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Fiddling with Filters Part 1

Let me absolutely clear. I’m not much of a landscape photographer. I leave that niche to my husband, Andy Dunaway, who excels at all things scenic. Andy’s been using neutral density filters for a...

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Make your movie moves smooth: Why I love my fluid tripod head

How are we going to move the camera? It’s one of the biggest questions a cinematographer faces with every new project. This is a particularly important decision when you find yourself on a low budget...

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Travelling on assignment

Everyone is travelling these days and everyone, it seems, is a photographer too. So does that make us all travel photographers or just travellers that take photographs? And in any case, what’s the...

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Forensics Fundamentals – Part One

I have the extraordinary privilege to teach photography to law enforcement and military personnel across the globe. Often, these uniformed service men and women have a basic understanding of...

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Ghosts from Last Summer – Exploring Light at High-Noon

Ghosts from Last Summer is a photographic experiment at high-noon, those hours photographers are told to stay home. Not me, as long as I’ve Manfrotto ND filters in my bag. The effects of long exposure...

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Manfrotto NDs: more adventures with filters

If you think ND filters are ONLY for landscape photography, think again. Let me guide you through some other exciting ways to play with neutral density filters and the whole Manfrotto ND series.   If...

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How to capture great images during big sport events

I have been fortunate enough to photograph major sporting events including World Cups, Olympics, America’s Cups and Super Bowls. These events are often massive in terms of the number of photographers...

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Glass act-choosing the right lens

In all my years as a professional photographer the question most asked by beginner photographers,(and sometimes even old soaks like me too), is: “What lens did you use?” for  a particular photo. Also...

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Iceland: My First Time Traveling

Iceland, the land of fire and ice, a seemingly untouched wilderness with spectacular views wherever you look. A photographers paradise and holiday destination for many, this wonderfull place is filled...

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ONE ‘STANDARD’ DAY IN VENICE

The first camera I ever bought, and we’re going back to the early 1980s here, was an Olympus OM-10. It was a sweet little thing and as with most cameras in those days it came with a manual focus 50mm...

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