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  • Materials: Make-up For Artistic Self-portrait Photography
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    Materials: Make-up For Artistic Self-portrait Photography

    Cristina Otero talks us through her favorite products for creating experimental make-up looks Cristina Otero (@cristinaotero) is a photographer specializing in artistic self-portraits. At the age of 15, Cristina became the youngest Spanish artist to present a solo exhibition in a gallery. While her main clients tend to be art collectors, she has also worked on commercial projects for brands and organizations such as Huawei, Renfe, and Turismo Andalucía. Cristina started out drawing portraits of women, using herself as a reference. Drawn to hyperrealism, she began experimenting with photography and using herself as a model. When it comes to post-production, Cristiana insists, “I don’t edit, I paint”.

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  • What is CGI Photomontage?
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    What is CGI Photomontage?

    Discover this method for creating impressive (and often unimaginable) images, as if by magic The initials CGI stand for “Computer Generated Imagery” and refer to any form of visual expression that uses a digital medium: digital photography, analog photography scanner, digitalizations, image banks, and 3D images, etc. Ricardo Salamanca (@ricardo_salamanca) is a designer and art director. He has worked on advertising campaigns that have won awards at festivals around the world. Ricardo describes CGI as “the result you create with an image that has been digitized,” which involves integrating photography shots, 3D images, or takes of actors performing against a green screen, as well as any other image generated using digital means.

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  • What Is Location Scouting, and Why Is It Important in Photography?
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    What Is Location Scouting, and Why Is It Important in Photography?

    Photographer Viridiana enlists the main aspects of this pre-production stage Preparation is crucial in all kinds of photography to determine the success of your images. Once you have a concept clear in your mind, it is time to move on to pre-production. This includes finding a place to shoot, in other words, location scouting. Photographer Viridiana (@holaviridiana) specializes in editorial fashion photography, and her work has appeared in magazines such as Marie Claire, Harper’s Bazaar, and Cosmopolitan. Read on as she explains why scouting a location is essential.

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  • What is Visual Storytelling?
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    What is Visual Storytelling?

    Photographer and designer Marioly Vázquez explains why visual storytelling is the best branding ally you can find Social networks were designed to make people connect to each other, but, according to Marioly Vázquez (@cestmaria), the way we use them now can often make us feel more isolated. In this context, how can you get your personal project or brand to truly connect with the audience? Marioly, an expert in creating creative online content, has the answer. Find out what visual storytelling is, how to build your brand, and how to create deep connections with your followers using this technique.

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  • Be Inspired to Compose Artistic Photos
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    Be Inspired to Compose Artistic Photos

    Carlos Herrejón's references will help you create beautiful photomontages Artistic photo composition, or artistic photomontage, means generating surprising narratives within an image using powerful creative and visual metaphors. The process begins with careful planning and usually involves a great deal of editing. This is Carlos Herrejón's (@carlos_herrejon) specialty. He creates striking photo compositions that work as conceptual fine art:

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  • What Are the Types of Photo Lenses and How to Use Them
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    What Are the Types of Photo Lenses and How to Use Them

    Find out how to maximize each click, as we explain the difference between macro, telephoto, and fisheye lenses There are a few differences between each of the five most popular photographic lenses that go beyond size and shape. Here are the keys to deciding which lens to use when and improve your photography skills. Fisheye Fisheye lenses have become very fashionable over the last few years and are characterized by minimal focal length (between 6 and 16 mm). This feature allows us to include massive areas of the space photographed with a view up to 180º or more, distorting straight lines. Recommended for: fisheye lenses are for photographers who do not want to capture the world as it appears, but rather as a bright, magnificent, and distorted place. Not recommended for: neutral-toned images without distortion.

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  • Hard Light and Diffused Light in Photography
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    Hard Light and Diffused Light in Photography

    Learn to use light in your photos to achieve the desired effect every time In photography, natural light is the most unpredictable element when we set up for a shoot. Until we are behind the camera, we cannot be sure what type of lighting we’ll be working with, so we need to know how light affects the scene. Zony Maya is a master of this skill. He explains the difference between a hard and a diffused light, and how to use these lighting conditions to achieve incredible pictures.

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  • What is a Fashion Stylist and How to Become One
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    What is a Fashion Stylist and How to Become One

    Learn about one of the most desirable and important jobs in fashion today and how to make it your own Clothes are the building blocks of fashion. How we put an outfit together is as important as each individual piece. Whether it’s on the runway, in a magazine, or in our day-to-day life, styling can transform how a person is seen, for better or for worse.

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  • A Brief History of Fashion Photography
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    A Brief History of Fashion Photography

    Join Park Studio’s Carola Rafowicz on a tour of the key moments in fashion photography As a creative discipline, fashion photography has evolved along with photography itself. Changes in the perception of the aesthetic and social functions of photography, as well as technical advances and social changes, have given this discipline its versatile character. Creative director Carola Rafowicz from Park (@parkcreative), an expert in the execution of projects and strategies for brands, production and fashion, gives us a brief account of the most emblematic moments in the history of fashion photography.

