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DISCUSS: When you Photograph People in Black and White, you Photograph their Souls
20 hours ago
Canadian photojournalist – Ted Grant – is quoted as saying: “When you photograph people in color, you photograph their clothes. But when you photograph people in Black and white, you photograph their souls!” This quote often comes to mind when talking about portraiture and I thought it might make an interesting discussion starter. Do Ted’s [...]Post originally from: Digital Photography Tips. Check out our more Photography Tips at Photography Tips for Beginners, Portrait Photography Tips and...

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Categories: Reader Questions

Props Are Evil: How To Use Them For Good
20 hours ago
A Guest Post by Lynsey Peterson. Nothing freaks me out like props.  Every time I see a picture of flower girls holding an empty frame that is outlining a bride and groom kissing in the distance, I die a little inside.   Whenever I am subjected to a photo that attempts to bring in a [...]Post originally from: Digital Photography Tips. Check out our more Photography Tips at Photography Tips for Beginners, Portrait Photography Tips and Wedding Photography Tips. Props Are Evil: How To Use Them...

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Categories: Portrait Photography

6 Winning Ways to Work Wide
Yesterday
Today Joe Decker shares some tips on wide angle photography. One of the first lens purchases aspiring landscape photographers typically made is a wide or super-wide lens, anything (in full-frame 35mm terms) from 24mm on down, and with good reason, wides offer photographers the ability to capture the sweeping vistas of the natural landscape. But [...]Post originally from: Digital Photography Tips. Check out our more Photography Tips at Photography Tips for Beginners, Portrait Photography Tips...

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Categories: Featured, Other Photography Tips

Make your Photos Sparkle with GIMP
Yesterday
A Guest Contribution by Anotherphotograpbynoob.com. What this tutorial will show you In short: how I made the photo on the right become the photo on the left. In this tutorial, we will cover basic tools of the free photo editing software GIMP. Here is a quick rundown of the features covered in this tutorial: Crop [...]Post originally from: Digital Photography Tips. Check out our more Photography Tips at Photography Tips for Beginners, Portrait Photography Tips and Wedding Photography...

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Categories: Post Production Tips

How to Create a “Standard Import” Preset in Lightroom 4
5/18/2013
Introduction The following is an excerpt from the SLR Lounge Lightroom Workflow System Workshop on DVD, a system designed to increase your post production speed by 5 to 10 times! Click here to learn more. In this article, we are going to talk about creating a develop preset that you would like to apply to all of [...]Post originally from: Digital Photography Tips. Check out our more Photography Tips at Photography Tips for Beginners, Portrait Photography Tips and Wedding Photography...

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Categories: Featured: Post Production, Post Production Tips, adobe lightroom presets, lightroom 4 presets, lightroom presets

My First Concert: Lighting Craziness
5/18/2013
A few years ago, I managed to start working with one of my favorite groups of musicians, a progressive heavy metal band from Pennsylvania called Shadow Gallery.  This has led to me collaborating with them in a number of ways.  I did some publicity photos for them, shot a music video (in another first for [...]Post originally from: Digital Photography Tips. Check out our more Photography Tips at Photography Tips for Beginners, Portrait Photography Tips and Wedding Photography Tips. My First...

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Categories: Other Photography Tips, Photography Tips and Tutorials, music photography, performance, photography, photography tips, Photography Tips for Beginners, technique

"Our Landscape: The Trees" photo contest - Call for entries
5/18/2013
"Our Landscape: The Trees" photo contest - Call for entries
Photo: Laurie McCormick May 18, 2013 /Photography News/ Our landscape is not complete without trees. Whether urban, suburban or rural, trees are the integral part of nature of this planet. They are sometimes taken for granted, and sometimes they are revered with awe. We cannot exist without trees. TBM invites you to submit images depicting the beauty, reverence and importance of this botanical gift. Color and/or black and white images will be accepted. Representations of trees of any shape,...

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Categories: Photography, photo contest, landscape photography

Curves: Weekly Photography Challenge
5/17/2013
This week – as a follow up to our article Composing with Curves – your challenge is to take and share an image on the theme of ‘Curves’. Read Composing with Curves, choose one of the types of curves mentioned (‘C Curves’, ‘Arches’, ‘S Curves’, ‘Circles’ or ‘Implied Curves’) and go out and try to [...]Post originally from: Digital Photography Tips. Check out our more Photography Tips at Photography Tips for Beginners, Portrait Photography Tips and Wedding Photography Tips. Curves: Weekly...

