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First Impression That Wins Clients: 12 Psychology-Backed Strategies Every Creative Professional Needs
Everyone hopes to make a positive first impression with clients, models, colleagues, and others. You’re meeting a potential client for the first time. Perhaps it’s a nervous bride clutching her mood board, or a corporate marketing director who needs headshots for fifty executives by Friday, or it’s your first day in the office with new colleagues. Within seconds (literally just one second, according to a Princeton research), they’ve formed an impression that...
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Midjourney 7: the Latest AI Image Generation Powerhouse
After nearly a year of waiting, the AI art community has something new to be excited about. Midjourney has finally released version 7 of its renowned image generation model, bringing some fascinating changes to the table. As someone who’s been working with AI image generation since its early days, I’ve spent the past few days thoroughly testing this alpha release. In this article, I’ll walk you through everything you need to know...
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Adding Custom Shortcodes to WooCommerce Products
There are articles about using WooCommerche shortcodes, but very few help with adding custom shortcodes to WooCommerce products. Specifically, to the product’s short description. So, of course, I had to create a solution myself. If you’re lucky, my first solution will already help you achieve that. But, if you, like me, use a custom theme that modified the default WooCommerce structure… Well, you’re in for a ride. It wouldn’t be the first...
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Fujifilm XF 8mm F3.5, A Real Estate Lens
I had the opportunity to use the new Fujifilm XF 8mm F/3.5 the day it was announced—almost out of the blue. I asked one of my contacts at Fujifilm if they had the 8-16mm lens at hand because I needed an ultra-wide angle lens to photograph an apartment for Airbnb. The spaces were a bit restrictive, so I wanted the widest non-fisheye lens in the Fujifilm range. Luckily, a magazine reviewer had...
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The Ultimate Travel Tripod: Ulanzi X-Aircross F38
A few weeks ago, Ulanzi sent me their new X-Aircross F38 travel tripod for video creators to review. When I created my channel, my goal was not to do gear reviews. But these seem to have become popular and get good engagement, so I have made a few of them. They are all available here on the blog as well, and companies have noticed. As per my other reviews (mostly lenses and...
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Luminar Neo Anniversary: A Year of Stunning Photos
Luminar Neo is 1 year old today! Considering how far the Artificial Intelligence in Photography conversation has gone lately, it feels like a long time ago that Skylum pushed its boundaries with the Luminar series. To celebrate this first anniversary, there is now a fantastic deal on Luminar Neo subscriptions. You can get a whole free year of subscription! You definitely don’t want to miss it, but more on that in the...
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Samyang 12mm f/2 AF, Best Third-Party Lens for Fujifilm
I have always been a massive fan of the Samyang 12mm F2 lens for the Fujifilm X Series. In fact, it was actually the very first lens I purchased for my old X-T1, aside from the kit lens!It is my primary go-to lens for Astrophotography, and I use it a lot for Architecture and Landscape. It was also the main lens I used in my Fog cinematic vlog. This lens was always...
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TopazLabs Photo AI, It's A Kind Of Magic
TopazLabs just released Photo AI, which promises to enhance and restore your images with the click of a button. Or even before you click anything! Like Magic. I tested the software for a few weeks while in beta, and now it is finally available to everyone.And I must say I am impressed with the results! Yeah, you don’t have to watch the video to know what I think about this: it works,...
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Fujifilm 150-600mm Full Review, Comparison and Samples
I’ve been waiting for this new Fujifilm XF 150-600 R LM OIS WR F5.6-8 since the first rumours appeared on the web many years ago… And it’s finally here! Fujifilm has been kind enough to let me test this lens for a week so that I could take one of my famous moon shots. This content is not sponsored; it just so happens that Fujifilm and I have a great relationship… I...
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Put A (Hoya) Sparkle In Your Photos and Videos
Remember my Starry Nights short film? No? Well, it’s here to watch if you missed it: https://youtu.be/-1xWKCKgwG4 I mention it because I made that short film using the Hoya Sparkle filters, both 4x and 6x variants. These creative filters from Hoya make for very interesting results. But more importantly, they provide consistency and reliability to every image where you want to add a starburst effect (and maybe some soft diffusion). Something that...
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Capture One for iPad is here! Hands-On, First Look and Edits
We have been waiting a long time for this: Capture One for iPad is finally a reality! It has been made available for public testing to a limited amount of registered Capture One users, including myself. And, of course, I put this to the test straight away and recorded my experience in a YouTube video… The Video So here is my hands-on first impression of the new Capture One for iPad! I...
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Fujifilm XF 33mm F1.4 Honest Opinion: Worth Buying Or Switching?
Welcome to another lens review, this time for the Fujifilm XF 33mm F/1.4 R LM WR. And I’m going to tell you what I think straight away: this lens is marvellous! Probably one of the best lenses Fujifilm has ever released. The video I just published is mostly my professional opinion, more than a full review. But I know for sure you’ll find good info there. As I said, the Fujifilm XF...
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