Five Things You Should Know When Planning a Trip to the American Southwest

Whether you are planning your trip to the desert from across a couple state lines or from across the world, here are a few things to take into account before actually spending any money on your travel plans.  These tips are coming directly from me to you. I have been a Utah resident for over…

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Your Photography Is Worthless: This Is Why!

The concept of working for “credit” is not a new one, nor is it unique to photography. Yet, it is one of the few industries that everyone thinks should work for free. Does the title of this article upset you? If it doesn’t, it really should. At some point in a photographer’s career, the inevitable…

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PSA: Use Night Sight to Improve Your Photos, Even When It’s Not Night

I’ve always known about Google’s Night Sight mode on Pixel phones as a method to take pictures in near darkness, but it seemed somewhat overkill in daylight. As it turns out, it can actually push your pictures to DSLR-like levels of detail and sharpness if you use it right. I’ve touched upon how Night Sight…

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What I Wish To See From A Future Nikon Z 8 or Z 9 Mirrorless Camera

Since this is Santa’s week of choice, I thought it might be a good time to put out a wishlist of my own. As many regular readers might know, I’ve been on a bit of a gear journey over the last year or so. Some of it has been by necessity, like the increased demand of…

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The Art and Science of Photography: Why Is Photography So Hard? Part I.

Ever felt a little overwhelmed at the prospect of creating a great image? Ever wonder why it seems to happen so rarely? Creating a great photograph that resonates with your audience is really complicated. But in this three-part series, we’re going to try to bring a little bit of order to that chaos! In this…

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Want to Save Money on Your Adobe Subscription? Try This Simple Trick

Earlier this year, Adobe ditched the option to buy Lightroom for a one-off fee, forcing customers to take out annual subscriptions with monthly payments, and annoying a few people along the way. However, this subscription model does present a few opportunities to save money. Check out this simple trick. While exploring out a couple of different…

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Attending a Workshop in 2020 Is Probably the Best Thing to Do If You’re a Beginner Photographer

If you’re starting out in the photography industry, getting to grips with all the different aspects that make a good image can be quite challenging. For professionals, camera settings and lighting methods may seem obvious but if you’re a beginner that may not be the case. Attending a workshop might just be the best thing to do…

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7 Tone Curve Tips That Will Make Your Editing Better

The tone curve in Lightroom and Adobe Camera Raw (ACR) is a powerful tool. Subtle changes to the tone curve can make a big difference in the look and feel of your image. Here are a few tips and tricks that will make your tone curve adjustments easier and more precise. First, let’s familiarize ourselves…

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12 Days of Christmas: Duography and Photographing in Twos

Life is comprised of a magical interweaving of yin and yang, that infinite dance of opposites that complement one another. Twos, couplets, opposites, pairs — call them what you will, but we see this play out in photography again and again, so discover five of the best. When we think of yin and yang, we…

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Is Film Photography a Fad?

Let’s face it. Film photography is having a bit of a moment, and the growth in popularity is exponential. The question is: is it a fad or is it going to be around for a while?As you may recall from my last article, 2019 has been a great year for film photography. Nearly 10 new…

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If Everyone Hates Adobe, Why Is It Pulling in Record Profits?

Last week, Adobe reported that the fourth quarter of 2019 was the most lucrative in the company’s history, delivering annual revenues of $11 billion. Given that it’s rare to hear a good word said about Adobe in the world of photography and videography, why is the company still so incredibly successful? You don’t have to…

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Do You Ever Ask Yourself: ‘Why Photography?’

The easiest answer to “why do photography?” would be “money.” But, if that’s not the case, have you ever taken the time to ask yourself if photography is the right thing for you, what you get out of it, and what your reason is for doing it in the first place? When you look through photographers’ bios on their websites…

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Here Are the Top Photography and Filmmaking Channels on YouTube and Why You Should Be Following Them in 2020

With over 20 million YouTube channels on the platform in 2019, it’s important to stand out. Check out a selection of my favorite YouTube channels in the photography and filmmaking category that you should be following today.  We are in the heart of the social media generation, and it seems like just about every person you…

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Switching to Mirrorless? A Wildlife Photographer’s View: Michelle Valberg

Imagine you’re somewhere deep in the Pacific Rain Forest to take pictures of the elusive spirit bear. It’s wet, and it’s cold. On top of that, the light is patchy, the shadows are dark. There’s a bit of movement down river. You lift your camera to your eye to capture the moment. In your imagination,…

