Author: Pete DeMarco
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Marine City Flood | Busan, Korea
I’ve always wanted to create surreal images. I remember the first time I saw Salvador Dali’s mind-altering melting clocks. It was both out of this world but from it at the same time. It made me think in a way no other art form has. As I started to learn about different photographic genres, I came…
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Long Exposure Photography With Neutral Density (ND) Filters
I really like long exposure photography. There is a small learning curve, but when you get it, you can produce some really cool effects with your images. This photo here is from a great spot in Malaysia called Penang. It’s the country’s second largest city but there are parts of it which make it feel…
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Walking on Water in Shanghai
Sometimes I sit in front of my computer and edit images all day. Today was one of those days. It was raining out. I put on some Groove Salad, “a nicely chilled plate of ambient/downtempo beats and grooves,” as their site says. Then drank coffee, lit some incense, and made this image. I got so…
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Depth of Field at The Taj Mahal
I wanted to get to the Taj early to avoid the crowds. As soon as got in I sprinted to this one spot where I knew I could catch both the Taj and the sunrise in my frame. Even though it was a distance from the entrance, there was already a small group of photographers…
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Cloud City: Rooftopping in Foggy Busan, Korea
I looked out my window and saw fog rolling in from the sea. I couldn’t believe it because it was the first week of March, and fog season here is usually from May to July. I stood there wondering if it was for real, and if I would finally get the shot I’d dreamed of. I…
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Portrait in a Rajasthan Stepwell: My Steve McCurry Moment
I came to Rajasthan to live out my own Steve McCurry fantasy, to travel to the same places and photograph the same faces that he did. So this morning I went to Dhai-Bhai Kund, a 500-year-old step well in Bundi, India. This guy was sitting nearby. I asked him if I could take a photo…
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Taj Majal Sunset River Reflection
I saw photos of the Taj from a boat on the river. As the story goes, there is a guy who will take you out on his rowboat. You just have to follow the outer wall down to the water. When we got there a guy asked, “Do you want a boat ride?” It wasn’t…