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  • Download a Free Adobe Photoshop Lighting Action
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    Download a Free Adobe Photoshop Lighting Action

    Use this Photoshop action to easily and quickly edit your photos Lighting is a very important factor in the work of Carles Marsal (@carlesmarsal). The images he creates are made up of bits and pieces of other imagery, therefore taking into account light and the direction of shadows is vital to the final results. No matter how fanciful and unrealistic the subject may be, the lighting must be realistic. After perfecting his process and working with countless photos, Marsal has automated parts of his techniques and encapsulated them into a Photoshop action that helps him organize layers of light and shadow and create magical photos.

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  • 5 Resources to Create Beautiful Photomontages
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    5 Resources to Create Beautiful Photomontages

    Discover these sites and resources to create high-impact photomontages Photomontage is the composition of different images to create a completely new one; it’s used as much by artists as by advertisers. Here are the best free resources to aid you start out or perfect your skills in this creative discipline, helping you achieve better finishes with your experiments in photomanipulation.

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  • 5 Essential Photo Retouching Courses for Perfectionists
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    5 Essential Photo Retouching Courses for Perfectionists

    Photo editing and retouching experts show you how to improve the quality of your photographs Every great photographer knows that to achieve great results, retouching is an indispensable part of the post-production process. If you want your photos to be flawless and look professional, check out these courses, in which five experts share their knowledge to help you reach your full potential. To learn more about each course, click on the title in red. Introduction to Adobe Photoshop Lightroom, a Domestika Basics course by Juan Achiaga This Domestika Basics course will show you how to master Adobe Lightroom from scratch. Learn to organize, store, and edit your photos like a pro. Get to grips with the program’s basic tools, storage, and organization system, as well as the Develop module.

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  • The 5 Names You Need to Know in Fine Art Photography
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    The 5 Names You Need to Know in Fine Art Photography

    Gerardo Montiel Klint shares 5 influential artists that helped him discover his passion for photography Gerardo Montiel Klint (@gerklint) is an industrial designer and photographer, teacher, workshop leader, and member of the Sistema Nacional de Creadores in Mexico. He has received numerous accolades in his career, including the Acquisition Award of the XIII and XI Photography Biennial, the Silver Medal for Fine Arts Mexico 2008, the Omnilife 2000 Grand Prize, and Fonca/Banff Center artistic residencies in 2001 and 2002-2003. His work has been featured in collections and galleries throughout the United States, Brazil, Mexico, Hungary, Denmark, Spain, and China. He is also co-founder of the Hydra platform, belongs to the advisory team of EXIT magazine, and co-directs Klint & Photo, a production house and photographic studio specialized in advertising, interior design, fashion, and portraiture.

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  • Adobe Lightroom or Color Correction Software: Which Option Is Better for Retouching Images?
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    Adobe Lightroom or Color Correction Software: Which Option Is Better for Retouching Images?

    VFX expert Ro Bot shows you Lightroom's retouching capabilities There are many options on the market for color correcting images, photographs, and renders. To learn about the advantages of using Adobe Lightroom and different presets for retouching and post-production of your images, Ro Bot, producer and VFX expert gives you a tour of its features. He then shows you a different software, Fusion, and its different features for color correction:

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  • Apollo Program: a Universe of Photographs
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    Apollo Program: a Universe of Photographs

    Browse over 15 thousand images from NASA’s photo archive In 2004, the Johnson Space Center began digitizing the negatives of all of the images taken by NASA astronauts assigned to the Apollo Program. These images are property of the Project Apollo Archive–an initiative created in 1999 to compile all of the visual material from these missions and share with the world the emotion and historic moments that they document. Since then, NASA has been periodically updating the collection. Today, the Flickr account hosts nearly 16 thousand stunning images.

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  • Mobile Photography Tutorial: How to Take Photos of Models with Natural Light
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    Mobile Photography Tutorial: How to Take Photos of Models with Natural Light

    Learn how to take professional photos at home with your mobile phone using natural light, with Nay Jiménez Although professional photographic equipment and studio lighting are ideal for a good photo shoot, we don't always have access to that kind of material. However, if we know how to take advantage of the resources we have, a smartphone and natural light may be enough to achieve professional results in our modeling photo sessions. That's why Nay Jiménez (@nayjimenez), a publicist and photographer specialized in art direction, has shared this series of keys to an at home photo shoot, with natural light, using only our smartphone. You can see the tutorial here:

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  • Product Photography: Flash Vs. Natural Light, Which One To Choose?
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    Product Photography: Flash Vs. Natural Light, Which One To Choose?