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What to Do If Inspiration Is Lacking

Ever find yourself needing the inspiration to create an image, but you just can muster up any from anywhere? It happens to all of us, don’t worry. Recently I had to create an image for a client. I searched and searched for inspiration, but it didn’t seem to come. This can happen because of many…

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Why I Bought a Nikon D750 in 2019

Tis the season for spending on camera gear and all the latest and greatest tools. But sometimes, the best investment isn’t always the most flashy. I realize now that that opening paragraph may also be able to be viewed as a pun. Get it? Flashy. But, while I can’t claim that to be an intentional turn of phase,…

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What Panasonic Needs to Win the Full Frame Fight

The GH5 was a huge success for Panasonic and consumers, but the stakes are much higher now. What will prevent Panasonic from being overtaken? In short, I want to talk about how Panasonic needs to make proper L-mount adapters, so they can attract users to their camera line up without needing to commit to the…

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In Depth Comparison of the DJI Mavic Mini, Air, Zoom, and Pro Drones

With the latest Mavic Mini release, DJI now offers four drones in the Mavic line-up, ranging from entry level aircraft to professional grade quadcopter. But picking the right model might be confusing. Here is clear and comprehensive comparison based on direct, hands-on experience. Criteria of Comparison Price: The price point is an obvious criterion, but…

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A Client Wants All Unedited Images for a Very Small Amount: What Do You Do?

You’ve photographed a commercial client, they select several images, but want all the unedited versions for a symbolic price. Obviously, you did a good job at shooting, but what about the negotiations in that case? Client’s Point of View From the client’s perspective, you have a bunch of files on your hard drive that stay…

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Fstoppers Reviews the Caldigit Tuff Nano Portable NVMe Drive

Fast and reliable portable storage is a must-have for today’s mobile creatives, and the big players in the space have been producing increasingly compact and speedy drives every year. In today’s review, we’ll be taking a look at Caldigit’s new Tuff Nano portable drive.  Caldigit’s Tuff Drives As a quick recap, Caldigit has made a…

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Please Don’t Tell Me You’re Doing This With All Your Photos

Can you imagine buying a gorgeous new Ferrari, then storing it in the darkness of your garage forever? Sounds pretty crazy, right? But you could be doing almost the exact equivalent when it comes to your photography. I’m sure you’ve seen shows like American Idol, or X Factor, or Britain’s Got Talent, and so forth.…

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Don’t Be Afraid of High ISOs in Your Photography

Every photographer would love to shoot at the lowest ISO their camera allows all the time to maintain the highest possible levels of detail and dynamic range. But sometimes, that just isn’t possible; in fact, sometimes, you have to pump up the ISO quite high to get the shot. Do not be afraid to do…

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Mimicking Apple’s Address Book for the Web

As we all know, WordPress is so extensive that you can use it for nearly anything. There are even articles on sites with crazy titles such as 101 alternative uses for WordPress. So I thought, hey, why not? I bet a lot of people want to create their own Web Apps, and essentially WordPress can…

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5 Amazing New WordPress 2.7 Features

WordPress 2.7 is to be publically released in the next week, and a whole bunch of features have been packed in, looking past the obvious such as the new redesign. The new dashboard, Screen options, Plugins, Themes and Core upgrades and the media library! New Commenting system The Comments section of WordPress has been completely…

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Plan Your Meteor Shower Photography From Your Smartphone

Experienced night sky shooters know that some of the most challenging targets are meteors. While meteor showers, which happen several times a year, will make capturing the elusive meteors easier because there are more of them, you can still point a camera to the sky with a 30 minute exposure and get nothing. Then, suddenly,…

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Anatomy of a WordPress Plugin

WordPress is well known for its amazing collection of free plugins. There is one for almost every needyou can think of, from backing up your WordPress installation to asking for a cup of coffeeor fighting spam. But there are times when none of the available plugins seem to quite do the trick you are looking…

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Revisiting Affinity Photo After a Few Years Away: Is It Ready for Prime Time?

