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Peter West Carey of DPS has a neat trick for always having a …

Michele over at The Scrap Shoppe offers this handy trick for hanging picture frames: hammer a nail through a clothespin and use it to determine nail placement. Simply hang the picture on the clothespin nail, figure out where you want to place the frame, and then push the clothespin into the wall to make a small indent. Voila! Target acquired.

This short video tutorial shows how you can shift the color balance of sunlight to create a blue background …

Have trouble figuring out exactly where you need to hammer in a nail when hanging up a picture frame? …

When recording video, a camera’s frame rate can produce some pretty strange effects. If matched up with a helicopter’s …

Snapping a self-portrait of oneself in a mirror is something every photographer has probably done before, but have you …

Want to capture some wind-blown hair in a portrait photograph but don’t have access to an electric fan or …

Here’s a super cool trick: instead of buying a special macro lens for your smart phone, simply use a …

Want to get closer to animals when doing wildlife photography? If there’s access, your car can do the trick …

Have you ever wondered why newer Canon DSLR battery covers have a small rectangular hole punched into them? It’s …

Here’s a nifty Photoshop tip by photographer Alex Wise on how you can …

Adam Dachis over at Lifehacker offers a simple method for correcting underexposed photo with any image editor that supports …

Here's a simple trick for those of you who find yourself always plugging in USB cables the wrong way on your first attempt: pay attention to the seam on the metal tip.

Mark Rober — the guy behind the gaping-hole-in-torso costume — recently came up with a creative way …

Here’s a quick and simple tip for better portraits by Reddit user rmx_: …

Steve 21 has an interesting trick for finding good available light: he places …

Having trouble framing shots when “shooting from the hip” and not looking through (or at) your camera? …

Here’s a quick tip for if you ever have a hard time removing a lens filter from …

Modern DSLR lenses don’t usually have aperture rings, and opening and closing the aperture is the camera’s …

Here’s a quick and easy photo hack: cut a slice out of a white film canister to soften the …

Like many electronic devices, cameras often come with certain cables that are neither necessary enough to be used often …

Here’s a quick and easy tip from Scott Kelby for portraiture: reduce the …

Here’s a neat productivity tip for those of you who regularly buy stuff online (e.g. obsessive photo gear buyers): …

Cell phone cameras have pretty poor image quality when compared with point-and-shoot cameras due to their small sensors, but …

There's a lot of paranoia when it comes to doing photography in and around airports these days -- much to the dismay of plane spotters -- but wedding photographer and airplane enthusiast Lynn-Kai Chao came up with a neat way to do airplane photography without worrying the TSA: by using airplane models. Believe it or not, the above photograph is actually a Photoshopped photograph of Chao holding a model airplane.

If you’re looking to buy used camera gear on sites like eBay or Craigslist, a trick you can use …

Did you know that reading glasses can be used as a cheap macro lens for your camera phone? Make reader Sean Lee discovered this neat hack and wrote a short tutorial on the technique.

Here’s a quick tip by Vimeo user Braxton McCarthy: use rubber bands when …

Here's a useful idea related to the memory card recovery tutorial we shared yesterday: if you're ever confronted by someone who forces you to delete your photos (and our magical photographers' rights gray card doesn't work), go ahead and delete them! What most people don't know is that deleted photos can easily be recovered afterward. Even photos on a memory card that's formatted and completely wiped can usually be restored.

A while ago my friend discovered Microsoft’s Bing Cashback program, which provides instant savings …