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Pro photographer offers helpful tips on how to pick the right camera lens (VIDEO)

 
 

If you've just started using a digital SLR or compact system camera and want to learn more about how to pick out the right lens to pair it with, the following how-to video tutorial is a good starting place. It's led by professional travel photographer Kerrick James and focuses on Pentax lenses but the information could...

Pro Profile: Documentary photographer Josh Cogan captures humanity’s hidden stories

 
 

Josh Cogan's background in anthropology gives him a unique perspective as a photographer, and his passion for traveling around the world to document its peoples, cultures and traditions gives us a rare glimpse at humanity's hidden stories. We were struck both by the beauty of his portraits and by the ways he pushes the...

Photographer Q&A: Justin Van Leeuwen’s “Extreme Families” photo sessions offer a wild take on group portraits

 
 

Ottawa, Canada-based photographer Justin Van Leeuwen (right) has found success with a unique type of group photography he calls Extreme Families photo sessions. The technique involves compositing family members together into unique scenarios designed to reflect their true personalities and identities. As you can see from...

No ‘Mad Men’ Need Apply: Vintage Video Portrays Photography Careers in a Dull Light

 
 

Photography didn't look like much of an interesting career nearly 70 years ago, at least according to a 1946 vocational guidance film that was recently rescued out of some dusty archive and posted online. "Your Life Work: Photography" is filled with characters such as the "commercial man" and the "portrait man" who...