New Camera Contest: The Freedom to Choose One of the Five Hottest Cameras on the Planet from SongFreedom.com

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We’ve got a new partnership with SongFreedom.com, and we’re excited to introduce you to them and the power and impact they can add to your creations. They are all about Artists working together, supporting each other, and keeping out industry thriving. SongFreedom allows us to license truly popular music–the songs we hear on the radio–as well as excellent indy stuff for our slideshows and videos. Their recordings are the best productions, not just some guy with a synthesizer.

What’s more, they just revamped their pricing! Songs now start at just $9.99. Licensing is fast and easy… plus you’re doing the right thing (for you, your client, and the musician).

The Contest

To help kickoff our new partnership and celebrate their new pricing, SongFreedom will be giving away one of the best cameras on the market to one lucky winner. Which camera, you ask? Since they’re providing the best music in…

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The Benefits of Shooting with Fast Prime Lenses

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Why use a fast prime lens? Rich Harrington and Robbie Carman cover its benefits in this tutorial, including more accurate lighting and the ability to manipulate depth of field. Watch the follow-up movies within this series at http://www.lynda.com/Video-Shooting-V….

This specific tutorial is from the Video Gear Weekly series presented by lynda.com authors Rich Harrington and Robbie Carman. The complete course is presented as a weekly lynda.com series and offefs reviews and tips on the latest video gear, from cameras like the Blackmagic 4K and GoPros to lighting, accessories, and adapters.

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SongFreedom is about artists supporting artists. We’re a music licensing platform with the best music available–stuff from…

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“All Good Photographers use ‘Manual’, Right?”

I agree with you “learn to understand your camera”

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Often I’ll end up visiting a bookstore to check out fun coffee table books and photography books.  I have to have something for my home that will help guests be converted to taking pictures!

So there I was, looking at a table of neatly piled and organized books when I was handed a book that had a slick little title, Read This If You Want to Take Great Photographs  by Henry Carroll. Great Photographs, eh? Clearly, I had to find out what I was missing!

The Challenge

The cracked the book open to be met with a random page with the title of:

All good photographers use ‘Manual’, right?

I knew I was already in for a treat when I read that line. You see, I like shooting in “manual.” I’d say I’m on it a good 85% of the time I have a camera in my hand.  While I’m told…

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5 Photo Tips While at a Farmers Market

Nice tips, yeah!

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At the time of writing this article, we’re just entering my favorite time of year: Autumn. Here in the Pacific Northwest, the temps are starting to drop, rainclouds are beginning to move in, and my favorite seasonal veggies and ales are making their way to the tabletops of my local farmers market. I’m very fortunate to live in close proximity to a wonderfully quaint one called Hollywood Farmers Market. On most Saturday mornings, Nicole and I will meander on over to with cameras in hand and create art out of produce. With all the beautiful and mesmerizing arrays of colors and patterns, there are plenty of photographic opportunities. After several visits, I came up with a list of 5 photo tips to keep in mind when you visit your next farmers market.

1. Play colors off each other

Often times, produce being sold by vendors is stacked and bulked…

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