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Camera body caps, duck clamps, cable ties, gaff tape, and more—if you're not using these seven 'stupid' little items on set, you're missing out.

The Macro Room YouTube channel is quickly becoming a PetaPixel favorite. It started with dissolving pills, moved on to burning steel wool, and now the channel is revealing the odd textures and patterns of everyday objects when you look at them up close.

Commercial portrait photographer Gabriel Hill's typical day involves photographing big players in the pharmaceutical industry, some of the wealthiest people in the world. But his powerful personal project ImPORTRAITS is all about people who have almost nothing: refugees who escaped their countries carrying only the bare essentials... and sometimes not even that.

You can tell a lot about people from looking at the things they value. A new project called "What We Really Value" offers a glimpse into the lives of people around the world through images of their single most prized possessions.

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Here to show us what not to say to clients when trying to book a wedding is none other than the most proud shooter of RAW, Jared Polin.

How much can you learn about a person by simply looking at things he or she has owned in their life? This question was explored a couple of years ago in a project that documented the things people would save from a burning house, and it's also the question behind photographer Camilla Catrambone's project titled, "Portraits of My Family."

Here’s an idea for a quick photo activity (perhaps on a rainy day?): pick a random color, walk around …