I’ve been exploring alternative workflows to Adobe Photoshop ever since the company forced a subscription model on its users several years ago. For all its bugginess and performance problems, I keep coming back to it, because it still spits out the highest quality images for my purposes. But some of the competition is nipping at…

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The Ultimate Guide to Building a WordPress Plugin

When it comes to adding extra functionality to a WordPress blog, WordPress users typically go and search for a plugin that might suit their needs. There are often plugins created for basic extended functionality, but what happens when you can’t find the perfect plugin for your needs? It might be easier to just create the…

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Create a Custom WordPress Plugin From Scratch

This tutorial will describe the implementation of a WordPress plugin starting from scratch. The plugin will connect to an external OSCommerce database and display random products on your WordPress site. It also implements a configuration page for the WordPress admin panel. Looking for a Shortcut? If you have a great idea for a plugin but…

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Create a Custom WordPress Plugin From Scratch

This tutorial will describe the implementation of a WordPress plugin starting from scratch. The plugin will connect to an external OSCommerce database and display random products on your WordPress site. It also implements a configuration page for the WordPress admin panel. Looking for a Shortcut? If you have a great idea for a plugin but…

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Which Sensor Size Suits Your Type of Photography the Best?

There are different sensor sizes in existence. This is common knowledge for most photo enthusiasts, and often it is said a full frame sensor is the professional choice. Let’s see if size makes a difference for your type of photography. Although the different size photo sensors are something of the digital age, different film sizes…

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The 13 Most Essential Plugins for WordPress

WordPress is a very powerful and flexible blog/content management system, but the thousands of plugins really help to extend the basic functionality. Here are 13 essential plugins that you should immediately install after finishing the WordPress installation. Akismet This one should be a no-brainer. Akismet uses their web service to check the comments on your…

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What Do You Think Is the Best Camera of the Decade?

With the decade drawing to a close, there is a lot to review, like which camera was the best. I’m not looking for sales stats, official awards, or the general consensus. I want to know what you think the best camera of the decade is and why. There will technically be a camera that won the most…

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Beginner to Master, Part 1

Throughout this six-part beginner-to-master series, we’ll be using the advanced features of WordPress to create our own portfolio & blog, complete with an options page, multiple styles and support for the new WordPress 2.7 features. In day one, we’re handling the preparation and admin sections by creating our Options page. Also available in this series:…

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Beginner to Master, Part 3

Throughout this six-part beginner-to-master series, we’ll be using the advanced features of WordPress to create our own portfolio & blog, complete with an options page, multiple styles and support for the new WordPress 2.7 features. Today we’ll layout our blog posts and style ‘single posts’ based on category. Today we’re going to be bringing our…

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Fstoppers Reviews the New CamRanger 2

Earlier this year, I wrote a review of the CamRanger Mini. As I mentioned in my article, I was looking for a way to remotely trigger my camera when I can’t be located in a particular area for the action sports I shoot. I found the CamRanger Mini was a terrific device for remotely controlling…

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Beginner to Master, Part 2

Throughout this six-part beginner-to-master series, we’ll be using the advanced features of WordPress to create our own portfolio & blog, complete with an options page, multiple styles and support for the new WordPress 2.7 features. Today, we’re creating our homepage layout. Also available in this series: WordPress: Beginner to Master, Part 1 WordPress: Beginner to…

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Are You Thinking of Moving From Lightroom to Capture One? Read This First

There are plenty of things about Lightroom that bug me and despite being a hardened user of more than 6 years, I thought it was about time give something else a go. The newly updated Capture One caught my attention and opened my eyes. Capture One 20 launched earlier this month and it claims to…

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Social Networking with BuddyPress

Automattic, the company behind WordPress, has recently acquired and will be releasing social networking software called BuddyPress. The software, built on top of WordPress, was created by Andy Peatling as way to start your very own social network similar to Facebook. Today, we will take a look at installing BuddyPress. Step 1 – What is…

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Beginner to Master, Part 5

Throughout this six-part beginner-to-master series, we’ll be using the advanced features of WordPress to create our own portfolio & blog, complete with an options page, multiple styles and support for the new WordPress 2.7 features. Today, we’ll deal with the comments, the search, and the archive. This part is mainly about fixing up the extra…

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Fstoppers Reviews the Wotancraft Nomad Camera Backpack

Wotancraft’s new camera backpack gives you versatility and camera storage without looking like a camera bag. When looking for a great travel camera bag, one of the main things people look for is that it doesn’t look like it’s holding a ton of expensive camera gear. Wotancraft did just that with the new Nomad backpack.…

