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If you’re working with an SLR or a high end point and shoot camera, it’s likely that you’ll have the ability to use filters. Here are the three most common types of filters that are essential tools for any photographer looking to excel.

It amazes me how much abstract architecture there is in a train station. In this collection I’ve put together 16 of the most inspiring train station photos from the web. The next time you’re waiting for a train, pull out your camera and go for a walk. Hopefully this collection will give you a few ideas.

The Human Eye has always been a fairly incredible thing, but when viewed up close with the detail of Macro and HDR photography, it bares completely new dimensions. The colours and patterns are just mesmerising. Here are 20 photos of the human eye that will really take your breath away.

For the past two weeks on PhotoGuides we’ve been giving you the chance to win 1 of 3 Bokeh Masters Kits. Today, I’m very excited to announce the results of the competition!

We’re giving you the chance to win one of three Bokeh Masters Kits, the kit that lets you photograph bokeh and transform it into all kinds of cool shapes. It’s easy to enter. Just retweet to win!

‘Tilt Shift School’ is a short film I put together for my media class at school. It’s based in the Year 12 common room, and it basically just shows everyone chatting, laughing and playing around in front of the camera. It’s a fun little film.

Here’s a free, fully customisable iPad PSD for you to enjoy. You can customise absolutely everything, from the wallpaper to the number of new emails, and even the colours of the iPad itself. As you can probably tell from the image, it’s pretty much perfect, and it’s a very high resolution image as well.

This time last year I was constantly tapping refresh on every computer and iPhone I could lay my hands on, eagerly awaiting something to appear. One year later and PhotoGuides is a highly acclaimed photography and photoshop design blog. The success of this online community has blown me away, especially considering that PhotoGuides was nothing like I first set out to create.

Neons were invented by accident over 300 years ago when a scientist shook a test tube. It took another 200 years for the concept to be rediscovered, and they called their invention ‘The New Gas’, or, as it was known in Greek, ‘Neon’. In this tutorial we learn how to create an incredibly realistic neon using nothing but photoshop.

A while ago I had an idea for a time lapse of photos that travelled the world. No photo was planned and the camera was never in the same place twice. What it tells though is an incredible story. The best thing is, you’ve probably already got every photo you need to do it.