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The Photography Project

Photography tips, tricks and in depth lessons taught by pro photographer Liam Smith. A completely free resource to help photographers of all levels reach their goals.

What is Aperture?

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What is aperture? Aperture literally means a hole, an opening or a gap. A window can be an aperture, a vent or passage can be an aperture. Because we love the English language and all its subtleties, we must wrap…

Advanced architectural photography

architecture photography

Advanced Architecture Photography Alignment is a mechanism for composing an image that has prominent lines, concentrating on this aims to align two or more of these lines, for example on an office building, aligning the top of the building with…

using a scanner as a camera

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Using a scanner as a device to capture images is relatively untapped. Sometimes referred to as ‘Scanography’ the process is as simple as it sounds, take an item and scan it. The results vary depending on light leeks, ambient light…