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• Shooting Film Indoors: Tips & Tricks

  2018-01-08 #tutorials #videos

  

  One of the many gripes of a film photographer is how difficult it is to take the perfect indoor shot -- it's either over or underexposed. You've tweaked the settings too many a time and it still doesn't work. So here's David Hancock on his own tips for shooting indoors with film.

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• Reflections on my Artistic Residency at Lomography HQ - Part One

  written by Mario Ferrer on 2018-01-08 #gear #people #places #tutorials

  

  I have come back after a week of my TEN AND ONE Artistic Residency at Lomography HQ in Vienna with my head full of ideas and projects that I would like to start and try out. By the end of the week I have a book (almost) full of tips, anecdotes and pure Lomographic love.

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• Photography Gifts for DIY Makers

  2018-01-03 #tutorials #videos

  

  Hold up! The holidays aren't over yet. Christmas spirit continues to live on through winter, so expect late meet-ups with families and friends.. and your photographer peers. If you've already gone bankrupt during the rush, well, a little improvisation might help.

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• Light Up the Sky: How to Photograph Fireworks

  2017-12-30 #tutorials

  

  Prepare yourself for the coming New Year's Day celebration with this easy guide on shooting fireworks on film!

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• 10 Camera Hacks for Every Photographer

  2017-12-28 #tutorials #videos

  

  Didn't receive any new toy to play with this Christmas? It's all right, you can hack your way through with these 10 simple tipsters to improve your photographs, whether you're doing digital or film.

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• Platinum Photography: Explaining the Glycerin Process

  2017-12-16 #culture #tutorials #videos

  

  There's been a resurgence of alternative photography among young artists and experimental photographers. One of the famous alternative processes is platinum print photography, being the most durable and archival among alternative prints.

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• Winter Landscape Photography Tips

  2017-12-15 #tutorials #videos

  

  It's always wise to keep in mind of your photography know-how, but there are some issues you'd want to consider once the winter sets in. Here are some tips to photography during the snow.

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• DIY Gifts for Photographers

  2017-12-12 #gear #tutorials #videos

  

  Have photographer-friends and relatives that are hard to please unless it's a new addition to their arsenal? Worry not, here are some 10 clever do-it-yourself presents that will amuse them.

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• Capturing the Holiday Mood with the Lomo'Instant Wide

  2017-12-10 #tutorials #videos

  

  The holiday season is made for long exposure experiments. Let the Lomo'Instant Wide capture the cheerful crowd and glittering lights.

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• How Self-Projects Improve Photography

  2017-12-08 #tutorials #videos

  

  There's more about photography than history and theory. The practice itself is the most crucial part of learning photography, and what way to do that than to motivate yourself with little projects?

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• How to Revive "Dead" Rechargeable Batteries

  2017-12-07 #gear #tutorials #videos

  

  For the majority of the film photography grind, batteries are a must. Batteries are expensive, too, adding along with the pricey films nowadays. However, if you're really tight right now, you might want to check this tipster for emergency purposes.

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• Shoot to Save Yourself: Confronting Loneliness With Photography

  2017-12-04 #tutorials #videos

  

  Art saves. When you're feeling down and blue, remember that there's always the camera to aid you through the darker days.

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• Why It's Important to Study Beyond Art

  2017-12-02 #tutorials #videos

  

  Whatever your passion may be, the technical know-how will never be enough. It's important to an artist's growth to go beyond the glossary of art.

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• The Shot List of Alejandro González Inarritu

  2017-12-01 #tutorials #videos

  

  The likes of 'Birdman" and "The Revenant" are proof that exceptional camerawork makes storytelling and cinema larger than life. This is how filmmaker Alejandro González Inarritu.

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• Food & Fun: DIY Kitchen Photography Tips

  2017-11-30 #tutorials #videos

  

  No darkroom or workshop? No problem. Who's to say that you can't wreak photography havoc in the kitchen?

