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How to juggle tons of accounts in your favorite apps from one phone

How Lizzy Gadd combines nature photography and self-portraits

Software Workshop: Process Raw Photos Faster Using LightRoom Presets
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Tip of the Day: Wedding Photo Secrets
Tip of the Day: DIY Talking Photo Frame
Helping Pay for your Summer Photo Trip

Tips From a Pro: Pre-Visualizing Your Lighting Setup

How To: Maximize Color by Shooting at Twilight
Tip of the Day: Three Ways to Make Your Lens Work for You
Tip of the Day: All the Photo Contests You’ll Ever Need (and how to win them)

Become a portrait mode pro

Software Workshop: Creating a Fake Reflection

Sponsored Post: Pro Shooting Tips And Suggestions

My Project: Shooting New York’s Most Iconic Dining Rooms
Tip of the Day: Top Spring Photo Ops

Tip of the Day: How to dress for a family photo
Tip of the Day: Preserving Old Photo Albums

The Best ISOs For Shooting Video Come In Multiples Of 160

Amateur Astrophotographer Captures Five Gigapixel View Of The Sky

How To: Plan the Perfect Photo Safari to Africa
Tip of the Day: 3 ways to void your Warranty

Mini-Tutorial: Focusing, Tilting and Shifting Your Way to Better Photos

Travel Photographer Alissa Everett on Making Photographs in Unfamiliar Places

Tip of the Day: Foreground Framing

Street Photography Project Leaves the Shooting to the Subjects

An Introduction to Tiltshift Photography

Tips from a pro: Ella Ling on photographing tennis

I, Photographer: Aerial Shooter

Make every photo a potential profile pic by learning how to pose
Tip of the Day: The 10 Legal Commandments of Photography

Software Workshop: Creating a Composite
Tip of the Day: Lenses for Architectural Photography
Tip of the Day: Use ISO for Depth of Field

How To: Get a Fresh Perspective on a Popular Landmark

How To: Light Glass Using Subtractive Lighting

Tips From a Pro: Know Your Subject

Justin Olsen Shoots Amazing Mountain Bike Photos With a Chest-Mounted DSLR
Tip of the Day: How to Photograph Silhouettes in 8 Easy Steps
Tip of the Day: Photo Package

How to photograph neon signs

How To: Lighten Up those Shadows to Produce a Stronger Image

How To: Determine the Perfect Crop for an Image

How To: Color Correct for a Stronger Image

Rig your smartphone to take next-level photos and videos

Make your own Instagram filter

American Photo: The Top 10 Wedding Photographers of 2011

I, Photographer: Primetime Show Shooter
Tip of the Day: Preserving Ultrasound Photos

Watch an expert restore and colorize a damaged photograph from 1903

How To: Use a Touch of Curves to Create a Stronger Image

How To: Determine if Your Image is in Need of Greyscaling

Tips From a Pro: Photographing a Wedding

How To: Get a Perfectly Panned Image Every Time

Video: Steve McCurry on Photographing People in Public
Tip of the Day: More Pet Photography Tips

How To: Shoot a Restaurant’s Entire Menu in One Day

Ted Kawalerski: Shooting the Hudson

How To: Make the Most of Layers in Photoshop

Off-camera Flash Photography for Any Skill-level
Tip of the Day: Five Hot Photo Freebies

21 tips for better flash photography
