holiday lights, but in truth you can work wonders with a standard point-and-shoot and a little knowledge of...
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