    Learn the advantages and disadvantages of working with natural light vs. flash when photographing products, especially if they have reflections Lighting is the key to perfect photography, and Martí Sans (@marti_sans), who discovered his calling as a product photographer while training as a chef, is an expert on the subject. As he says, photography allows him to control and take care of each ingredient to achieve an exquisite final product, and light is an essential factor. That’s why Martí has explained some of the pros and cons of working with natural light or flash when doing product photography. He also has some basic tips to achieve soft and hard lighting with any type of light.

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  • Photography Tutorial: How to Create Droplets With Glycerin
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    Photography Tutorial: How to Create Droplets With Glycerin

    Learn how to create droplets with glycerin and place them in your sets when shooting macro photography with Sergi Gomez When we use macro photography to take pictures, it is useful to have an element in the foreground that allows us to create a blur effect. If we are working in the studio, sometimes it is necessary to artificially manufacture that first element to achieve more complex compositions and explore different visual options with our camera. Sergi Gómez García (@sergi2g), photographer and retoucher, teaches us in this tutorial how to create round drops with glycerin to place them in our studio photo sessions to achieve different and interesting effects in our compositions All you will need is water, glycerin and a syringe with a very fine needle. You can watch the video here:

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  • Domestika Diary: Tropico Photo
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    Domestika Diary: Tropico Photo

    The photography and art direction duo talk about their process and share how they’re staying creative under quarantine The past few months have changed how a lot of creatives work, even those who were already used to working from home. But for Forrest Aguar and Michelle Norris, the creative duo behind Tropico Photo, that adjustment hasn’t made their work any less vibrant. Combining bold colors and shapes, their striking images play with an ambiguous sense of time and place. These stylized shots, and the colorful dreamworld they create, have made the duo popular with clients like Atlanta Magazine, Allbirds, Postmates, and Google for Startups. In this Domestika diary, they show off their living space and explain how they use it in their work, talk about their new routines and sources of inspiration under quarantine, and share their creative process.

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  • How to Choose a Camera
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    How to Choose a Camera

    Photography experts share their tips for buying a camera and getting started in professional photography Photography is one of the most revolutionary inventions in human history. Its advance has been such that practically anyone now has a camera and knows how to operate it. Joseph Nicéphore Niépce first envisioned this device in 1826. He used a box made of wood and waited 8 hours of exposure to obtain the first photographic image. But what should we take into account when buying a professional camera? What are the essential characteristics to check and keep in mind? Various photography experts offer their advice to the Domestika community to help choose a professional camera for multiple areas.

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  • Photoshop Tutorial: How to Replace The Sky in Architectural Photography
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    Photoshop Tutorial: How to Replace The Sky in Architectural Photography

    Learn the techniques of photographic postproduction to use the exposure of the sky to complement your photography with Daniel Garay Arango The sky is one of the key elements of architectural photography. Unlike the human eye, the camera's sensor is usually incapable of capturing all the nuances of the sky, and on many occasions we will have to resort to programs like Adobe Photoshop to get everything we want out of it. In the following tutorial, Daniel Garay Arango (@danielgarayarango), a photographer specialized in black and white architectural images, explains step by step how to edit the sky in your photographs to obtain professional and spectacular results. Find out more in the video below:

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  • Do’s and Don’ts For Working With Nude Models
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    Do’s and Don’ts For Working With Nude Models

    Rebeca Saray shares key advice that will help you in your nude photography projects As well as thinking about your technical set-up, when it comes to working with nude models, you will need to take special care with the art direction of your shoot and how you interact with your subject. Photographer, director, and digital artist Rebeca Saray (@rebecasaray) shares below what she has learned from her own professional experience.

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  • How to Create Color Palettes From Photographs
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    How to Create Color Palettes From Photographs

    Discover Manu Torres’ straightforward process for creating your own color palette from photographs in Adobe Photoshop Manu Torres (@manutorres) teaches photography and digital postproduction at IMEFE in Madrid, specializing in photojournalism, lab processing, and lighting. He started off working in media, however, over time, he has developed a passion for social photography and commercial production.

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  • 5 Aerial Photography Instagram Accounts You Should Follow
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    5 Aerial Photography Instagram Accounts You Should Follow

    Discover how beautiful Earth looks from above Aerial photography allows you to observe natural and human-made patterns on the Earth's surface. They are made from aircraft, rockets, satellites, and recently, with drone-mounted cameras. In addition to obtaining interesting information about the topology, hydrology, and other important terrain data (which has applications in urban planning, agriculture, and much more), aerial photography has an undeniable artistic component. Meet 5 aerial photography accounts on Instagram that will surprise and inspire you. Bernhard Lang This German photographer with experience in the fashion and advertising world started working with aerial photography in 2010. His Aerial Views project has received numerous awards since then. He captures photos from the windows of helicopters and other small aircraft. He is interested in both the patterns and structures that can be seen from above and the impact of human activity on nature.

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