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Beginner to Master, Part 4

Throughout this six-part beginner-to-master series, we’ll be using the advanced features of WordPress to create our own portfolio & blog, complete with an options page, multiple styles and support for the new WordPress 2.7 features. Today, we’ll work on the Portfolio itself. Today we’re going to create our main Portfolio page, which is actually very…

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Fstoppers Reviews the DJI Mavic Mini Drone

The Mavic Mini is one of the smallest HD drones on the market right now, and it actually performs well. If you are looking to get into drones, but don’t want to break the bank, this could be what you are looking for. A few weeks ago, DJI announced their Mavic Mini, a 249-gram drone that…

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How to Make a Featured Post Carousel for WordPress

It’s becoming more and more common for blogs to feature certain posts at the top of the page. In this tutorial, we’re going to show you how to implement this in WordPress. We’ll be using the default theme, Kubrik, as our base theme, but it should be adaptable to most themes with some modification. There’s…

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Six Items You Can Skimp On

Photography can be an expensive game, but there are some bits of kit that you really don’t need to spend big money on. Here are six bits of kit you can skimp on. It can be really daunting trying to decide where to spend your money, but hopefully, saving on these items will allow you…

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WordPress Sidebar Turned Apple-Flashy Using jQuery UI

Apple have always been Gods in terms of the way they present themselves and their products. I just love the sidebar on the Apple Startpage, and wanted to use the Accordion plugin in jQuery UI to achieve this! As if that’s not enough for me, I want to be able to show and hide it…

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How I Edited It: Five Easy Steps for Portrait Retouching in Lightroom

Lightroom’s Adjustment Brush and Spot Removal Tool have improved in leaps and bounds over the past few updates, opening the door to quicker, easier portrait retouching for photographers of all editing skill levels. Here are five steps to quick and easy portrait retouching in Lightroom. Step 1: Presets and Basic Adjustments Start by opening your…

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Build a Featured Posts Section for WordPress

WordPress is awesome. Even more awesome is the fact that it can be customized to power any type of site you like! Here, we’ll be learning how to create a featured and “latest posts” section – easily a ‘must-have’ for all good News/Magazine themes. We’ll also go over using the ‘Custom Fields’ to their fullest…

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Integrating and Customizing Lijit for Your Site

Search is an important part of any website, and a lacking search functionality will mean that your visitors won’t find what they’re looking for, never a good thing. If you’re a WordPress user, you know what it is like, because WordPress, like so many other online publishing platforms, just can’t be as good as Google…

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Do You Honestly Make Photographs?

Each and every one of us is looking for appreciation. Showing our images to friends and family, most of us hope for a nice comment or feedback. Professionals are even dependent on their clients’ excitement and recommendation. How far do you tweak your images to reach that? Your Photographs Are Not Objective In every image,…

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Build a Newspaper Theme With WP_Query and the 960 CSS Framework

WP_Query is a powerful tool to control what comes out of your loop. Today I’m going to teach you all how to use it to make a 3 columned newspaper theme that has all your main blog posts in the main column, and off to the side a set of posts with a certain…

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Why Every Photographer Should Have a Casual Compact Camera

Most photographers, especially the big-shot professionals, are very selective and even grandiose with their gear, but here’s why having a casual and compact camera for everyday use is a great idea. For most of our lives as photographers, we almost always are in pursuit of the best gear. Any reader of this site would know…

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Create a YouTube Section With WordPress

So I was reading a few blogs that I read, as you do on a lazy afternoon, and I came across Ideate . I loved the theme so much, I wanted to re-create the little TV box they have that contains a YouTube video. In this tutorial, we’ll have a look at how! Preface We’ll…

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How to Create a WordPress Theme from Scratch

Following on from the recent article on “PSD to HTML”, this tutorial will look at taking a HTML/CSS template and turning it into a functioning WordPress theme. There is so much you can do when creating your own theme we couldn’t nearly cover it all. So, we’re going to look at how themes are structured,…

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About JPEG Images and Their Quality Degradation

You lose information when an image is saved in JPEG format. This is acceptable, unless you save the same image more than once. Let’s have a look at how much information you really lose. The JPEG file format is widely used because of its small file size. You can use it on the internet, social…

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How to Create a WordPress Theme from Scratch: Part 2