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Categories: Reader Questions

So You Want to Be a Stock Photographer, Part II
5/17/2013
Preface:  There will be no images included in this entry. The point is to have the reader start reviewing the work of  great stock shooters. Stock photography is work and part of that work is research.  In this entry I have dropped names and agencies.  Now the research begins. Check out Part I of this [...]Post originally from: Digital Photography Tips. Check out our more Photography Tips at Photography Tips for Beginners, Portrait Photography Tips and Wedding Photography Tips. So You Want...

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Categories: Photography Tips and Tutorials

Using Water to Lighten Landscape Photos
5/16/2013
Photo by peter bowers Most Pro landscape photographers recommend shooting either at (or around) dawn or dusk in order to capture their scene in the ‘golden hours’ when the light is at it’s best (in fact some will rarely shoot at any other time of day). However, one of the problems associated with shooting at [...]Post originally from: Digital Photography Tips. Check out our more Photography Tips at Photography Tips for Beginners, Portrait Photography Tips and Wedding Photography Tips. Using...

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Categories: Composition Tips

20 Photography Tips Every Travel Photographer Must Know
5/16/2013
1. Get up Early The best light to capture most kinds of subjects is in the golden hours- one hour after sunrise and one hour before sunset (depend off course on where you are on the globe). So get up early to get that amazing photo opportunities, while all the other tourists are still asleep. [...]Post originally from: Digital Photography Tips. Check out our more Photography Tips at Photography Tips for Beginners, Portrait Photography Tips and Wedding Photography Tips. 20 Photography Tips...

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Categories: Travel Photography

LIFE FRAMER new photo contest judged by Julia Fullerton-Batten (WPO, Hasseblad Master Award)
5/15/2013
LIFE FRAMER new photo contest judged by Julia Fullerton-Batten (WPO, Hasseblad Master Award)
May 15, 2013 /Photography News/ Life Framer is a monthly photography award and curated exhibition for the present day.  It’s a platform designed to source creative work and showcase outstanding photography. Our aim is to bring exposure to talented photographers from all over the world: your talent, your vision, your life. Every month Life Framer makes a call to arms to the photographic community to provide it with their photographs that best capture its theme. Winners will have the chance...

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Categories: Photography News, photo contest, Life Framer

Win over $30,000 in awards with EXPOSURE 2013
5/10/2013
Win over $30,000 in awards with EXPOSURE 2013
May 10, 2013 /Photography News/ Photographers, you’re invited to join EXPOSURE. See.Me presents the 4th annual international photography competition offering over $30,000 in awards including a $10,000 grant and a reception for your work at the Aperture Foundation gallery in NYC. Photographers, this is your moment! Eligibility: EXPOSURE is open to photographers 18 and older from anywhere in the world!  The organizers are looking for all types of digital and film photography, including...

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Categories: photo contest, EXPOSURE, photography award

Magnificent timelapse by Sy Stepanov
5/9/2013
If there’s one thing I absolutely love, it's awesome timelapses. My friend Sy Stepanov knows a thing or two about creating absolutely magnificent timelapse videos. Flick the HD mode on on the video below, and click on the little button with the outward arrows, because checking it out in full screen gives you the full, mind-blowing effect. Seriously, get this bad boy as big and sharp as you can handle: Timelapses by Sy Stepanov from Triggertrap on Vimeo. Download the app for free! Now, you...

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Summer cashback from Canon
5/9/2013
It hasn't been that long since Canon ran its spring cashback promotion, with rebates on purchases of its higher-end cameras and lenses luring you to part with your hard-earned pennies. Now the summer cashback scheme is in full swing, with money back available on purchases of 700D, 600D, 100D, and EOS M cameras. As well being able to claim between £30 and £50 back on interchangeable lens cameras, there are also eight lenses with a maximum rebate of £55 available, Speedlites with £20 back, and...

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Categories: canon, cashback, promotion

Serge Ramelli on Lightroom 5
5/8/2013
I've watched and enjoyed Serge Ramelli's videos, so I figured, why not get his work out to more. His process style is quite similar to my own, and he has a few neat tricks using Radial as a light source.. Sweet. Enjoy!

