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Best touchscreen monitors of 2022

Stan Horaczek Best for business Dell P2418HT 24IN IPS Check Price Great features and good media delivery across the board. Best Budget ASUS VT168HR Check Price Stripped down TN touchscreen for controls and business applications. Best overall Wacom Cintiq Pro 16 Check Price Immaculate screen, and excellent drawing and design tools in a pen /… Continue reading Best touchscreen monitors of 2022

Best 3D printers under $500

Stan Horaczek Best Overall Creality Ender 3 S1 Check Price A great filament printer with good modability and a wide feature set. Best Resin ANYCUBIC Photon M3 Check Price A super detailed 4k resin printer. Best For Home ELEGOO Mars 3 Pro Check Price Exceptional print quality with a product family that makes it great… Continue reading Best 3D printers under $500

Best 3D printers under $1,000 in 2022

Stan Horaczek Best Overall R QIDI X-Plus Check Price Great prints with easy assembly. Best Budget Creality Ender-3 S1 Check Price An affordable hobbyists printer with some power-features. Best Resin ANYCUBIC Photon Mono X 6K Check Price Exceptional high-res resin prints. Load up the filament, transfer your slices … the best 3D printers under $1,000… Continue reading Best 3D printers under $1,000 in 2022

21 Poses to Try When Photographing Men

While photos of male models were once limited to underwear ads with six-pack abs, the field is changing—for the better. With major brands turning to street-casting and alternative modeling agencies, photographers now have more freedom to experiment with how they portray male individuality and masculinity. Masculinity is complex and multi-faceted; it means something different for… Continue reading 21 Poses to Try When Photographing Men

Four trends emerging in the NFT space

Last year, the NFT photography market soared to $200 million, according to estimates. So far in 2022, the planet’s first permanent, physical NFT museum opened in Seattle, and elsewhere, an open-edition NFT photography sale generated more than $6 million. A painting, believed to have been lost for a century, was found—and turned into an NFT.… Continue reading Four trends emerging in the NFT space

How Lighting Imparts Emotion in an Animated Scene

Lighting in animation is more than just making a scene look stunning—it’s also about choosing an aesthetic that can evoke a desired style, mood, or ambience. Lighting can be incredibly nuanced, and it’s often used to give audiences a better connection to the emotional levels of the animation. Lighting can help to convey the mood… Continue reading How Lighting Imparts Emotion in an Animated Scene

10 tips for dynamic waterfowl photography

Vicki Jauron/Getty Images This post on waterfowl photography has been updated. It was originally published on December 17, 2008. You don’t need to trek into the wild to create incredible waterfowl photography. City parks and wildlife sanctuaries are ideal for photographing ducks, geese, and swans. Not only are they easily reached, but in these spots,… Continue reading 10 tips for dynamic waterfowl photography

How to Reduce the Intensity of a Preset on a Photo in Lightroom Classic

Lightroom presets are powerful, one-click tools to transform your images. Presets capture visual styles and can help you borrow styles from other talented photographers. But sometimes, presets are just a bit much. You like the look and feel of a preset, but want to tone it down. That’s where the Lightroom plugin The Fader becomes so useful. From left… Continue reading How to Reduce the Intensity of a Preset on a Photo in Lightroom Classic

How to take landscape photos that stand out to content buyers

Within the 500px collection on Getty Images, some of the most popular photographs include landscapes: wild yaks traversing the terrain of Ladakh, India; a lush river bend or a panoramic view of the mountains in Germany; the peaks of New Zealand; a peaceful lake in the Dolomites; a waterfall tucked away in the forests of… Continue reading How to take landscape photos that stand out to content buyers