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Black Female Photographer Kris Saint Laurent and shooting a unique beach shot

Kris Saint Laurent is a Scopio photographer who executed a brilliant beach shoot amongst rocks at Fort Wetherill, which is a former coast artillery fort that occupies the southern portion of the eastern tip of Conanicut Island in Jamestown, Rhode Island. It was an old abandoned jail. What a better location for a female empowered shoot. Jokes. Kris and her friend Schae Lewis, who is a stylist managed to execute a unique look with multiple models, and friends. The trick is that Kris' friends included a clothing and hair stylist in Rhode Island. This model is a Software Engineer, no beach bum... Here are some tips from Kris 1. Scout a unique location Kris was looking for the perfect location to execute a fun shoot on her free time,...

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4 Tips from Gary Vee that Photographers and Creatives have been waiting to hear

Who is Gary Vee @Garyvee and how can you help you be a better photographer? We love Gary Vaynerchuk for his straight forward approach to getting up, doing, and making money and a legacy for yourself. He's a self-made entrepreneur, internet personality, and works to bring motivation out of everyone, anyone, anywhere. He wants to help give what you as a person need, by using your skills and taking advantage of all the ease of use of new tools available online to make you successful, and self-made. How do you get money to do what you love?  Branon Jaggers/Scopio You work after hours. You start building your life after work. Gary says,  "Stop watching TV, and get to work." He wasn't the first to...

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How to Take Beautiful Pictures of Sunsets and Sunrises

Take Beautiful Pictures of Sunsets and Sunrises with these Tricks   Rudy Abu izzuddin/Scopio Some common but quite beautiful shots that many landscape or outdoor photographers love to take are shots of sunrises or sunsets. Of course, this is not a surprise; as what photographer wouldn’t want to have a couple of images of the beautiful golden brown sunset? While to many, capturing sunrises and sunsets might feel like a piece of cake – in their minds, they presume that all they need is to be at the right place at the right time. But this isn’t exactly true. To really take amazing pictures of sunrises and sunsets, there has to be the right amount of effort and interaction from...

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Best Editing Apps for Smartphone Photography

Nour Chamoun/Scopio Smartphone Photography Editing Apps Every professional photographer uses some kind of editing software or another to polish and improve photos. Likewise, if you are into smartphone photography, you definitely need an editing app to help you improve your photos. It is true that there are limits to what you can do with these apps when compared to editing computer software. However, there is so much you can achieve with them – from adding filters to tuning image settings, to colour corrections. There is really a lot of good ways to put them to use. You might, however, wonder – what are the best editing apps for editing photos on your mobile phone? Well, whether you use an Android...

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Great Tips for Macro Photography

Macro Photography Tips Macro photography is an interesting kind of photography that’s not as technical as it seems. It is probably the most intriguing form of photography as it captures things that can’t be seen easily with the naked human eye. Macro photography is one of the few forms of photograph that cannot be practised extensively on mobile phones. Although there are mobile phone macro lenses that can take decent macro photographs, they are limited compared to macro lenses used on DSLRs. However, like other forms or niche of photography, anyone with the basic knowledge can get into it as long as you love it and you are ready to improve your skills. So if you think you are up...

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