It’s time for the good stuff now. We’ll be adding the comments system, a sidebar with widgets and an archive for all the old posts. This will cover all that you need for a simple but well functioning WordPress theme, and hopefully you be able to apply this to all sorts of theming projects. Overview…

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Context Includes

The great thing about WordPress is that it doesn’t limit how content is displayed, but provides a ‘framework’ of ways to do so. Even better, it’s possible to change the display according to the content. When writing this tutorial it was hard to explain what’s going on… But the best way is this: the post…

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Nik Updates Its Plug-In Collection With Extensive Black and White Enhancements

I reviewed the newly revived Nik Collection in June. It was nice to have the collection back, after Google bought it and then let it sit idle. Now it’s been sold to DXO, and it’s compatible with the latest PC and Mac operating systems. The collection has been freshened up with a new release from…

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The Anatomy of GamePress – Part 1 (Updated)

GamePress is a “Gaming News & Reviews” theme for WordPress and currently one of the most popular themes at ThemeForest. It is the most advanced theme I’ve created so far, and really pushes what the WordPress engine can do! Already read this article? Continue on to Part 2. This two-part series will focus on several…

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Three Key Ingredients I Look for in My Landscape Photography

There are many ingredients you can mix and match to make amazing landscape photography. In this article, I share three of the most important ingredients I use in my landscape photography. Landscape photography is my passion, my hobby, and my work. I live and breathe landscape photography, and despite the fact that I live well…

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Don’t Ignore Your WordPress Footer

Footers are often an overlooked aspect of designing a site – when they can actually be kinda handy and informative. In this tutorial we’ll go through some options you can have for your WordPress site. Preface As per usual, with these tutorials, you’ll need a WordPress directory. By now, if you’ve been doing them you…

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Filmmaking: Much Complex Than You Might Think

Today, many transition or expand their career from photography to videography, relying on the advanced technology we already have in our hands. However, most of them aren’t aware that they are entering a whole new universe that’s vastly unknown by stills photographers. The last decade has marked itself with a significant change in the world…

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How to Use the Slider Revolution Plugin for WordPress

In this post, we’re going to review the Slider Revolution Responsive WordPress plugin, which allows you to create rich and dynamic content on your WordPress websites. And not just sliders: it allows you to build carousels, content modules, and full-fledged websites by using the rich built-in editor! Nowadays, sliders and carousels are important building blocks…

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How to Choose a WordPress Slider or Carousel Plugin

Sliders are very popular design elements. They are the most dynamic way to display visual media on your website. You can use them in hundreds of ways to engage visitors on your website.   There are hundreds of slider plugins available for WordPress to help you build, organize, and manage your sliders.  In this article, I…

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You Don’t Feel Competitive? Maybe It’s Because You’re the Worst Photographer Ever

Photographers who already made it beyond the beginner’s level sometimes have trouble getting out to shoot. Because they know what a good photograph needs, they’re afraid they can’t deliver that quality. If that’s you, then maybe you’re the Worst Photographer Ever. A Problem Everyone Is Familiar With Every creative person will know the problem of a block. Writers have writer’s…

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How to Run a WordPress Photo Contest With a Plugin

One of the ways to create brand awareness is by offering prizes to customers. Luckily WordPress provides you with an easy way to do that by running a contest. With just a simple plugin, you can set up a contest in your WordPress site. Creating competitions and contests is also the quickest way for any brand looking…

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How to Build Amazing Forms in WordPress With the FormCraft Plugin

In this post, we’re going to review the FormCraft WordPress plugin, which allows you to create amazing forms with drag and drop. It’s one of the most popular and useful form builders available in the market at the moment. Forms are one of the most important parts of a website—they allow you to collect various…

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Make More Money Next Year by Learning Photography Business Tips from Monte Isom

Hands down, the Fstoppers tutorial that can get you the biggest return on investment is Monte Isom’s tutorial “Making Real Money – The Business of Commercial Photography.” As you’ll see below, Monte’s knowledge and guidance has literally made photographers tens of thousands of dollars. For the last day of our Black Friday sale, you can get this tutorial for…

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Create a Membership WordPress Site With UMP

Do you want to start earning money from your WordPress website? You could enrol in the Amazon Associates program and generate revenue via referral links, sell advertising space using a plugin such as Adning, or you might even decide to start selling your own products via your website.  All of these methods can generate a…

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