Night Photography Post Processing With Alister Benn

D3x - 14-24/2.8 This is 2 images blended manually about an hour after sunset.

Alister Benn, a master of night photography, uses a variety of techniques, gear, and innovation to create beautiful images. He is well known for his blending techniques as well as his incredible use of color in his images. In the following post, Benn shares his post-processing techniques. Night Photography Post Processing Software and Editing Technique [...]

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Interview With Professional Night Photographer: Alister Benn

Nikon D3x Nikkor 14-24/ F2.8 @ 60 minutes - Single exposure

  If capturing a vision from a dream, an unreal beauty, a surreal image, seems unthinkable, photographer Alister Benn has done the impossible. His photographs of landscapes, seascapes, and mountains exemplify the true, unimaginable beauty of nature that so many of us have forgotten exists. Inspired by nature since childhood, Benn launched himself into an [...]

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Digital Camera Buying Guide for Fashion Photography: Recommendations by Tony Ryan

Lighting and digital cameras used and recommended by professional fashion & nude photographer Tony Ryan

Blessed with a natural ability to see beauty and the talent to capture it, Australian photographer Tony Ryan set out in 1989 to take on a career he had always dreamed of. Beginning as a model, Ryan was immersed into the world of photography and decided to take on this new passion, becoming an entirely [...]

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Alister Benn: Photographer of Light

Alister Ben

Remember your childhood imagination creating magical worlds, what you pictured heaven to look like, and the delightful places you dreamt of when you slept. Remember when you stopped believing in these dreamlike scenes and then look at Alister Benn’s photographs. You will surely question why you ever stopped believing in these places.   Alister Benn, [...]

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Birds As Art Photo Competition 2012

Birds As Art Photo Competition 2011

  The Birds As Art Photo Contest For the first time ever, Birds as Art is holding a photography competition. Birds as Art is an online resource and organization that is passionate about photographing birds and providing resources to help other people photograph birds. Organized by Arthur Morris, the premise behind the competition is to [...]

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Fashion Photography Techniques with Tony Ryan

shoot in old deserted factories. A big fan of shadows and highlights

  A master of capturing shadows, highlights, and beauty, nude and fashion photographer Tony Ryan shares some tricks of the trade. Beginning as a photographer in 1989, he taught himself the techniques necessary to produce images of beautiful women. With the tips he gives below, a photographer can develop a better understanding and ability to [...]

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2011 Wildlife Photography Competition “Golden Turtle”

Golden Turtle Photography Contest

Competition “Golden Turtle” is a wildlife photography competition hosted by the wildlife fund “FLORANIMAL” in cooperation with the Russian Union of Nature Photographers. Photo subjects range from mammals, plants, landscapes, amphibians, birds, to underwater shots and many more. Within the competition, there is also a specialized program and prize for the photographer of the best [...]

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2011 National Geographic Photo Contest

National Geographic Photography Contest

  Its the time again for National Geographic’s annual photography competition. Images can be submitted in categories of people, places, and nature as long as they “keep it real” and reflect an authentic moment captured in time. The National Geographic Photography Contest Rules Each photographer is required to register on www.ngphotocontest.com and must submit a [...]

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Fashion Photography Art with Professional Fashion Photographer: Tony Ryan

Fashion Photographer Tony Ryan: An Eye For Beauty

To capture the natural, authentic beauty of the naked body is a difficult skill that Australian Fashion photographer and artist, Tony Ryan, has mastered. With a deep passion for photography and portraying the beauty of the curves of women, Ryan shares his success story in the following interview. How and why did you become involved [...]

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