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The US may have been knocked from the World Cup, but the beautiful game's biggest tournament will continue to play on without us, and we're ok with that. Really, we are.

[caption id="attachment_6891" align="aligncenter" width="620"] Photos courtesy Esther Honig.

Studio lighting can be intimidating — so much so that even renowned photographers like Sue Bryce admit to not fully understanding the complexity of it. Fortunately, editorial and commercial photographer Felix Kunze has a knack for making it look easy.

The ubiquity of cell phones may have made the self-portrait a point of mockery, but it's not exactly a new medium. Photographers and regular folks have been setting up cameras with timers or posing in front of mirrors since the birth of the camera.

If you're taking photos frequently, it's likely you accumulate piles of photos (so to speak) very quickly, regardless of your photography skill level. It can be daunting to think about ways to categorize or organize all these images, but it's actually a lot simpler of a task than it might appear to be.

[caption id="attachment_6606" align="alignnone" width="650"] Beautifully color-balanced skin. Photo by Lindsay Adler[/caption] Flawless skin is essential in glamour and fashion photography, but even models with a clear complexion can look uneven in less-than-ideal lighting.

This week, NPR reported on a study that found that the human brain, regardless of a person's perceived ability to keep a beat, can still keep time. The findings further underscored a long-running theory that music truly is a universal human language, as old as time and as thoroughly rooted in our brains as the need to breathe.

Jagged rocks that would impale any unfortunate soul who fell on them. Wild winds that could choke your throat in black sand and send any navigator off course.

The histogram on your camera can tell you a lot about the quality of your photo, but for beginner photographers, interpreting what the chart is trying to tell you can be overwhelming and confusing. Lucky for us, John Greengo offered up an easy explanation of the histogram in the course, The Photography Starter Kit.