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Make It “Tack Sharp”
by Dave Williams

Image quality is made up of several factors: brightness, tonality, dynamic range, contrast, and sharpness. Out of this list, taking sharp photos is a high priority for all photographers. Achieving what has come to be known as “tack-sharp” photos involves using quality gear and doing lots of small things to the best of our ability. Tack sharp describes a photo that’s clean and crisp, with the main subject clearly in focus and no blurring. Some of these “small things” will apply to certain situations and some won’t, but the more of them we use, the sharper our images will be. 

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Edge Lighting & Glow Effects
by Corey Barker

This time around, we’re going to create atmospheric light and glow effects using a simple studio shot. You may have seen this effect floating around online, but I have some useful tricks to create realistic edge lighting to help place the subject in the scene, as well as creating elements that look like they were part of the original shot!

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