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Karlie Kloss and Doutzen Kroes have left Victoria’s Secret recently. Most people thought they would be replaced by two other beautiful women. But VS went full-blown crazy and added a whopping TEN to their Angels elite among the big shots like […]

If you have money to burn and want to prove that “size matters,” here’s your chance. B&H is currently listing a used Canon 1200mm f/5.6L lens for just $180,000 with a condition rating of 9+. And it comes with free shipping, a lens hood, […]

A Hobson’s Choice is having no real choice at all, it’s a “take it or leave it” situation. Thomas Hobson was livery stable owner in Cambridge, England in the 16th century. To rotate the use of his horses, and to […]

Paul Hamer, who oversees the STC Fan Group, recently had to remind the group that inappropriate remarks to or about the models are—just that–inappropriate. And I jumped in to make the point that the behavior line between photographer and model […]

For newbies to photography or for those just curious about technical photography terms, here’s an amazingly simple chart illustration from Daniel Peters/Fotoblog that gives you a quick overview of aperture, shutter speed and ISO. The higher the aperture/f-stop, the more […]

It seems that more and more magazines are stopping print publication and either moving to a digital only format or going out of business all together. American Photo is the latest casualty in the on-going struggle for print publications. For […]

Fitness blogger and personal trainer Cassey Ho is tired of receiving negative comments about her appearance. In a poignant YouTube video titled “The Perfect Body,” Ho alters herself in response to online criticism of her body. “In this video, you […]

With Jarmo’s encouragement, I started writing this blog on the general subject of “The Business of Photography” a few months ago. And I will certainly keep plugging away in the weeks and months ahead on the nuts and bolts of […]

Shoot The Centerfold One-on-One sessions are one of the fastest ways to learn photography and to get your images published. We do several different types of instruction based on each request assuming that it fits our guidelines and we can […]

Adobe is describing Lightroom CC as all new, with ‘lightning fast’ performance and new tools for editing, enhancing and displaying pictures. Mobile, ‘connected’ imaging is an increasingly large part of Adobe’s plans, and while users will still be able to […]