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Shooting the Skyline with Architectural Photographer Randy Van Duinen

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Join me for this LIVE Broadcast as I talk with Photographer Randy Van Duinen to discover the HOW, WHY and WHAT of becoming an Award Winning Architectural Photographer.

*NOTE: Randy did experience some connection issues due to weather conditions where he is located

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Building a Photography Community: Finding Connection Away from Social Media

Building a Photography Community: Finding Connection Away from Social Media

That welcoming spirit is at the heart of everything we're building whether you're shooting with a smartphone, DSLR, Mirrorless or Medium format. Whether you're into landscapes, portraits, street photography, macro or whatever – there's space for you here. No judgment, just a shared love of photography and visual storytelling.

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Portraits, Passion and Process: an honest chat with Photographer Hannah Couzens

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Watch the recording of this LIVE Broadcast ass I chat with Photographer, Profoto and Sony Ambassador, Hannah Couzens to discover her process for taking portraits, lighting, getting the BEST out of a portrait session plus the challenges of a modern day studio photographer.

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Photography and the Power of Community | Angela Nicholson

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Watch the recording of this LIVE Broadcast as I chat with Angela Nicholson - Photographer, Journalist, Reviewer and Founder of SheClicks - a Community for Female Photographers. We’ll be taking about her photography, her process, gear PLUS why Community in Photography is so important.

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The UK Photography Show 2025 + Latest News, Gear and Events | Mark Baber

Watch the recording of this LIVE Broadcast of a chat with Mark Baber - The Photography Insider and Event Manager at London Camera Exchange, discussing the recent Photography and Video Show in London, Latest News, Gear including new a new Medium Format camera from Fuji, a new camera from Lumix and lenses from Sony PLUS Events within the Photography Industry.

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Photographing Cars with my iPhone 15 Pro Max

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Now primariy I’m a Portrait Photographer however this past few weeks, for the fun of it, I’ve been experimenting with my iPhone to see how it would fare when taking pictures of my car … both still and moving.

So a few weekends back I met up with friends in South Wales and headed to Crickhowell; an area I’ve photographed in before when working on this Harley image …

kit used

For these car photographs I was using my iPhone 15 Pro Max along with …

  • Polar Pro iPhone Case

  • 67mm Filter Adaptor + 67mm Circular Polarising Filter

  • ReeFlex Pro Camera App

The circular polariser is the car photographers secret weapon because of how effective it is in reducing / removing reflections in the car windows and on the bodywork …

I used the ReeFlex Pro Camera App purely so that I could use shutter speed and ISO to lock in the exposure that I wanted.

Here’s the ‘out of camera’ result …

Here’s the final retouched image which was done using Lightroom Desktop.

I also added a long exposure effect to the clouds using a technique in Photoshop which works really well however now I want to do the shoot again and capture it all ‘in camera’ using a long exposure app like ReeXpose or EvenLonger 😃

I also tried some panning shots and did get some results, however the ratio of keepers to rejects was very low.

I was trying to do this using the ReeFlex App and a Neutral Density Filter on the front of the iPhone so that I could lock in an exposed photographed at 1/30 second. However, the ReeFlex app at the time I did this did NOT have burst mode. This meant I was having to try to capture a single frame as I panned with the car passing at no more than 30 mph.

Here’s an edited result of what I managed to capture …

Later having shared this image online I spoke with a friend of mine who is a Professional Car Photographer. It was great to hear that he was impressed with the results expecially considering they were from an iPhone but he also gave me some settings that he and other pro car photographers use to capture a moving car.

My friend told me that moving car shots often see the car travelling at no more than 20 mph and that they also use a shutter speed of around 1/15 sec or 1/20 sec … but ALWAYS shoot in burst mode.

So armed with these settings I set about finding a pro camera app that would allow me to manually dial in the shutter speed but that also had Burst Mode; and the app I turned to was MOMENT.

I’ve yet to use the app in a planned car shoot however when in Germany a couple of weeks back I was waiting for a friend to pick me up and whilst waiting near a fuel station forecourt I attached the Variable Neutral Density Filter to my iPhone using the Polar Pro Case and Adaptor, and set the shutter speed using the MOMENT app.

I then simply took a burst of panning shots of passing cars as they negotiated a roundabout and drove away, which from my position would have meant them travelling around 20 mph.

Here’s some of the results …

So, yeah I’ve been very impressed with how the iPhone has dealt with this and the results I’ve managed to get.

Lots more experimenting and fun to be had!

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The Photographer’s Guide to Lifelong Learning and Creative Growth | Marco Ter Beek

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Watch the recording of this LIVE Broadcast as I chat with Professional Photographer Marco Ter Beek and discuss the importance of continually being a student in order to grow, find inspiration, being creative and ultimately creating work to be proud of.

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