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Categories: serge ramelli, video

Making Books in Lightroom 5: Promises and Reality
5/8/2013
Making Books in Lightroom 5: Promises and Reality
The beta version of Lightroom 5 has been available for some time now and people talk about the new features, some of which, like the Advanced Healing Brush, make Photoshop less needed for editing. There are also some other tools that photographers of all levels will love. Stuff like the Offline editing with Smart Previews, which lets you easily work with images without bringing your entire library with you, might just be what a generation essentially posting to the web might need. You just...

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Categories: Adobe, beta, blurb, book module, ebooks, lightroom, pages, PDF, photoshop

Train Car in HDR - Part 3 - Shooting
5/8/2013
Train Car in HDR - Part 3 - Shooting
Article and images - © John Neel Continued from Part 2 The image above, shows the approximate area covered by the Sony NEX APS size sensor in comparison to the final image capture. The RhinoCam is designed to approximate a 645 medium format digital capture. The secret is that the lens is in a fixed position. The lens itself does not move during the capture. Instead, the digital camera body moves relative to the image circle projected by the lens. To shoot the image, eight image frames are shot...

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Aquafadas Mothers Day Sale
5/7/2013
Aquafadas Mothers Day Sale
French slideshow maker Aquafadas has announced Mothers Days deals for it's PulpMotion and KidsMotion software at USD$24.50 and USD$12.50 repectively. The easy to use Mac slideshow maker contains hundreds of themes and a simple drag and drop interface. Add photos, video and music to a chosen theme to quickly create an engaging slideshow. Sharing is easy too: PulpMotion’s export menu allows users to share their creations easily with friends and family by simply exporting to their iPhone,...

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Categories: Aquafadas, Pulp Motion

Adobe announce Photoshop CC, Lightroom 5 to remain standalone.
5/7/2013
Adobe have announced that the next version of Photoshop will be Photoshop CC, not CS7. With the emphasis switched to the Cloud from last year, CS6 marks the end of an era for Adobe. In Future Photoshop will be cloud only with constant updating, rather than a new version every 18-24 months. This means that new features will be available as soon as the work on them is complete, rather than waiting for the cycle to come around again.  To sweeten the deal, owners of CS3, CS4, CS5 and CS6 can get a...

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Categories: Lightroom 5, photoshop, Photoshop CC

May's other-worldly competition
5/7/2013
To celebrate the release of my book later this month, Surreal Photography: Creating the Impossible, it seemed entirely appropriate that this month's competition theme should be surreal. We're not picky about the type of surrealism you want to enter: it can be a battle of gods and monsters from a universe undiscovered, painstakngly composited in Photoshop; or you can submit an infrared picture that puts us at five degrees to the world we know. You can use Photoshop manipulation, in-camera...

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Adobe CS Moves to the Creative Cloud
5/7/2013
Today at its Adobe Max creative conference event, the company announced that when its new software hits—well, not shelves—this June, they will be available as cloud based subscriptions only. Along with the cloud-based subscription model, Creative Suite is also being rebranded Creative Cloud.  For the subscription fee, users will be given full access to the entire set of Adobe's creative tools, with updates; as well as cloud storage services and collaboration tools.  What does this mean for...

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Categories: Adobe Creative Cloud, Adobe Creative Suite

PHOTOGRAPH Is Out Now!
5/7/2013
PHOTOGRAPH Is Out Now!
The editor's note of this issue gives us David duChemin talking about his recent experience in Kenya, a trip from which you'll see some photographs in this very issue. A trip he started with a set of fears regarding what to expect but that ended with him, again, discovering the power a camera has to change the way we look at the world. "The camera encourages us to look harder, past the things we take for granted, and in so doing we learn to see things differently.When we peer through the lens,...

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Categories: creative, david duchemin, digital magazine, Hengki Koentjoro, inspiration, john paul caponigro

World Press Freedom Day: Why should a free press even be up for discussion in 2013?
5/3/2013
World Press Freedom Day: Why should a free press even be up for discussion in 2013?
May 3, 2013 /Photography News/ May 3 is recognized around the globe as World Press Freedom Day. This year is its 20th anniversary, and an opportunity to reflect on the fundamental principles of press freedom. Focusing on the theme Safe to Speak: Securing Freedom of Expression in All Media,  World Press Freedom Day 2013 highlights journalist safety, crimes against freedom of expression, and securing a free and open Internet as the precondition for online safety. How safe are journalists...

