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  • Moving Waves: long exposure photography with a smartphone

    Moving Waves: long exposure photography with a smartphone

    On my 2022 return to workshops and photo tours around the area I call the Atlantic Realm I introduce another challenge: photographing…
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    Jose Antunes
    Mar 2, 2022
    Smartphone photography: trading resolution for emotion

    Smartphone photography: trading resolution for emotion

    It’s exciting to go back to the same places to recreate with a smartphone shots made before with a SLR, and discover it’s possible to make…
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    Jose Antunes
    Feb 20, 2022
    Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra: buy a case to protect the lenses

    Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra: buy a case to protect the lenses

    If you’ve just acquired a Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra because of its powerful cameras, and want to keep the lenses protected, then this is the…
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    Jose Antunes
    Feb 16, 2022
    Smartphone’s long exposures: spot the difference!

    Smartphone’s long exposures: spot the difference!

    Recently, I published a long exposure of a coastal scenery, shot with a smartphone, that got some attention. Now it’s time to reveal that…
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    Jose Antunes
    Feb 13, 2022
    Shot with a smartphone: the intimacy of flowers

    Shot with a smartphone: the intimacy of flowers

    Can you go from shooting flowers with a 640mm lens on a DSLR to a smartphone and still have fun? You can bet you can. The challenges are…
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    Jose Antunes
    Feb 10, 2022
    Exposure is worthless… without compensation

    Exposure is worthless… without compensation

    If the title grabbed your attention, let’s make clear it is not that kind of exposure I mean. We’re not talking about exposure in camera…
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    Jose Antunes
    May 4, 2017
    Flowers My Own Way

    Flowers My Own Way

    When I say FLOWERS people say MACRO, in a Pavlovian way that amuses me. Well, for me, flower photography does not mean going into the…
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    Jose Antunes
    Jan 1, 2017
    One Lens, One Hour, My Vision of Autumn

    One Lens, One Hour, My Vision of Autumn

    Scouting day. A Fall day, with graying skies and the light from the Sun trying, here and there, to get through. One hour exploring one…
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    Jose Antunes
    Nov 1, 2016
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    Evolving in photography: from Canon EOS to a smartphone

    Evolving in photography: from Canon EOS to a smartphone

    If anything, this pandemic period has taught me that photography is more than big cameras and lenses. This is how my journey from DSLRs to…
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    Jose Antunes
    Jan 30, 2022
    Scouting for flowers with a smartphone… before pesticides kill them all

    Scouting for flowers with a smartphone… before pesticides kill them all

    Armed with a smartphone to scout for flower photography locations, you are faced with the somber reality: municipalities controlling weed…
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    Jose Antunes
    Jun 5, 2020
    Full Stop guides: use this downtime to get to know your camera

    Full Stop guides: use this downtime to get to know your camera

    Camera manuals are boring to read, but cameras are complex to master. If you cant’ remember or don’t know how to use a specific function…
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    Jose Antunes
    Jun 3, 2020
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