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Ever wanted to be like Jacques Cousteau? Bringing back underwater photos a few decades ago was a lot harder than it is today. You'd need a custom-built housing for your camera, a huge supply of film, and the discipline to not shoot all…

Still photos are great--until you're trying to capture action. Creating a speed / motion effect in a still photo is one of the most under-used techniques in the average photographer's collection of tricks. And although it takes a little…

Think about some of the great portrait photos you've seen before. Maybe it's Steve McCurry's famous 'Afghan Girl' on the cover of National Geographic? John Lennon's cover shot by Annie Leibovitz in Rolling Stone? I can still remember…

Let's be honest here. The point of taking great beach photos is to make everyone back home jealous when you get back. Ok, I'm joking a bit, but I will admit that it took me a few years of (ahem) field research on some of the world's most…