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Categories: world press freedom day, freedom of expression

2013 "The Eyes" photo contest
5/2/2013
2013 "The Eyes" photo contest
Photo: Jodi Champagne March 26, 2013 /Photography News/ The eyes are said to be the windows of the soul. They tell so much about ourselves. Feelings of joy, sadness or fear radiate from the eyes. Truth or betrayal can be discovered from one glance. The eyes are a defining part of us. PictureCompete is seeking those images that best display the human eyes. Prizes: First Place:  •$200 (USD) Cash Prize •$100 Blurb™ Gift Card Second Place: $75 (USD) Cash Prize Third Place: $50 (USD)...

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Categories: PictureCompete, photo contest, eyes photos, portrait

Make Time and Create Networks to Develop Your Photography
5/2/2013
Photography: Bruce Myren Full time professional photographers complain about the competition from enthusiasts who don’t count their overheads. They worry about finding their next client, spend more time than they’d like on paperwork and marketing, and if they’re being honest, they’ll admit that not all jobs are equally exciting. But they still have one big [...]

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Categories: full-time photography, adjunct professor, Art Institute of Boston, artist and photographer, Bruce Myren, professor of photography

Rohyingya. Myanmar’s internally displaced. Photo essay by Phil Behan
4/28/2013
Rohyingya. Myanmar’s internally displaced. Photo essay by Phil Behan
April 28, 2013 /Photography News/ The endless persecution of Muslim Rohingya continues in Myanmar’s Rakhine state and now they face further hardship as the monsoon season approaches the South East Asian country. Community members in the remote river village of Inbargyi in Myanmar's Rakhine State. Locals say the village was attacked by a large group of people in October and several thousand people fled during the violence. The local Mosque was also burned to the ground. Copyright: P.Behan...

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Categories: Myanmar, United Nations, Phil Behan, Rohyingya


Beyoncé's unflattering photos lead to pro photographers ban on new tour
4/23/2013
Beyoncé's unflattering photos lead to pro photographers ban on new tour
April 23, 2013 /Photography News/ After a number of unflattering photos of Beyoncé's Superbowl performance went viral online earlier in 2013, the superstar has reportedly banned photographers from attending her Mrs. Carter Show world tour, and will supply "pre-approved images" to the media after each show. Beyoncé The Mrs. Carter Show 2013 World Tour guidelines for Photographers (via Music Photographers): Noam Galai of Fstoppers writes that this policy may actually backfire on...

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Categories: Beyonce meme, concert photography ban

When Mobile Photography Beats Traditional Photography
4/18/2013
Photography: Star Rush For most photographers, the lens on a smartphone is a fun toy. It provides a way to capture a moment — a moment to which they hadn’t brought their DSLR — and it lets them share those snaps with friends and family. But it’s not a real camera. It’s not a device [...]

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Categories: specialty photography, Camera phone, Cornish College of the Arts, Edmonds Arts Commission, instagram, mobil photography, mobile phones, smartphone


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"Signs of Love" photo contest winners announced
4/13/2013
"Signs of Love" photo contest winners announced
April 13, 2013 /Photography News/ TeraBella Media has just announced the winning photographers in the "Signs of Love" call for entry: First Place: Andy Lee Second Place: Daniel Polidori Third Place: Nicholai Go Honorable Mentions:  Shane Ernest Leanda Parker-Sleeman Terry Wild Merit Winners: Tony Bowen Jane Goodrich Paul Kessel Untitled by Andy Lee, 1st Prize Winner Judges’ Statement:  The two top finalists were able to capture the viewer’s attention in a most...

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Categories: Photography News, photo contest, winners

iStockPhoto Founder Re-Creates Two-Tier Stock Industry
4/10/2013
When Bruce Livingstone launched iStockPhoto thirteen years ago, he split the stock industry. For the first time, enthusiasts — people with no connections to the photography industry, no professional training and no experience of creating for a market — could upload their photographs and make money from their talent. The result was a revolution. While [...]