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• A Slice of Analogue Life: The Film Photography Process

  2017-11-28 #tutorials #videos

  

  For the beginner, encountering film photography can be intimidating, as it often requires much thought than in digital photography. But when you do get to learn the ropes, it becomes part of the habit, and there's definitely a payoff in shooting analogue.

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• Lens-less Photography in the Technology Age

  2017-11-27 #tutorials #videos

  

  One of the most important and most talked about photographic equipment today is the camera lens. There's a variety of it. But have you ever tried going lens-less, the way photography was before? The good old days of pinhole photography.

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• Share the Analogue Magic: Holiday Work-and-Play with Children

  2017-11-26 #tutorials

  

  Very often you will see kids today with their noses touching the screen of a tablet. While this may all develop children's fascination and curiosity, as a parent, you actually lose quality time with them. It's the holidays and it's the perfect time to share your love for analogue photography.

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• Self-Healing Through Photography

  2017-11-25 #tutorials #videos

  

  They say art destroys lives, just the way Vincent Van Gogh met his demise. It's a stereotype that creativity happens at the expense of our sanity. It is the other way around. Art saves lives, and photography has saved much more in the modern world.

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• Film & Instant Photography Tips for Winter

  2017-11-20 #tutorials #videos

  

  Just like the human body, the camera experiences extreme changes during the snow. For one, the power-levels are weaker, and then there's condensation being one of the camera's winter illnesses. Here are a few reminders from us for your analogue endeavors.

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• Tipster: Achieving Better Exposure With Your Lomo'Instant

  written by pearlgirl77 on 2017-11-19 #gear #tutorials

  

  Do you want to get better-exposed pictures with your Lomo'Instant? All you need is a light meter and a little bit of knowledge about time and aperture. This Tipster teaches you all the basics you need to know.

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• Andrei Tarkovsky's Master Shot List

  2017-11-09 #tutorials #videos

  

  There can never be enough essays and explanations to the sublimity of the Russian filmmaker Andrei Tarkovsky. What's in a Tarkovsky film, what makes it beautiful, how does he make cinema beautiful?

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• Even Photographers Need Rest

  2017-11-08 #tutorials #videos

  

  There is no way to go but up for creative people. Rest is for the lazy, or so we believe. We like to push our limits and boundaries, yearning to be 'better'. "Better" is a myth, even you, photographer, needs rest.

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• Lessons from David Fincher's Camera

  2017-11-07 #tutorials #videos

  

  The renowned director of "Fight Club" has one of the most interesting camera movements among contemporary filmmakers. Let's break down the Fincher style.

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• Cardboard Hacks for Creative Photography

  2017-11-02 #tutorials #videos

  

  Patience, creativity, openmindedness are among the qualities a photographer should possess. Ingenuity, however, is accompanied by sheer willpower and passion. For the clever photographer, a cardboard can already do loads of things.

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• The Art of Death: Photography

  2017-11-01 #gear #tutorials #videos

  

  Let's take some time to reflect on how photography affects our lives, and how "death" is also a part of our consciousness when we click the shutter.

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• Shooting Like a Minimalist with the Lomo'Instant Square

  2017-10-30 #tutorials

  

  In instant photography, the iconic frame is the perfect square. Ready those negative spaces and train your eyes using nominal elements with the Lomo'Instant Square.

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• How to Become a Better Landscape Photographer

  2017-10-28 #tutorials #videos

  

  At face value, it seems like no one could ever go wrong with taking a landscape photograph. Anyone can do it, so long as the subject is visible. But how do you rise above the mediocrity that plagues landscape photography?

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• On Tour with Lomography and Lo Moon: Music Photography Tips

  written by katphip on 2017-10-27 #people #tutorials

  

  Earlier this summer, our friends at Columbia Records had a great idea- to invite local Lomographers to photograph the band Lo Moon during one of their East coast tours. Here's some of the unique photographs taken along the way, as well as music photography tips from the photographers themselves.

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• Myths About Composition in Photography

  2017-10-27 #tutorials #videos

  

  There have been many things said about learning composition whether in painting or photography. Some would like to believe it's a talent or gift, some don't think it's relevant, and some believe it's all intuitive.

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