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Categories: Microstock Photography, IStockphoto, Sean Locke, Stocksy, Yuri Arcurs

Eadweard Muybridge and the zoopraxiscope. Bonus: his 1882 book
4/9/2013
Eadweard Muybridge and the zoopraxiscope. Bonus: his 1882 book
April 9, 2013 /Photography News/ Born 183 years ago, Eadweard James Muybridge was an English photographer important for his pioneering work in photographic studies of motion and in motion-picture projection. He is also known for  his zoopraxiscope, a device for projecting motion pictures that pre-dated the flexible perforated film strip used in cinematography. By 1860, Muybridge was a successful bookseller. During one of his business trips, he suffered severe head injuries in a violent...

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Categories: history of photography, Eadweard Muybridge

Roma people around the world (photos)
4/8/2013
Roma people around the world (photos)
April 8, 2013 /Photography News/ Observed on April 8 each year, the International Romani Day celebrates Romani culture and raises awareness of the issues facing Romani people. The history of the Roma is one of continuous struggle and persecution. The Romani people have long been a part of the collective mythology of the West, where they were -and very often still are- depicted as outsiders, aliens, and a threat. From the time of the Abolition of Romani Slavery in 1856, to the present day,...

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Categories: roma people, International Romani Day, gypsy photos

Create a Portfolio That Shows the Photographer as Well as the Photographs
4/2/2013
When it comes to telling their own story in images, photographers often struggle. While their photos and galleries may be memorable and unique their websites and portfolios are too frequently dull, derivative and, to a buyer who sees one slideshow after another, instantly forgettable. Instead of showing who they are, the websites become a collection [...]

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Categories: Photography Business, eyeist, portfolios

Collector's Suit Against William Eggleston Dismissed
3/29/2013
The dismissal of a collector’s suit against William Eggleston signals to photographers and dealers that they have the right to issue new editions of a work, at least under New York law.

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Legal Photography Nightmares — and What They Mean for You
3/13/2013
It’s not just photographers and social media fans who like Instagram; lawyers love the photo-sharing site too. After Instagram announced a badly-written change to its terms of service that would apparently have allowed the Facebook property to sell contributors’ images without compensation, the lawyers brought out their briefcases. Even though Instagram quickly took down the [...]

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Categories: photography legal issues, court cases, legal issues




A Passion for Wrecks and Images Give a Photography Enthusiast a Second Career
2/28/2013
Image: Pongsatorn Sukhum Pongsatorn Sukhum was on his way to becoming a professional photographer. A long-time camera enthusiast, he took a year off college while studying in the UK to work in a studio that shot advertising photography. He then moved into editorial photography, shooting for travel magazines and building up a collection of underwater [...]

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Categories: specialty photography, Pongsatorn Sukhum, steel hulk, swimming photographer, Underwater photography


Pinterest Beats Paid Advertising for Wedding Photographers
2/14/2013
Wedding photographers who aren’t using Pinterest are missing an important opportunity to both inspire current clients and to win new brides. That’s the opinion of a number of leading wedding photographers who have turned to the picture-heavy pinboard to show off their work and market their businesses. They’re shrugging off concerns about the uncontrolled spread [...]

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Categories: Photo Community, Gala Darling, Leeann Marie, pinterest, Roll Bride, wedding photographer, wedding photography

Microstock Photographers Plan D-Day Boycott After Getty Gives Away Images Through Google
1/29/2013
Contributors to iStockphoto are planning to pull their portfolios from the microstock site following the discovery of a new distribution agreement with Google. Users of Google Drive, the search company’s cloud-based productivity app, can now insert stock photos drawn from Getty’s inventories into their Google documents without paying a license fee. The images aren’t promoted, [...]

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Categories: Microstock Photography, microstock



Sell More Than Your Photography Skills
1/14/2013
In an environment as competitive as the photo industry, photographers need all the advantages they can get — including specialized knowledge. Expertise in f-stops and exposure times is pretty common and while talent might be rarer, there’s no shortage of enthusiasts who can shoot great pictures time after time. Now that they can make those [...]

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Categories: full-time photography, Microstock Photography, microstock site, photographer, Scott Schuman

Shoot as an Amateur, Show Like a Pro
1/7/2013
Photography: Gavin Hookway When it comes to getting their work noticed, professional photographers have all the breaks. They have the best equipment, the time to practice and perfect their skills, and the contacts that can put their portfolios in front of buyers and their photos on the walls of galleries. At least that’s what enthusiasts [...]

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Categories: part-time photography, Eden Court, Gavin Hookaway, Joe Cornish, Mountbatten Gallery, Nicki MacRae, Photography Institute, Portsmouth Art College, semi-professional photographer


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